What skills must you have to consider yourself a webmaster?

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  • shermo
    • Jul 2026
    #1

    What skills must you have to consider yourself a webmaster?

    HTML? Scripting? Design? Marketing?

    Do you need to be exceptional in 1, or "in the know" about many? What do you think a webmaster really is?
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    • Doctor Dre
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jan 2001
      • 51692
      #2
      One thing : Self discipline
      Originally posted by rayadp05
      I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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        • X37375787
          #3
          HTML -- with WYSIWYG editors, not really necessary.

          Scripts -- you can get them for free, or pay and have others install them.

          Designs -- buy 'em.

          Marketing -- for sure a key requirement in order to break through.


          Also, you need new ideas, you need patience, you need innovation, you need determination... and much more.

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            • Mefo
              Confirmed User
              • Jun 2002
              • 6169
              #4
              you can buy stuff like scripts and design so skip that, you gotte be organized, and the other stuff Equinox said.

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                • body
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 5016
                  #5
                  you must be horny
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                    • Ron-AWE
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 301
                      #6
                      skill to pay the bills...

                      Adult Webmaster Empire

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                        • stev0
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 6801
                          #7
                          I've been a webmaster in this biz for about 5 years... and i know nothing about scripting. I'd say the other ones are pretty important though, and scripting would be a nice bonus.

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                            • AMADude
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 3875
                              #8
                              You gotta know or be willing to learn a little be of everything they said above. Be a jack of all trades.
                              No sig, just here to fuck around.

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                                • brizzad
                                  holla
                                  • Jul 2003
                                  • 11769
                                  #9
                                  skills needed to be a webmaster:

                                  1- the ability to make/run a website

                                  ?

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                                    • alexg
                                      IL4L.com
                                      • Aug 2003
                                      • 11287
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by body
                                      you must be horny

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                                        • shermo
                                          #11
                                          By the way.... This thread is based on a conversation a webmaster and I had the other night. I just wanted to hear everybody's take on this.

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                                            • Fu-Q
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 1546
                                              #12
                                              the more you know, the better
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                                                • eRock
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                  • 3112
                                                  #13
                                                  I'd say if you're making a living building & operating sites...you're a webmaster.
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                                                    • Rictor
                                                      Old Timer
                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                      • 12208
                                                      #14
                                                      I'd say any tech skills help but it's the total package.

                                                      In the beginning, you either needed html and computer skills or you had to have the funding to hire a staff that had those skills.

                                                      We didn't have outsourcing companies and design firms...hell...in the early days it was hard to find a host that would accept adult.

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                                                        • shermo
                                                          #15
                                                          I personally feel one MUST know HTML, and with that, intermediate design should be there. Now, in order to "master" the web, you must have some marketing and networking skills...otherwise you just have a dormant site sitting there.

                                                          In regards to scripting, etc... I am competent enough to install scripts if the instructions are there. I can configure them to do what I need and look how I want. However, if I need custom stuff down, I outsource it.

                                                          Does this not make me a webmaster? I feel I'm still worthy of being considered a webmaster. I manage my sites, design them (unless it's a paysite or affiliate program), market them and optimize them.

                                                          I'm assuming many of you feel the same.

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                                                            • TheHun
                                                              Registered User
                                                              • Apr 2004
                                                              • 11
                                                              #16
                                                              You must be able to watch horse and dog sex movies.

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                                                                • shermo
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by TheHun
                                                                  You must be able to watch horse and dog sex movies.
                                                                  What do you know... Another troll snatched up a username and took the space out.

                                                                  Creative.

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                                                                    • TheHun
                                                                      Registered User
                                                                      • Apr 2004
                                                                      • 11
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by shermsshack
                                                                      What do you know... Another troll snatched up a username and took the space out.

                                                                      Creative.
                                                                      You apparently don't have the ability to watch them ...

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                                                                        • shermo
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by TheHun
                                                                          You apparently don't have the ability to watch them ...
                                                                          Apparently not.

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                                                                            • zzgundamnzz
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Apr 2002
                                                                              • 6102
                                                                              #20
                                                                              The key skill a webmaster needs is ingenuity. Ingenuity sets you apart from most competitors who sell similar things


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                                                                                • doober
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Jul 2003
                                                                                  • 6984
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  knowledge of ftp

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                                                                                    • SetTheWorldonFire
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Feb 2002
                                                                                      • 7444
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by brizzad
                                                                                      skills needed to be a webmaster:

                                                                                      1- the ability to make/run a website

                                                                                      ?
                                                                                      yup!
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                                                                                        • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                                          • 40377
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by shermsshack
                                                                                          HTML? Scripting? Design? Marketing?
                                                                                          I have only skills in the last one.
                                                                                          I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                            • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                              • Jul 2002
                                                                                              • 40377
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              IF someone pays $500 to Google every day and earns $1000 - then who is he?

