At 11:38 AM 12/29/2002 -0600, databarn wrote:
> Wouldn't it make more sense for your friend to design a flash based DemoI understand you want to run all this stuff OFF the CD. But the reality is - all those daemons need to be configured, installed, and executed. It seems a bit excessive for a business card CD ROM. Also, keep in mind that most business card CD ROMs are ~100MB. If you install MySQL + Apache + PHP + the sites, you're going to hit the limit really quick.
> CD, then have links to the sites on the web?
No. The purpose of the CD is to let people see the products w/o net access.
> It seems to be a bit excessive to run a HTTP Daemon on a business card CD +
> PHP + MySQL. If I were the employer, I wouldn't even bother installing all
> that stuff just to view the card.
You may have missed the point; I was apparently not clear . . . all this must run _from the CD_ w/o installing to the hard drive. The idea is to let anyone who has access to a spindled CD player view the web/products by doing nothing more than putting the CD in the player and _possibly_ clicking a start file - autorun would be preferable, but some folk may have it turned off. The concept here is not to build web traffic, but to build orders <grin />.
With that many executables, your demo cd will become very complex very quickly. You may have more technical problems than it is worth.
Others have suggested that you spider the websites and place them on the CD ROM. I think that is a very good solution. At least you're guaranteed cross platform compatiblity and it is almost sure fire solution.
Another possiblity is to convert all the application/search logic into Java like Macromedia's Help files.
Also... if one does not have internet access, what are the chances that they'll view your CD-ROM in the first place? If you're trying to sell websites to businesses who are NOT net savvy, a flashy CD-ROM may not do the job... Instead, pictures, charts, and graphs may do the job better.
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