I think the scientific term is called "webinar" :-) https://www.gotowebinar.com http://www.campfirenow.com
Campfire is interesting in that you can post images/slides to the group so it would be a quick hack (or something to model off of). There was a nice piece of software a few years back that gave Java presentations/webinars with a sandboxed console so you can play around in the shell @ the same time, no luck refinding it but thought that was a nice touch. - Jon On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Allen Shaw wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a free/OSS (preferably PHP-oriented) solution to this > problem: Deliver paged content (eg., typical still-frame slide > show) to > any number of viewers via the web browser only, while providing > only the > host/operator with the controls to advance the slides in real > time; and > don't require the user to have anything other than a decent Internet > connection and fairly modern browser. > > If nobody knows of an existing package like this, it seems it would be > fairly simple to build, no? Page-forward/back/jump commands could be > sent by the operator to a database or file on the server, and some > Javascript in the viewer could be monitoring the server for those > commands and then adjust the display accordingly. > > Question: Is this > a) so self-apparent and easy that nobody's bothered to develop a > package > for it? > b) much more complicated than I've explained and thus potentially a > waste of time? > or > c) contained already in some fairly simple CGI package you know about > and I don't? > > Thanks, > Allen > > -- > Allen Shaw > Polymer (http://polymerdb.org) > > > > -- > Allen Shaw > Polymer (http://polymerdb.org) > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
