Developing a Website to be run from a DVD?

Report · Jul 13, 2007

I'm a newcomer to Dreamweaver though I have some experience with other web development tools. I've been asked to design an interactive DVD. Yes, I know Director is the preferred application but I don't want to learn Director for this single project. Is there technology I can buy that will serve the site from the DVD? Any products that will do so and read tables?

Report · Jul 14, 2007

Hi Vooc,

You can do a straight HTML/CSS based site and run it from a DVD, you can
even have some JavaScript, anything that is Client Side, or browser based.
Unfortunately, when you say "interactive" It sounds like you are looking for
more than this. Although you could do quite a bit with AJAX, you will be
limited to reading data. Interactive implies writing as well, and there's
where your going to get stuck. There's where you'll need Director - OR -
what I would suggest is taking a good look at Adobe AIR:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/

This technology opens huge doors of possibility for this sort of thing!

--
Lawrence Cramer
Cartweaver.com

"Vooc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a newcomer to Dreamweaver though I have some experience with other web
> development tools. I've been asked to design an interactive DVD. Yes, I
> know
> Director is the preferred application but I don't want to learn Director
> for
> this single project. Is there technology I can buy that will serve the
> site
> from the DVD? Any products that will do so and read tables?
>

Report · Jul 17, 2007

> This technology opens huge doors of possibility for this sort of thing!

My understanding is that AIR allows you to make a desktop-application
interface that then interfaces with your web data. Basically, allows you to
create custom thin clients.

So, I'm not sure that would really work in this case where it sounds like
they want an accessible DB also on the DVD.

-Darrel

Report · Jul 18, 2007

Yes, I need some database functionality. I know I could create a database-like environment, have pages ready for every query, but that seems like a huge kluge. I found one software company that selling software that claims to add the server-side functionality to one's DVD. Anyone have any experience?

Report · Jul 24, 2007

Adobe AIR has SQL Light built in so database functionality is definitely
possible, on a read only basis. Remember a DVD is read only... Now if it's
on a DVD for delivery only, and they install it to run in, then you
possibilities are wide open and AIR would really be a great solution.

--
Lawrence Cramer *Adobe Community Ace*
Cartweaver.com
ASP, PHP, and ColdFusion Shopping Carts For Dreamweaver

"Vooc" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:f7lf87$o3l$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Yes, I need some database functionality. I know I could create a
> database-like
> environment, have pages ready for every query, but that seems like a huge
> kluge. I found one software company that selling software that claims to
> add
> the server-side functionality to one's DVD. Anyone have any experience?
>