Transcript CD format of a Conference-CD

Conference-CD
CD Format
• Layout of CDs produced by Conference-CD
• What folders are on the CD
• How to use templates to set CD page style
• Full details:
http://www.phdcc.com/conference-cd/templates.htm
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Startup screen - contents
The CD is primarily viewed using a web browser:
• All pages have the same look and feel – defined by a template
• Changes on each slide:
• Title
• Optional introduction
• Slide Body
• Crumb trail
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Example with same template but different page body
Presentation converted to web page form:
Changes:
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Standard template user interface – contents page
Header line:
Title
Home
Top
Index
Index
Search Help
Body:
•File link
•Folder
Footer:
Search Crumb trail
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Optional screen elements
Template is defined using standard HTML –
- so ALL screen elements can be changed to what you want.
But the page body cannot be changed in some cases, eg slide view
Some parts of the template are only used if selected in Conference-CD-Wizard:
• Alphabetic index
• Full text search
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What files and folders are on the CD?
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All your files and folders are copied to CD
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Presentations converted to web form have a new folder
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Conference-CD-Wizard generates:
Website
index.htm
confcd.htm
1. A confcd.htm contents page in each of your folders
2. A confcd folder with the Conference-CD runtime, index, search, contact, help
confcd
3. An AutoRun file is also made in the CD root
CD Root
Talk1
Runtime confcd
Contents confcd.htm
Various files
Template files
Runtime
Index index.htm
Search search.htm
Contact contact.htm
Help
Talk1.ppt
Day1
AUTORUN.INF
Day1
Talk2
confcd.htm
Talk2.ppt
Various files
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info.htm
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Optional introduction in the contents page for each folder
Optional introduction
• Put a file confcd.txt in each source folder
• File can include HTML
• No file: no introduction
• File must be in UTF-8 format: use Notepad: Save As + Encoding UTF-8
• Alter template to change this behaviour
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Templates used
• Main template
basic.htt
• Search template
searchen.htt
• Help template
info.htt
• Contact template
contact.htt
Contents pages
confcd.htm
Alphabetic index
as body
confcd\index.htm
Help
as body
confcd\info.htm
Contact
as body
confcd\contact.htm
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Internationalisation
• Internationalisation makes CD work in any language.
• All template files must use Unicode UTF-8 character set.
UTF-8 can represent all possible characters.
UTF-8 works in virtually all browsers.
• The main template file must have a UTF-8 header:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
• All characters in the template files must be in UTF-8:
Use Windows 2000/XP Notepad.
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Templates
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To be continued…
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See http://www.phdcc.com/conference-cd/templates.htm
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