The latter - a course page (which I had assumed would be a slide). Thanks, Martin
Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, Date: 06/03/2012 13:59 Subject: Re: The Trainer's Friend goes Kindle - and you don't need to own a Kindle! Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> On 3/6/2012 2:38 AM, Martin Packer wrote: > Given Kindle doesn't have much of a notion of a page which HTML construct > are you using to contain a slide? What do you mean by 'slide'? If you mean an image, I use an img element If you mean a page from a course, I build the page from a combination of ul and li elements, using 'pre' tags for code (usually wrapped in a div tag so I can set font information and draw a box around the code). > > Cheers, Martin > > Martin Packer, > Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion > Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > From: > Steve Comstock<st...@trainersfriend.com> > To: > IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu, > Date: > 05/03/2012 21:56 > Subject: > Re: The Trainer's Friend goes Kindle - and you don't need to own a Kindle! > Sent by: > IBM Mainframe Discussion List<IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > > > > On 3/5/2012 2:19 PM, Sevetson, Phil wrote: >> Steve, Speaking strictly for myself, I like the idea of buying your > material >> in > Kindle format. However, I'm not an AJAX coder. What materials are > next/soon in > your push for this? >> >> --Phil Sevetson >> DB2 z/OS DBA > > Well, maybe one or two more papers, then I'd like to try > putting a course up. For courses, we'll probably package > just one or two chapters per book so people can buy just > the parts they want / need. Still debating amongst ourselves > about whether any courses we put out will have labs or not. > > Not sure what content to put up first; happy to take suggestions. > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Steve Comstock >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 12:05 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: The Trainer's Friend goes Kindle - and you don't need to own a > Kindle! >> >> Well, we're trying something new: looking at putting >> content on Amazon.com for reading in Kindle's. The >> details are below. >> >> But first, I want to point out right away: you don't >> need to own a Kindle to read our content (or any other >> eBook on Amazon, for that matter). >> >> * If you don't have a Kindle, you can download the >> Kindle app for PCs from Amazon; for free. There are >> also Kindle apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, >> and more. >> >> This is pretty cool in and of itself. I think this >> requires you to establish a Kindle account (also >> free). If you have an Amazon account you can >> piggyback on that. >> >> Go to: >> >> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_karl3?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771 > >> >> >> Alternatively, you can use the Kindle cloud reader and >> read Kindle books in your browser. >> >> See: >> >> https://read.amazon.com/about >> >> >> ================================ >> >> So for right now, we're experimenting by putting some of >> our free papers into Kindle format: first we write a >> significant update to the paper, to add value; next we >> convert the new version to Kindle format and publish >> to Amazon in their eBook library. >> >> Our first foray into this brave new world is a major >> rewrite of the paper "Coding AJAX Applications in z/OS": >> >> We've updated some content to reflect changes in the >> RFC, we've added two new examples, including one that >> uses POST and a php CGI to process the POSTed data; >> I also made some editorial changes. >> >> The Amazon price is about 1/3 the price of just >> purchasing the support files in our own Trainer's Friend >> store, and the Amazon price _includes_ free access to >> the support files, so you can download all the sample >> HTML, COBOL source, and php source to experiment on your >> own. >> >> >> Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FY0EWI >> >> >> Let us know what you think of this experiment. >> > > -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. 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