For every great celebrity Web site, for sure Ronnie Miranda is behind it. He has been known as the celebmaster for the stylish execution of the sites of Mikee Cojuangco, Charlene Gonzales, Pops Fernandez, Zsa Zsa Padilla and Alice Dixson (a.k.a. Mrs. Ronnie Miranda). What people don't really know is that aside from these stellar Web designs, Ronnie also possesses the intelligence and technical skills of a programmer, unmatched creativity of an artist, and the vision of a leader.

A BS Math graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University, Ronnie started out with 3D and computer graphics. He has been involved in creating station IDs, graphics for TV shows, animated 3D titles, and computer generated characters.

Ronnie was one of the early starters of the Internet industry. One of the articles written about him described his first Net experience like this: It was love at first sight when he discovered that he could instantly communicate and send files through the Internet. Some time after, he applied as a product tester for an ISP, and was soon toying with making Web sites through WYSIWYG page editors, and learning what he had to in creating his first, www.stormviz.com.

Ronnie says that the best part of being a webmaster is you're creatively programming by merging the technologies in the fulfillment of your goal to express yourself. Beyond it, you find a greater purpose for the technology.

The Sharon Web site started out when the megastar was still in Boston. She was playing with the idea of coming up with a site to get updated and correct information about her. She found out about Ronnie's work and instantly knew that she just had to get Ronnie to do her site. Working on the Sharon Web site was no easy task because Ronnie had to plow through the humongous collection of Sharon's work. The megastar gave general directions as to how she wanted her site to appear. She wanted something that would be fun and simple, and at the same time active and sophisticated.

So how does one integrate all these qualities? A major aspect of Web development is researching and updating, so it took a thorough conceptualization process. Ronnie started to find a way to come up with a clear-cut skeletal structure for the site. And then he proceeded to categorize the site into each aspect of Sharon's life, from her personal life in Simply Shawie, to her extensive professional career that spans from her movies, songs, and TV shows in The Megastar.

Aside from the content, Ronnie made sure that the site was interactive by integrating the sliding jigsaw puzzle, megaforum, mailing list and guest book. The most distinct quality of the Sharon Web site that sets it apart from the others is the personalization that Sharon gives to the site. Sharon writes the welcome letter, selects photos and writes each caption, and she also sends autographed pictures by request.

The site just took a life of its own. Advertising for the site was done through search engine registration in sites like Yehey, Yahoo,and AltaVista, among others. Sharon would mention her site through her TV show but the bulk of the advertisement came by word-of-mouth.

Plans for a bigger and bolder Sharon site are in the pipeline. The vision is to create a truly megasite that would fully serve its usefulness for the audience. And this is a vision of a true webmaster, and a true Web star in his own right.