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omahadesign
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September 9, 2011
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Can I create website to run on laptop without internet connect?

  • September 9, 2011
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Is it possible to use Dreamweaver to create a content website that will present pdf, flash and text files that will only be running on a laptop?  This laptop will never have an internet connection. 

The website on the laptop will be connected to a TV and will be used in a classroom setting to present this content.

The website will need to act and look like a website on the Internet and will need to run in a brower on the laptop.


Can I do this in Dreamweaver?

Thank you so much for your help.

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Ben MCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2011

Sure.  Just make sure you have all the local content and the web server running on your machine in case you need any server-side processing.  Also if you use JQuery or anything like that be sure to download the files to your computer and link to them locally vs using remote repositories to get the source.

Lon_Winters
Lon_Winters
Inspiring
September 9, 2011

And just to expound a tad more with some basics. It involves installing and running actual web server software on the computer. If you have a windows computer, you have the choice if IIS which can be installed from the Windows disc, or downloading and installing one of the versions of Apache. Both require a certain amount of configuration and both will work fine for basic HTML sites. It's when and if you start looking at server side scripting, dynamic content, and databases, that's when you'll need to branch out a little further. With the server configured and your site files in the place they belong, the site is then accessed through a browser, normally with a URL of http://localhost/ or some variation that specifies a port number and/or a sub folder which is the root of the site.

Rob Hecker2
Rob Hecker2
Legend
September 10, 2011

The poster makes no mention of using server-side scripts, so a web server is not necessary.

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