Hi All,
We are going to be using Freeway to create a presentation for the iPad. We are wanting the web files to be locally on the iPad and run through mobile safari.
Does anyone have any techniques for accomplishing this? We can not put on server as there is unreliable internet access.
Christian
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We are wanting the web files to be locally on the iPad and run through mobile safari.
I dont think that this is doable. How would you get the files onto your iPad?
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Convert the web pages to a pdf file with multiple pages and store that locally on iPad. Pdf files can have links between pages, among other things.
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Great call Chuckamuck
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On Aug 19, 2011, at Friday12:51 PM, chuckamuck wrote:
Convert the web pages to a pdf file with multiple pages and store that locally on iPad. Pdf files can have links between pages, among other things.
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Agreed - but you would get a far better representation using a laptop.
Why restrict yourself by choosing an iPad?
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If you use a laptop, you can run the site from a folder, navigate to any link inside it, etc. all without a network connection. The only thing to watch in that case is anything that uses prototype and Scriptaculous. If you do use those (all my Scripty Actions, any of the Softpress FX actions, etc) then simply publish the site with your network turned off. That will force Freeway to rewrite the script tags to point to your Resources folder rather than Google’s CDN like it normally does.
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Hi All,
We have already considered the laptop approach but it is only being considered as a last resort. Thank you all so much as this is a great way to go for other projects. Walt thank you for the heads up as to how to handle your actions if we were to go with this approach.
The client is really wanting a high fidelity interactive presentation that is being presented on the iPad, not a laptop. We are not setup to develop an iPad app but could definitely create a website that accomplished the end result. What we would really prefer would be to use keynote but the iPad Keynote application has limitations over it’s big brother that make it unusable.
Appreciate any input, Dave
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If you don’t have WiFi or cellular connectivity in this location, then
the iPad is going to be a waste of time. You cannot store an entire
site on it in any sense of the word. There’s no directly accessible
local storage, and no way to navigate to a folder like you might on
your Mac. So unless you put everything in one page (and keep it under
300K total) you can’t expect this to work out well or even at all. The
iPad is a neat display, a great conversation starter, and without a
network it’s basically useful for chopping salsa, as Colbert noted.
Walter
On Aug 19, 2011, at 7:46 PM, TeamSDA wrote:
Hi All,
We have already considered the laptop approach but it is only being
considered as a last resort.
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Hi Walt,
Thank you for your solid input. This is helpful so we don’t wast a bunch of time on a dead end. Looks like we are going to have to abandon the website idea, we will pursue a couple methods as we are really stuck in the iPad direction right now and have been given the requirement that we can not rely on the internet, the device has to be self contained.
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Try an app called isaveweb. There’s a lite version to test one site.
As long as you have the site remotely to start with, it copies all files and links to your iPad to view it locally in it’s entirety.
Not sure you can then view it in Safari, only in the in app browser which is fine.
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Great Idea,
We will have a look. Thank you Mark.
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Try an app called isaveweb. There’s a lite version to test one site.
Thanks for sharing that Mark MaximumSoft :: Home this looks like a very interesting app and should be able to do exactly what TeamSDA need.
The lite version restricts you to 10 pages but that may be enough.
I tried it on a couple of pages that had a fair bit of Jquery on them and it saved those pages with functionality intact. You cannot use the links in pages to go to another downloaded page but that shouldn’t be an issue. You also get the option to share the downloaded files on the iPad over a WiFi connection to a desktop machine which then transfers a folder with the HTML page any js and all the images - quite clever!
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Hi Dave,
I did some test and the app seems to work good. One thing I noticed was that when I tested downloading the Hype website (Tumult Hype) as a test to see if the type of animations it created would pull through, I noticed that they did not work. I am thinking that this is because Hype’s code is looking outside of the site it creates for things like Scriptaculous and such. Any thoughts?
Thank You, Dave
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There appears to be a HYPE.js file missing. Not sure how you get round that.
Also the browser built into the app might not be HTML5 savvy.
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Thank you for your input Dave. On closer look it actually does not seem that what the guys at Hype are doing is really all that HTML 5 heavy.
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I’ve never used this app but saw it while cruising the app store - http://offlinepag.es/
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Hi Christian,
There is another possibility: GoodReader for iPad.
It lets you copy via WiFi the entire site folder structure in its file directory from your Mac or PC:
with the iPad connected to your local WiFi and GoodReader running, access it from the Mac with Connect to Server “http://yourname-ipad.local:8080” and copy to it your entire site folder from the Finder.
To access the home page, visualize and navigate the site in the GoodReader browser, place in its root an html file with a
The only annoyance, when using GoodReader full screen browser to navigate your site, is to avoid a rapid tap on the links, which is showing for 5 seconds its top & bottom navigation bars. Use a gentle tap instead (keep for a fraction of a sec before releasing the touch).
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Hi Gio,
This is Dave… Christian and I work together. Thank you so much for this app. So far testing looks quite promising. I transferred the files just fine using the WiFi method but I was wondering if I could do the same with the iTunes method as it is a little simpler. Tried it but it does not seem to let me select a file. Any thoughts?
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Hi Dave,
It is possible but through iTunes it’s much more tedious and slow.
When the iPad is wired to the Mac/Pc and you open it in iTunes, you can see files and folder in the GoodReader (GR for short) archive space in this way:
Select the iPad in the Devices group
click the 3rd tab (Apps) in the main window
select GR in the Apps column of the File Sharing pane (below the Sync Apps block)
At the bottom of the GR Documents there is the “Add…” button BUT…
You cannot transfer Folders, only multiple, loose files that are added to the root of the GR file-space (from ITunes you cannot open an existing folder in the GR file structure).
Then you need to launch GR, create all the folders and move the files from the root to their destination.
With the other method, you can copy the entire structure of your site in one go:
1 - open GR on the iPad and touch the Airport symbol in the bar at bottom-right to open the WiFi-transfer window.
2 - from the Mac (with Airport On) Connect_to_Server as shown in the above WiFi-transfer window.
3 - Drop the entire site main folder into the GR directory (the Finder see it as an external disk) and wait for the end of the copy process.
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Gio,
Thank you for the info, Dave
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