Re: POWERPOINT AND INDEX.HTM Jan 23

From: Kathy J (kathy_at_knotjacobs.phxcoxmail.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:48:27 -0700

(I've emailed to John off list, but thought I should wrap up the thread here
as well...)
I know what is going on.

In the PC versions of PPT there is an option to change the name of the files
from your PPT file's name to something else. When you change it to
"default.htm", you get the information his FTP program expects. If you look
at the options on the Mac versions, you don't have the ability to easily
change the name.

Upshot: I think he is right. He is going to have to learn Dreamweaver or
some equivalent to do the project. 

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"FrustratedJohn" <FrustratedJohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:199CC2F2-83E3-418C-ACDD-F99AB3A27712@microsoft.com...
> Sadly I have been defeated, despte all the help and advice from good 
> people
> like Sonia, Steve and Kathy.
>
> As I wave the white flag, I turn reluctantly to Dreamweaver (but I would 
> so
> much have preferred to present the website in Powerpoint).
>
> Thank you for listening to my ramblings.
>
> Have a wonderful rest of 2005.
>
> John
>
> "FrustratedJohn" wrote:
>
>> Steve, you are far too generous with your time.
>>
>> I am engaged on other matters at the moment, but I will take your advice 
>> at
>> the first opportunity.
>>
>> I so want to make it work, because I find Powerpoint such a friendly
>> environment in which to work (even with my miniscule knowledge compared 
>> to
>> yours).
>>
>> I hope 2005 is treating you kindly to date.
>>
>> John
>>
>> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>>
>> > In article <3DBA0D3F-E096-40BA-B480-6406A6B8DA54@microsoft.com>,
>> > FrustratedJohn wrote:
>> > > I now discover, Steve, that you are a Powerpoint Guru.
>> >
>> > Snookered another one, have I.  Heh heh heh.  NOW I have you in my 
>> > power,
>> > little one.
>> >
>> > > I take your point (your powerful point) about the web having gone 
>> > > much
>> > > farther than T-B-L imagined, but it needed that first step before we 
>> > > could
>> > > all follow in his trail.
>> > >
>> > > Al Gore and his Rhythm Kings. Am I right to think it was Dan Quayle 
>> > > on
>> > > triangle (or was he playing the potatoe)?
>> >
>> > Stubbing his potatoes (or putting them, and the foot they rode in on, 
>> > into his
>> > mouth?)
>> >
>> > > I am a Brit, by the way ... hence my promotion of Tim Berners Lee, 
>> > > who seems
>> > > largely unknown among the surfers I come across.
>> >
>> > I suppose one needs to be of a certain age, prehistoric in interneTime, 
>> > to
>> > appreciate his contribution.  Those of us who know that punch cards are 
>> > not
>> > necessarily the things you get when you join the Lunch Bunch Club at 
>> > Starbucks
>> > ... WE understand you, never fear.
>> >
>> > > Incidentally, I have still not managed to get my Powerpoint display 
>> > > up and
>> > > running as a website. I am about to make a nuisance of myself with 
>> > > Kathy
>> > > Jacobs, to see if she can help me soplve the myserty of the index.htm
>> >
>> > I think I've got that one worked out.
>> >
>> > When you create HTML from a PPT presentation, it generally creates a 
>> > single
>> > HTML file of a name you specify and a folder full of support files. 
>> > You need
>> > to upload both to the web server.
>> >
>> > Now, suppose you upload to a folder accessible from the web as:
>> >
>> > www.your_domain.co.uk/your_folder
>> >
>> > If I plug just that into my browser, the web server will look for an 
>> > html file
>> > by some default name, usually index.html, within that folder.
>> >
>> > If instead I happen to know that you've saved your presentation as
>> > your_pres.html, I can do this:
>> >
>> > www.your_domain.co.uk/your_folder/your_pres.html
>> >
>> > and up it should come.
>> >
>> > Or you could save it as index.html and it'd work by default (not 
>> > recommended,
>> > though, as you can only have one index.html file in your folder.
>> >
>> > What you might want to do is create an index.html file in an html 
>> > editor and
>> > include in it links to your various presentations:
>> >
>> > <html>
>> > <head>
>> > </head>
>> > <body>
>> > <h1>All my presentations in one spot</h1>
>> > <h3>Wouldn't Tim B-L be proud?</h3>
>> > <p>Presentation 1</p>
>> > <p>Presentation 2</p>
>> > <p>and so on ...</p>
>> > </body>
>> > </html>
>> > (it was
>> > > on her website that I noticed you as being a man who knows what you 
>> > > are
>> > > talking about).
>> > >
>> > > Kindest regards
>> > >
>> > > Still-frustrated John
>> > >
>> > > "FrustratedJohn" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I feel embarrassed to come here with such a basic question, but I 
>> > > > am the
>> > > > puppet of frustration.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have an Applemac (G5, operating system 10.3). I have put together 
>> > > > a
>> > > > presentation in Powerpoint that I am trying to upload for the web. 
>> > > > I use
>> > > > Fetch as my ftp uploader, which has always worked perfectly in the 
>> > > > past.
>> > > >
>> > > > Every time I attempt to open the webpage I see a black page and get 
>> > > > the
>> > > > message 'Open your default.htm file'
>> > > >
>> > > > Does anybody out there know how I identity which file to make my
>> > index.htm?
>> > > > I have tried just about every combination I can think of, starting 
>> > > > with
>> > the
>> > > > obvious .... slide0001.htm
>> > > >
>> > > > Can you help end my frustration? Thank you for your attention
>> > > >
>> > > > John
>> > > >
>> > > > johnzedwards@btinternet.com
>> > >
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------
>> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
>> > PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
>> > PPTools:  www.pptools.com
>> > ================================================
>> >
>> >
>> >

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