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Subject:Transferring a website to CD revisited From:Susan Vineyard <vineyard -at- CHEROKEE -dot- NSUOK -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 12 May 1999 09:18:31 -0500
I've just come across the need to do this, and have an additional question that
I wonder if anyone has an easy solution to. We are transferring some
pre-existing websites to CD. Since the server sets up the default page in any
directory as index, all of our files that end with \ do not work. Does anyone
know of a simple fix, other than changing each one by hand? Thanks!
Eric Ray wrote:
> >Has anyone transferred a website onto CD? What did you
> >use? What type of problems did you encounter? How is
> >it different than transferring a site to your hard drive?
> >Do I need to include a browser? If so, will it have to be
> >licenced?
> >
> >We have a company trying to charge us BIG bucks to
> >do this for us. I just cannot believe it is that hard of a
> >process.
>
> It's not. Tell you what...we'll do it for 1/2 of BIG bucks
> as a favor to you. ;-)
>
> Seriously, it's just like transferring a site to a different
> place on your hard drive. Things to remember:
> Only use relative links. If you hard code a path name
> including a drive letter or the server, you'll have
> to fix it for use on the CD.
> External links may be broken, depending on the user's
> environment.
>
> The actual CD burning process can be as easy as copying files
> and waiting for a few minutes, and isn't difficult at any
> rate. It all depends on the software you're using.
> (What we got with our CD burner works just fine.)
>
> Do you need to include a browser? Depends on your audience.
> We included both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer
> on the <shameless plug> CD in the back of our upcoming
> Mastering HTML 4, Premium Edition </shameless plug> at
> no cost, so it shouldn't be a biggie anyway.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric and Deborah
>
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