Webpage on a CD?

SteveB_NI · 5 Jul 2007 at 09:12

I have been asked to reproduce subject notes for a GCSE class onto an online format - I've decided webpage would be ideal as students can log in from home, and within school etc.

I'm now debating about putting the webpage onto CD - Is it just a case of copying all the folders / documents etc onto CD and instructing people to simply click on "index.html" or the like to begin to browse the "website"?

I plan to have a search feature on the site - I assume this will be created with PHP / MySQL but how would I go about replicating this search feature onto the CD-ROM version?

Thanks in advance - Steven

topshot · 5 Jul 2007 at 09:54

hi,

i had to do a similar thing, i just made the web pages as normal then put them onto CD, with all the images/documents folders etc.
I also put an autorun file on there with a company logo so when the CD kicks off the index page auto loads.

Inquisitor · 5 Jul 2007 at 10:16

You won't be able to use PHP or MySQL (or any kind of server-side scripting) if you put your site on a CD. You need to have a server to actually execute the scripts, remember. So basically, no, it wouldn't be possible to have a search function on the CD.

topshot · 5 Jul 2007 at 10:25

yes i forgot to add that bit.

unknowndomain · 5 Jul 2007 at 23:30

Instead of a search just use a clean simple and desciptive list of every thing on the cd and put it a-z so users can easily look up stuff.

meghatronic · 5 Jul 2007 at 23:35

I just had a brain wave. Use CHM format instead. (help files), they can be searched and are html, working on both win/*nix.