What skills must you have to consider yourself a webmaster? - GoFuckYourself.com

05-07-2004, 02:57 PM

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?

Doctor Dre · 05-07-2004, 02:59 PM

One thing : Self discipline

05-07-2004, 03:01 PM

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.

Mefo · 05-07-2004, 03:03 PM

you can buy stuff like scripts and design so skip that, you gotte be organized, and the other stuff Equinox said.

body · 05-07-2004, 03:04 PM

you must be horny

Ron-AWE · 05-07-2004, 03:04 PM

skill to pay the bills...

stev0 · 05-07-2004, 03:05 PM

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.

AMADude · 05-07-2004, 03:08 PM

You gotta know or be willing to learn a little be of everything they said above. Be a jack of all trades.

brizzad · 05-07-2004, 03:09 PM

skills needed to be a webmaster:

1- the ability to make/run a website

?

alexg · 05-07-2004, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by body
you must be horny

05-07-2004, 03:17 PM

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.

Fu-Q · 05-07-2004, 03:19 PM

the more you know, the better

eRock · 05-07-2004, 03:20 PM

I'd say if you're making a living building & operating sites...you're a webmaster.

Rictor · 05-07-2004, 03:22 PM

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.

05-07-2004, 03:32 PM

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.

TheHun · 05-07-2004, 03:44 PM

You must be able to watch horse and dog sex movies.

05-07-2004, 03:48 PM

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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.

TheHun · 05-07-2004, 03:51 PM

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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 ...

05-07-2004, 03:53 PM

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Originally posted by TheHun
You apparently don't have the ability to watch them ...

Apparently not.

zzgundamnzz · 05-07-2004, 03:55 PM

The key skill a webmaster needs is ingenuity. Ingenuity sets you apart from most competitors who sell similar things

doober · 05-07-2004, 04:10 PM

knowledge of ftp

SetTheWorldonFire · 05-07-2004, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by brizzad
skills needed to be a webmaster:

1- the ability to make/run a website

?

yup!

polish_aristocrat · 05-07-2004, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by shermsshack
HTML? Scripting? Design? Marketing?

I have only skills in the last one.

polish_aristocrat · 05-07-2004, 04:18 PM

IF someone pays $500 to Google every day and earns $1000 - then who is he?

note - i am NOT talking about myself

StRoGE · 05-07-2004, 04:21 PM

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.

05-07-2004, 06:00 PM

Quote:

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?

Babagirls · 05-07-2004, 06:05 PM

html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.

05-07-2004, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Babagirls
html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.

Short, simple and accurate. Good answer!

05-07-2004, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Babagirls
html, marketing stratagies, dedication and perserverance.

On-top · 05-07-2004, 06:21 PM

Ahh...the good ole days. A webmaster used to only require:

href
img src
br

and

tables

Abyss_Vee · 05-07-2004, 06:29 PM

webmaster?

EviLGuY · 05-07-2004, 06:59 PM

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.

whee · 05-07-2004, 07:00 PM

Ask me. I'll answer you.

synergysex · 05-07-2004, 07:01 PM

An ego.

Just pin the title on yourself. Thats what everyone else is doing.

Doc911 · 05-07-2004, 07:09 PM

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.

Doc911 · 05-07-2004, 07:20 PM

Let me clarify.

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

malakajoe · 05-07-2004, 07:38 PM

I know the interweb.

05-07-2004, 02:57 PM	#1
shermo Guest Posts: n/a	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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X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	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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stev0 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 6,801	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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shermo Guest Posts: n/a	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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Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	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.

05-07-2004, 03:32 PM	#15
shermo Guest Posts: n/a	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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On-top Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: IN Posts: 2,283	Ahh...the good ole days. A webmaster used to only require: href img src br and tables

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EviLGuY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: malta Posts: 12,745	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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Doc911 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: If i was up your ass you'd know Posts: 3,695	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. __________________ For PHP/MySQL scripts ICQ 161480555 or email [email protected]

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Doc911 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: If i was up your ass you'd know Posts: 3,695	Let me clarify. Marketing, Feasability, and Advertising/Design is for the sales department. Let those people do their jobs. __________________ For PHP/MySQL scripts ICQ 161480555 or email [email protected]

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