[Linkbat-writers] Re: [Linkbat-devel] [Linkbat-everyone] The Linkbat "product" - comments requested

[Hal F. G. <hal...@ur...>]

Well because we are using XML and the whole project is very modular we can do 
it one of a few ways. I think the pdf idea is most likley the best because 
everyone supports PDFs. Although it would not be dynamic it would have to be a 
static file. We could an interface in Java and the back end in XML as it is and 
then the Java would be just like they had been viewing it on the web and it can 
still be dynamic. THoughts?

Hal



---- On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, James Mohr (lin...@ji...) wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> Since I got the rights back to my books, I have been thinking about putting 
> the material together as a single package so that it can be installed on 
> other machines without having to deal with the data files, cgi scripts, etc. 
> This means a number of major changes.
> 
> The first question is whether or not this makes sense to do it. Since the 
site 
> went online I have received a number of request to provide the material on a 
> CD, PDF, tarball, etc. Since I had the licensing problem, I couldn't before. 
> Now I can. When we package linkbat (not if), it needs to be easy to install. 
> Obviously, with single pages with no cgi, the user can simply drag and drop 
> it into a filesystem to view it (even on Windows). 
> 
> This means two sets of code, one for the web and one for the "package". At 
the 
> very least we need to expand the code to allow (maybe by passing arguments to 
> the sub-routines, telling it to create it for the web or for a "package".
> 
> We obviously need the code to create the pages. The existing code was 
designed 
> to present it dynamically on the web. However, the functionality is there. It 
> need to be modularized so that each function delivers single pieces of 
> information. Next, we need the mechanisms that creates the completed page set 
> so that that can be accessed easly. This means creating the menus, glossary 
> and more info pages, etc. 
> 
> The other alternative is to package the existing code in a way that they can 
> easily install it on their own site. It is already pretty modularized and 
> there are just a few places where you need to make path changes: At the very 
> least there is just a single config file that needs to be modified. 
> 
> However, I would still like to eventually make the entire site available as a 
> PDF (i.e a book). That would require the same code (plus some) to strip out 
> or convert all of the HTML elements. 
> 
> There are obviously a lot more questions to answer, but I am trying to get a 
> feel for what direction to go. What do the rest of you think?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim 
> 
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