Webmastering

Webmastering is the science of creating, designing and publishing a website through the internet. Usually, webmasters have knowledge in web development and web oriented programming languages. However, there are several fields in this science and many levels of abilities that go from an amateur to an expert webmaster.

Functions
A webmaster has many functions: They are responsible for designing the website and publishing it. The webmaster maintains a website by updating information and keeping it operational to user. A webmaster administrates the databases related to the website's pages using an an administration interface provided by their domain host.

Internet Programming Languages
The most well-known and used technology in the website creation is HTML (HyperText Markup Language), a language for internet pages able to display information in a specific format on a browser page starting a source code, HTML uses the the internet browser to interpret the language and make it available to users.

Protocols
Publication of websites is done through FTP, a protocol that allows files to be sent from a hard disk to a server, as long as there is an allowed space to upload files.

Related pages

 * Web development
 * Web design