Web Development

Bernhard Hiller wrote:

That's a very bad, really terrible, coding practice. Don't do so.

Bernhard Hiller wrote:

Also note: how will you later be able to access those files? Do you have some database table or some other mechanism to find out which files exist and to generate the html links to them?

protected void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string isBest;

        if (cbIsBest.Checked)
        {
            isBest = "Yes";
        }
        else
        {
            isBest = "No";
        }
        string picPath = UploadPicture(); // uploads picture using file upload control and stores it in ImgNewsletter folder
        string newsletterPath = UploadNewsletter(); // uploads newsletter using file upload control and stores it in Newsletter folder
        if (picPath == "")
        {
            divError.InnerText = "Please select an image for the newsletter.";

        }
        if (newsletterPath == "")
        { divError.InnerText = "Please provide the e-copy of newsletter."; }

        else {
            try
            {
                string uploadedBy = Session["Email"].ToString();
                if (dl.insertNewsletter(txtTitle.Text, ddlMonth.SelectedItem.ToString(), areaSummery.Text, picPath, newsletterPath, ddlCohort.SelectedItem.ToString(), isBest, uploadedBy)>0)
                {
                    divSuccess.InnerText = "Thanks! Mahara Insight has been uploaded successfully.";
                    divSuccess.Visible = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    divSuccess .InnerText = "Sorry for inconvenience. Some error has occured. Please try later.";
                    divSuccess.Visible = true;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                divError.InnerText = "Sorry for inconvenience. Some error has occured. Please try later.";
            }

    }
    }

meta http-equiv="content-language" content="fi"

Wombaticus wrote:

I vaguely remember seeing something, somehwere, about it, but can't find it or
remember where.

Yes, you could just upload a PowerPoint file to your web space and link to it as you would to any other file. Visitors click and download the file to view on their own computers. Of course, that will only work if all of the users already have PowerPoint (or compatible software) installed on their computers, so you may want to convert your slideshow to a PDF document format or publish a link to Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer.

Upload your PPT, PPS, or even PDF files to SlideShare and they're converted into shared media. Copy a snippet of code to embed your presentation directly in your own web page (or simply link to your presentation page on SlideShare’s hosting service) and select the level of privacy you want for each file.

A more serious issue with saving in HTML from the PowerPoint software is that the resulting web presentation is optimized for Internet Explorer. More often than not, it will not display properly for website visitors who are using other browsers. Free open source software may be a stronger choice in this instance. OpenOffice Impress, the PowerPoint look-alike from OpenOffice.org, lets you create a PPT presentation and slideshow from scratch, and it will also convert an existing PowerPoint presentation to HTML in a form that's compatible with a broader range of browsers.

Accuracy of the PPT-to-SWF conversion will vary from program to program, depending in part on the complexity of your presentation. You may need to try a few tools in order to find the one that works best for your purposes and budget. Or get around any tricky conversion issues with free screen recording software like CamStudio — record your PowerPoint presentation as you play it back on your own computer screen (even add an audio commentary to the slideshow, if you want).

Some visual blog editors will have a toolbar button for uploading video, but showing a Flash movie on your website is most often as easy as uploading your SWF file to your web space and using a few lines of object / embed code to embed the file on your page.