On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:49:34 -0400, Andre Dubuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have produced five booklets of 56 to 100 Postscript pages that I would > like to place on a website, with the intent that persons could download them, > or view them. The pages are heavily formatted (I used Ventura 4.11 in my > Windoze days). I'm a total newbie in Web page design. > > Prior to embarking on another steep learning curve, I wonder if someone might > offer some suggestions as to pitfalls I'm certainly going to encounter. > > I have a few questions that will expose my woeful ignorance: > > 1. Is there a program that could "convert" the PS files to HMTL? (Is this a > real newbie question, or what!) All my original document files are in .doc > Word for Windows 2.0c and StarOffice doesn't recognize this file format. I've > since converted everything to sdw files, except of course, the PS files. At a terminal, type "man xxx", where "xxx" is one of: ps2ascii ps2frag ps2pdf ps2pdf13 ps2pk ps2epsi ps2lwxl ps2pdf12 ps2pdfwr ps2ps Most notably, you can convert PS to ASCII (plain text) and PS to PDF (thanks to Free Software, you don't have to pay Adobe $$$ to make PDF files!). Converting PS to ASCII will allow you to import the output into a word processor or HTML editor for editing and embellishment. > 2. I've discovered "Screem" but have yet to use it. Is this a good program to > use in creating web-pages? Does it "accept" PS files? Could you recommend > anything better? Screem is good, but it doesn't accept PS files (neither do other editors). You should also try Bluefish and Quanta+. Also, take a look at Amaya (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/). > 3. I would like to give people the option to d/l each booklet in either PS > (preferrred) or HMTL format. Each booklet runs anywhere from 1.6MB to 2.2MB. > Which (or both) would you suggest? Here's what I would do: 1. Use ps2ascii to convert each PS booklet to plain text. 2. Use a word processor or HTML editor to turn the ASCII text into a HTML page. 3. Either use ps2pdf to turn the original PS files into PDFs, or 'print' the HTML pages to PS files (most apps can do this) and then use ps2pdf on those. The latter should ensure that both the HTML and PDF files look the same. > 4. Could you suggest some links that would ease me into this project > gracefully? Everything I mentioned is included in Mandrake (except Amaya). No other links are necessary :-) > Thanks for any help, > Andre -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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