                                                                                              note - i am NOT talking about myself
                                                                                              I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                                • StRoGE
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                                                  • 1713
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Shouldnt the question be "What skills must you have to consider yourself a SUCCESSFUL webmaster?"
                                                                                                  All you need to be considered a webmaster is to run a website.
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                                                                                                    • shermo
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by StRoGE
                                                                                                      Shouldnt the question be "What skills must you have to consider yourself a SUCCESSFUL webmaster?"
                                                                                                      All you need to be considered a webmaster is to run a website.
                                                                                                      No.. I had the question phrased correctly. If a webmaster has to be successful in your eyes, than that's obviously part of the equation.

                                                                                                      Taking that into consideration, what is considered successful?

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                                                                                                        • Babagirls
                                                                                                          Text Writer
                                                                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                                                                          • 18812
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.




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                                                                                                            • shermo
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by Babagirls
                                                                                                              html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.
                                                                                                              Short, simple and accurate. Good answer!

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                                                                                                                • shermo
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Babagirls
                                                                                                                  html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.

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                                                                                                                    • On-top
                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                                                                      • 2283
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Ahh...the good ole days. A webmaster used to only require:

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                                                                                                                      and

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                                                                                                                        • Abyss_Vee
                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                          • Sep 2003
                                                                                                                          • 5208
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          webmaster?

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                                                                                                                            • EviLGuY
                                                                                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                              • Apr 2003
                                                                                                                              • 12745
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              My webmaster tool box is constantly expanding.. in 1998 when I got started I barely knew how to build an ugly page.

                                                                                                                              Since then I have taught myself a lot more html code (I do my pages in a text editor)

                                                                                                                              I've taught myself mid-level photoshop graphics.

                                                                                                                              I've taught myself linux and webserver management.

                                                                                                                              I've learnt not only how to get traffic but how to maximize my return on it.

                                                                                                                              I've learnt not to have all my eggs in one virtual basket. Change is constant in this business.

                                                                                                                              etc etc..

                                                                                                                              Unless you are a specialist in one specific thing, like graphics, or coding.. you end up learning a little bit of everything eventually, or you give up.

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                                                                                                                                • whee
                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                  • Sep 2002
                                                                                                                                  • 1375
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Ask me. I'll answer you.
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                                                                                                                                    • synergysex
                                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                                                                                                      • 461
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      An ego.

                                                                                                                                      Just pin the title on yourself. Thats what everyone else is doing.
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                                                                                                                                        • Doc911
                                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                          • Feb 2004
                                                                                                                                          • 3695
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          okay I'll tell you.

                                                                                                                                          1. form your company skills
                                                                                                                                          a. get a s corp
                                                                                                                                          b. get a tax id
                                                                                                                                          2. learn how to take care of your own servers
                                                                                                                                          a. do you really want your shit on some one elses servers?
                                                                                                                                          b. can you keep them up 24/7 365?
                                                                                                                                          c. who do you blame when you can't.
                                                                                                                                          d. how much bandwith do you really have?
                                                                                                                                          e. how to optimize bandwith across mulitple subnets.
                                                                                                                                          f. if you don't know what "e." means your not a webmaster, you're a log in from your local isp at your home/dormroom wanna be trying to make a buck on FHG's.

                                                                                                                                          3. learn php, perl, NT, Linux, unix, and all the other bullshit operating systems and scripting codes. then hahahahaha your own pages.

                                                                                                                                          4. And this is the most important step. once you are a "MASTER" then you must, and i mean "MUST" share it with your podogies to insure the tradition carries on.


                                                                                                                                          Then and only then are you a Master.

                                                                                                                                          Thank you.

                                                                                                                                          You may rise and carry about your business.


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                                                                                                                                            • Doc911
                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                              • Feb 2004
                                                                                                                                              • 3695
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Let me clarify.

                                                                                                                                              Marketing, Feasability, and Advertising/Design is for the sales department. Let those people do their jobs.


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                                                                                                                                                • malakajoe
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                                                                                                                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                                                                                                                  • 1751
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  I know the interweb.
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