HTML on CD ROM

[Piotr Naskrecki]

on 3/23/00 5:39 PM, John Shuey at jshuey at TNC.ORG wrote:

> I too would like to see more on this thread, but with a twist.  I'm wondering
> if anyone has experience with software that could create a webpage-like
> environment on a CD disk.  I'm contemplating a faunal review of Belize
>butterflies, and
> would like to publish it on CD.  I'd like essentially have it work like a
> complex web site, but without the wait.  For example, click on a species name
> and get a digital image to pull up  -- or from the text, search the database
> for
> records based on user defined criteria.

Doing HTML-based CD's is possible and easy. The beauty of it is that it is
cross-platform, doesn't require any proprietary software, and gives you a
lot of freedom in the graphical design. I have prepared such an HTML-based
CD ROM which accompanies my monograph of Costa Rican katydids (for those who
are interested, here is the URL:
http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/book/book.htm). The thing that should be kept
in mind is that absolutely all internal links should be thoroughly tested
(nothing more embarrassing than having a dead link on your CD), and the
entire "site" should be contained in one folder/directory (which can have
multiple subfolders). It is also important to use the DOS eight+three naming
convention for all files and directories to ensure full compatibility with
older PC systems.

Sincerely,
Piotr
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Piotr Naskrecki
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 06269, USA

e-mail: pin93001 at uconnvm.uconn.edu

An Illustrated Catalog of Orthoptera (http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/cd) - a
database of the Orthoptera of the World on a CD ROM

Orthoptera Species File Online (http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/Orthoptera) - a
database of the Orthoptera of the World Online

Katydids of La Selva Biological Station Costa Rica
(http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/interkey/titlepg)

Taxonomy and Collection Manager software
(http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/interkey/database.html)