| ljcolumbus |
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| Fri Aug 13 2004 09:47 PM |
CD Browser
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I want to use a smaller example of my website on a standalone CD for promotional distribution. I have the full range of Macromedia products available to use, the original website was designed with Dreamweaver. But how would I go about creating a nice standalone interactive CD browser with links to url, and other example files on the CD? Preferably I'd like to use the current html and php files I have instead of having to redesing everything
Or is there a specialist multimedia package that would cover this issue better?
TheFatControlleR
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| (Forum Admin) |
| Fri Aug 13 2004 10:26 PM |
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Re: CD Browser
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Hi Lee - Welcome back!
If the site was purely HTML and JavaScript you'd have no problem as any browser would be able to load the pages - I've done it myself on several occasions - I'm currently working on an HTML/Java fronted CD; a collection of the applications recommended on these forums (30-40), each with a details page and online links, etc., to give to friends, and maybe place online later.
Anyhoo, I digress...
Unfortunately, PHP is a server-side technology, and as such requires a PHP enabled server to translate the pages before sending them to the browser. In addition, if you're also using MySQL, in conjunction with PHP, then access to the specified database is required too - which could be achieved with the right connection files, but only if the computer viewing the CD was online. So, essentially, it's the PHP that's the problem there.
There may be a package that could replicate the site for CD distribution in another form, but I'm not aware of one.
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