This might be a stupid question but...
Is there any simple way to create a stand alone version of a Cold Fusion website? Especially one using frames? I can get the links to work with Acrobat Writer but it doesn't support CSS, table backgrounds, and each template is converted as a separate page so the frameset doesn't work.
I need the ability to put portions of the website onto CDs to send to clients who don't have web access.
I can't believe all the people who run storefronts and such using Cold Fusion don't have the ability to easily create a CD catalog of their products. Have I missed something?
My specific need is to get copies of online digital brochures we are creating into the hands of our clients in Latin America who don't have online access. They are reluctant to pay for something they can't see.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JaneJust create a static version of your website for them.
You cant really get a dynamic version-complete with a running web server, and a running database on a cd. The Web server/ database run on a computer.... not a cd.
Anyway, give them an updated version of the catalog, in a cd.
One more thing.... how are you taking orders?Dr. Web,
The catalog was just an example. I'm trying to get our website, <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.latintravel.com">www.latintravel.com</a><!-- w -->, on a CD to distribute to potential clients in Latin America. Unless there is some way to automate the process, creating a static website would be a real pain.
As to taking orders, we don't. We visit hotels and try to sell them digital VR brochures. We need a simple way to send proofs to an area where Internet access is not fast or reliable.
If you are interested, look at the hotels on this page:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://latintravel.com/academy/index.cfm?country=El%20Salvador">http://latintravel.com/academy/index.cf ... 20Salvador</a><!-- m -->
Thanks for replying,
Janeno, creating a static website wouldn't be too hard. Just take view source of each page. Save it as the SAME filename, in the same directory format. Then transfer all of this to a cd. It would take you.... perhaps one day. Remember, you need the viewsource of the page AFTER the browser renders it.... not before. No CF/ CFML markup should exist in your static pages. If you do a view source... no CF/ CFML will exist, and you now have your static HTML pages. Be sure to include all directores and images.
Automated? Don't think so, but what I offered is a good solution to get it done, quick.Dr. Web,
That was the only way I could figure out to do it, too. It still requires an extended replace to change the .cfm extentions.
Thanks to you I stopped searching and started saving source and after a couple of hours came up with a better idea.
Since the client creates the html for each hotel and pastes it into a form that writes to the database, I'll also use it create the necessary htm files when they add a new hotel. Each hotel is in a subdirectory and the graphic names are the same for each hotel. I'll save the html pages in the same subdirectory, that way they will be updated each time the database is. Then I'll give them a "create a CD" button to Download all the images and the updated pages.
This will even work for the existing hotels. Once I get the code to create the files ready, all they have to do is click update and the forms will be created.
Thanks for jump-starting my brain,
Janealternatively, you could try:
bookmarking the site in IE, and choose 'make available offline'. This will start the automation process for you, while preserving directory structure.Thanks, but this is working really well
Is there any simple way to create a stand alone version of a Cold Fusion website? Especially one using frames? I can get the links to work with Acrobat Writer but it doesn't support CSS, table backgrounds, and each template is converted as a separate page so the frameset doesn't work.
I need the ability to put portions of the website onto CDs to send to clients who don't have web access.
I can't believe all the people who run storefronts and such using Cold Fusion don't have the ability to easily create a CD catalog of their products. Have I missed something?
My specific need is to get copies of online digital brochures we are creating into the hands of our clients in Latin America who don't have online access. They are reluctant to pay for something they can't see.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JaneJust create a static version of your website for them.
You cant really get a dynamic version-complete with a running web server, and a running database on a cd. The Web server/ database run on a computer.... not a cd.
Anyway, give them an updated version of the catalog, in a cd.
One more thing.... how are you taking orders?Dr. Web,
The catalog was just an example. I'm trying to get our website, <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.latintravel.com">www.latintravel.com</a><!-- w -->, on a CD to distribute to potential clients in Latin America. Unless there is some way to automate the process, creating a static website would be a real pain.
As to taking orders, we don't. We visit hotels and try to sell them digital VR brochures. We need a simple way to send proofs to an area where Internet access is not fast or reliable.
If you are interested, look at the hotels on this page:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://latintravel.com/academy/index.cfm?country=El%20Salvador">http://latintravel.com/academy/index.cf ... 20Salvador</a><!-- m -->
Thanks for replying,
Janeno, creating a static website wouldn't be too hard. Just take view source of each page. Save it as the SAME filename, in the same directory format. Then transfer all of this to a cd. It would take you.... perhaps one day. Remember, you need the viewsource of the page AFTER the browser renders it.... not before. No CF/ CFML markup should exist in your static pages. If you do a view source... no CF/ CFML will exist, and you now have your static HTML pages. Be sure to include all directores and images.
Automated? Don't think so, but what I offered is a good solution to get it done, quick.Dr. Web,
That was the only way I could figure out to do it, too. It still requires an extended replace to change the .cfm extentions.
Thanks to you I stopped searching and started saving source and after a couple of hours came up with a better idea.
Since the client creates the html for each hotel and pastes it into a form that writes to the database, I'll also use it create the necessary htm files when they add a new hotel. Each hotel is in a subdirectory and the graphic names are the same for each hotel. I'll save the html pages in the same subdirectory, that way they will be updated each time the database is. Then I'll give them a "create a CD" button to Download all the images and the updated pages.
This will even work for the existing hotels. Once I get the code to create the files ready, all they have to do is click update and the forms will be created.
Thanks for jump-starting my brain,
Janealternatively, you could try:
bookmarking the site in IE, and choose 'make available offline'. This will start the automation process for you, while preserving directory structure.Thanks, but this is working really well