I'm not an HTML expert by any means, but I think you would need to remove
the folder structure and just link the pages together, our webmistress at
school has used several applications that allow her to globally reset links
and page names. I suspect they do that structure to allow ease of updating,
but I don't think Newtscape is going to handle more than a couple of layers
deep if it involves folders. I would ask our gal for help, but she is
somewhere in the wilds of Ohio antiqueing.
Jim Johnston
Teacher
Mac Smacker
Newton User
> From: "Gruendel, Frank 3837 PPE-WT" <Frank.Gruendel@de.heidelberg.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:27:00 +0200
> To: "Newtontalk (E-mail)" <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
> Subject: NTLK Re - Creating html for Newton
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> thanks for the answers you sent so far. As I threatened, I'm the
> very opposite of an html expert, so allow me to ask for further
> clarification:
>
> Robert wrote:
>
>>> So what I probably need is a program that creates something from
>>> the html docs I have on the PC that can be then loaded and used
>>> on the Newton.
>
>> Isn't that exactly what NewtScape can do for you ?
>> View html pages, but more important, save them as a Newton Book.
>
> This is true. What I believe will be a problem is that the html docs
> on the PC are organized in a deeply nested folder structure. As far as
> I know html puts this folder structure into the links, i. e. if I want
> to get from page A in folder X to page B in folder Y the link in
> folder A would look something like
> <href="TheCompletePathToFolderB\B.html">
> So (again, this is only what I think) to make this work on a Newton,
> i. e. make it accessible to NewtScape, I'd have to create the same folder
> structure on the Newton that I have on the PC. This is not possible,
> as I only have 12 or so possible folder names on my 130 and nested folders
> aren't possible at all.
>
> Mishka Gorodnitzky then wrote...
>
>> So the documentation is in the form of a bunch of HTML files that
>> are linked together?
>
> Right. Heaps of html files linked together and about 300 images in
> gif format. I could live without the images, though.
>
>> I don't recall offhand how usefull Newton Press may be in this
>> regard,
>
> I haven't ever used NewtonPress yet. Is it shareware/freeware, i. e.
> can I try it out before I buy it?
>
>> One solution, perhaps not the best,
>> would be to just cache the HTML pages onto your Newton and then use
>> Newt's Cape to browse them while they are in your cache.
>
> Not sure what you mean by cache. I guess it would be possible to transfer
> the html files as notes to the Newton, but as I said above, I think I
> either need the same folder structure as on the PC or I'd have to change
> every single link in all the html files.
>
>> My suggestion is grab whatever demo version
>> of Newt's Cape is available, and see how acceptable the render time is
>> for the pages you need rendered.
>
> Not sure if that would help me. It would if NewtScape wouldn't expect the
> same folder structure as my PC browser to make the links work, but I'm
> afraid I couldn't view it with NewtScape if I just put all html's into
> one huge folder. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'd be happy if I was.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Frank
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