My good friend Robert has been working on a sophisticated kayak design program for PC's. He wants to give it away on our website (if that is possible) to anyone who would like to use it. I have been playing with and helping debug this program for several months now and can tell you it is very professionally done and just keeps getting better and better. The catch is before we can give it away we have to figure out how those who want it can download a Basic program (and and if possible an Excel spreadsheet) from our website (or some other inexpensive way to distribute it so it can hopefully be distributed as freeware). Does anyone on this list know how that can be done (or can point us in the right direction)? Thanks Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Matt, One of the easiest website file download "methods" I have used, is to put the file (kayakdesign.xls) on your website. Then change one of your main html pages by adding a link to that file right on the page. Something like: HREF="Test/kayakdesign.xls". This assumes that the subdirectory "Test" is where the spreadsheet "kayakdesign.xls" is located. Then put an instruction for someone to either click on it (to run it) or to "right click" (to download it). You should be able to try this out by going to almost any website and "right clicking" on a link - I know you can do it to mine: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/saul I hope this helps, I've only designed (if you can call it that) one website in my life, so no expertise is claimed. Good Luck - Saul -----Original Message----- From: Matt Broze <mkayaks_at_oz.net> To: 'Paddlewise' <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 1:27 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] Download Kayak Design Program >My good friend Robert has been working on a sophisticated kayak design >program for PC's. He wants to give it away on our website (if that is >possible) to anyone who would like to use it. I have been playing with and >helping debug this program for several months now and can tell you it is >very professionally done and just keeps getting better and better. The catch >is before we can give it away we have to figure out how those who want it >can download a Basic program (and and if possible an Excel spreadsheet) from >our website (or some other inexpensive way to distribute it so it can >hopefully be distributed as freeware). Does anyone on this list know how >that can be done (or can point us in the right direction)? >Thanks >Matt Broze >www.marinerkayaks.com > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
If you have two files to download, the easiest way is to .zip them together, make a self-extracting .zip file and then create a <a href="/vroot or folder/file.exe">. This way, when clicked, the user is given the option of downloading the .exe or executing it and having it unzip the files right to their harddrive (eliminating one step). I'm looking forward to trying this out. -Shoni Blue The only thief of dreams is Fear. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
You can set it up a couple of ways. You can establish a ftp bin and leave it in there for people to get in both formats. I would use a compression program like Zipit (.zip) which is cross-platform to make sure it downloads in one piece. For Microsoft files like Excel, you can have the file as a clickable link. It needs to have the standard Excel extension which I can't remember off the top of my head. (.exl or ?) When people click on it it shows up as a a spreadsheet, esp. if they have Excel installed on their machine. It might work better with Windows. I can do some actual research if you want, but I'd go with the ftp option. Some compressions programs will bundle the info in a way that the file uncompresses when you double click, so you don't need the compression program on your computer. You can find shareware programs like Zipit and a ton of other stuff at http://www.tucows.com/ Andree >is before we can give it away we have to figure out how those who want it >can download a Basic program (and and if possible an Excel spreadsheet) from our website (or some other inexpensive way to distribute it so it can Andree Hurley Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 On-line Editor - http://www.canoekayak.com Other Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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