I have freeway Pro (the latest version). My client wants to build a site that does not play off of the web, but on a local computer. It’s a simple home page with a looping video in the middle of it, links to multiple languages up top and buttons on the bottom that take you to pages that are mainly text and photo based.
Can a freeway built site run from a computer without internet and without freeway installed? How?
How do I insert a looping video in the middle of the screen if it is not embedded to someplace on the web (like youtube)?
No local intranet. I was thinking I would deliver a CD DATA, DVD DATA, External Drive or USB thumb drive. I think for best results (to keep the video playing smoothly), I would have them copy the files directly on their hard drive.
When you upload and publish a FW site to a local folder, you can just transfer this to any computer and the site will be viewable… with a couple of caveats:
HTML, CSS and Javascript will be fine but if your site has any PHP functionality, you will have to install software such as MAMP in order to make it work on a local computer.
This would rule out using any FW actions that use PHP unless you install MAMP.
If you are not using PHP, then all should be fine.
One other caveat – if you use Flash, there is a special security setting in the browser to allow Flash movies that open other movies to work. Unfortunately, this has to be configured on each browser, and it’s enough of a pain in the ass to make it better to just rewrite your Flash application in JavaScript.
So I just publish to a local computer. What’s the procedure for doing that? I am just used to uploading to the web.
When the client goes to activate the site from a local folder on their computer, what do they click on to get it to run/activate? I assume it just loads on to their browser, right? Will it be full screen?
I want to keep this simple so it can play on most computers without any additional installations. How do I avoid PHP actions?
It sounds like I should also avoid flash video files. What kind of video file do you recommend and how to you place it into a web page (I am used to youtube imbedding)?
So I just publish to a local computer. What’s the procedure for doing that?
You do that already. It’s called your Site Folder.
When the client goes to activate the site from a local folder on their computer, what do they click on to get it to run/activate?
They visit the index.html page (you can call it what you like as long as they know to ‘Start Here’.
How do I avoid PHP actions?
Unless you are interacting with a database or trying to send an email/fill a form from within it you are unlikely to use any of these.
What kind of video file do you recommend and how to you place it into a web page (I am used to youtube imbedding)?
You can do that - just remember that the computer the site is viewed on will need internet access. Other than that the standard video formats (appropriate for the OS/Browsers that the users operate) will be fine.