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Ask HN: Converting a Slideshow to a Website?
I have an old PPT, now converted to Google Slides and slightly edited and I have set up a BlogSpot site to move it to. But I am running into real problems with moving graphics, figuring out how best to convey the information, etc.
The slideshow is probably super bad (even after today's edits). I have had it for about 14 years and the project began in 2001. I can't see what I need to do different. I probably need to do a lot of things different.
I am interested in whatever feedback I can get. I had a previous website where I just linked to the slideshow and I don't think that worked all that well. I would like the content to be properly published on the web. Copying and pasting is absolutely not working (it does not bring over any of the graphics, formatting, etc).
Thanks.
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- sogen 10y agomaybe try something like this? https://github.com/impress/impress.js/ https://github.com/impress/impress.js/ or upload it to http://www.slideshare.net/ http://www.slideshare.net/ and embed it
- Mz 10y agoThanks. I am really looking to take the content from the slideshow, plus content from a previous version of the website, and turn it into a website, no slideshow. It is quite old and needs to be updated in various ways. But I really don't want to embed the slideshow. I want to take the content and publish it as webpages. So, that's my question here: How do I do that? I have maps and stuff on it and it doesn't just copy-paste.
- sogen 10y agoTo preserve formatting when copy-pasting, I'd go with Wordpress, you'll save time and all your images can be also be imported in one or two clicks. Honestly I don't know if other platforms such as Blogger/Blogspot preserves formatting, but I hope so. For the maps and images, which I assume only cover part of the slideshow, for each slide do screencaptures of only the images (that is, they will be already cropped and separated from the text, hope I explained myself). After you finish exporting all your images as individual pieces, it will be very easy to import them into place in your Wordpress.
- Mz 10y agoI have a BlogSpot site. I left Word Press to move to BlogSpot. Copy-pasting isn't working at all, except for the text. The graphics aren't copying at all. They are mostly maps. I am considering redoing them. Thanks for your feedback.
- tschlossmacher 10y agoDo you mean like this? https://webslides.tv/ https://webslides.tv/ Or have I mis-understood
- bananicorn 10y agoHere's some information on the topic - well, if the power point is still the most up-to-date version: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6274218/how-to-convert-from-powerpoint-to-html-css-foss http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6274218/how-to-convert-fr... And if you've got the possibility to manually enter html and css (I don't know my way around blogspot, honestly) Depending on whether you already know html, modifying the resulting document to something useful should be farily easy. This power-point to html converter might help: http://www.zamzar.com/convert/ppt-to-html/ http://www.zamzar.com/convert/ppt-to-html/ Not sure if it handles animations, though - it's all possible in html, but it might need some additional effort.
- Mz 10y agoYes, I know some html and css and both can be used in blogspot, at least to some degree. It is mostly text, which I am having no trouble copy-pasting, but there are some graphics, basically all maps. I did the map work at least in part while in GIS school. GIS for the common man, a la Google Maps et al, has come a long way since then. It is possible that I will just rethink and re-do the maps. Not as easy as copy-paste, but that isn't working anyway, and this might get me a better end result. Thanks all who replied. I am looking at the various suggestions and resources and checking what might work for me.