BobH wrote: ↑17 Jul 2023, 20:54
Does anyone here do any web page development? I've done a couple of rather simple ones in the past using just HTML and few other tools. Now, I'd like to set up a real development environment and experiment with building pages, simply as a retirement hobby pastime.
Hi Bob. I develop web pages for my two domains.
I do it using my home-grown web compiler.
Back in 1997 I met Word97’s saveAsHtml in the file menu, and noticed that it produced overly complicated files.
I used NotePad to build a simple web page (attached) and chose to write my own compiler.
Translating MSWord document text to HTML is not dificult and can be automated.
I need a CSS (style sheet) (attached) to map my MSWord styles to an html-compatible form
I learned how to implement images and downloadable files and the dear old
mailto: doo-dad.
I learned how to do file transfers with FTP, but you can do that manually with an application such as
FileZilla.
Assuming that you have a domain, I’d recommend that you use an FTP program (such as FileZilla) and upload my attached file to your domain. Then change the contents of my html file and re-upload it. Then start adding bits of HTML as you go.
I like my web compiler. I point it at any document, and it follows the hyperlinks until it has traversed all related documents, and wherever a document has a later date than its corresponding html file, it translates the DOC to HTML and uploads the updated HTML.
This is a great time-saver because I can make a one-minute edit to a web-page MSWord document, save and close the document and get on with my life, knowing that the next time the compiler crawls my drive, all outstanding updates will be implemented.
I hope that this helps
Chris
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