What is a webmaster? Back in the mid 1990′s a webmaster was usually a technically minded person who was responsible for the creation, content and design of a web site. Most webmasters were people who either worked in the computer industry or were studying computer courses.

As the community at large became more confident, comfortable and reliant on the Internet, software developers created tools that would allow just about anyone to fairly easily create a web site. Early examples of these tools are Microsoft Frontpage, the Hotdog HTML editor and, a little further down the track was the Dreamweaver HTML editor which became the tool of choice for the majority of web site designers and builders. Then there were online website builders that could build an attractive website with just a few mouse clicks.

All of this technology and software has made the traditional webmaster a thing of the past. Certainly many businesses have employees who are tasked with maintaining their web sites but the title of ‘webmaster’ is no longer restricted to the technophiles and ‘geeky’ types. Your next door neighbour, auntie or best friend may well be a webmaster even though they have no formal training. The creation of attractive, feature packed web sites is now accessable to all.

I hope you’ll join me as we take a journey through the process of planning, designing and building an attractive, functional website.