CD Catalog of Web Site

Any suggestions?

[web_young]

I want to make a cd catalog version of my Web site and I don't know quite where to start. I was hoping to use Flash and a database to create the catalog. It will use the same data that I have on my Web site but it will be a different look and of course without the e-commerce stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could do this?

[web_young]

Anyone?

Ok, how about this... I have a Gmail invite for the person with the best solution. :)

[timchuma]

If your website is mainly just normal text links and images, it should be easy enough to copy it to a CD and browse through it like a normal website.

Database access I am not sure of as you will need all the right permissions and be able to update records.

Thanks.

[JasonD]

What would the database of choice be and what is your programming language of choice to display the data from the DB?

There are various options including the one I use of PHP, Perl and MySQL all on a CD with a front end application to access the data.

A standard browser will work as well but it's horses for courses.

[Mr_Brutal]

My suggestion would be to use XML and XSL as described on

[w3schools.com...]

I think you'll find the examples REALLY suitabel :)

Plus having a CD catalog in XML 'ON' CD sounds cool - well i think so ;)

[curlykarl]

Hi
A good tutorial on how to add a site to a cd can be found at :

h*tp://www.dreamweaver-extensions.com/

Karl :)

[web_young]

What would the database of choice be and what is your programming language of choice to display the data from the DB?

I would prefer to use PHP and I currently have my data in an Access database.

[web_young]

If your website is mainly just normal text links and images, it should be easy enough to copy it to a CD and browse through it like a normal website.

That's how I'm doing it now, but I was hoping to make the process of updating the CD catalog a little easier. Right now I have to do a search and replace on the files to remove all of the shopping cart links and stuff like that. Hmmm....

[JasonD]

[indigostar.com...]

Will do as you want though we use Apache, MySQL &/or PostgreSQL with PHP Java and Perl that get's kick started by a Windows app that also contains an embedded browser.

Very similar to the Indigostar product though better suited for our needs.

Good luck :)

[web_young]

My suggestion would be to use XML and XSL

I think I'm going to use XML with Flash. It looks like it'll work. Mr_Brutal - Sticky me with your email address and I'll send you the Gmail invite tonight.

I also have one additional Gmail invite for the first person to sticky me with their email addresses.

[txbakers]

If you want to use ASP you can use an IIS emulator from www.buyonica.com

I use this for running database driven websites from a CD

[web_young]

If you want to use ASP you can use an IIS emulator from www.buyonica.com

Interesting. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but would that be mac compatible.

[txbakers]

I'm not sure. For my applications, it's not, because I register the required dlls in the registry.

But for running it on from a CD I think it would work. Visit their site for more information on it.