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Offline webs
Authors' TitleViewer will display any offline web on your system. An offline web is simply a collection of HTML files contained within appropriately named folders on your hard drive. We have a file on Offline Webs in this e-book, see here for more. Any information you want can be encapsulated into HTML files, a collection of which can be organised into a series of folders. All this can be done with a simple HTML editor, or if you already have the HTML (web) files, by dragging and dropping them using Windows Explorer. You can then browse such a web with Authors TitleViewer.
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How TitleViewer uses an Offline Web
Authors TitleViewer converts the folder and file information of a given offline web into an attractive and navigable display on the left of the screen.
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In contrast to the Windows Explorer display, Authors TitleViewer displays a more graphic representation of that information as the screenshot shows. In fact, with the registered version of Authors TitleViewer, you can design even more graphic displays, for example :
But theres more to it than that.
By listing the files and folders in an offline web, readers of the web are able to select a region of the web of interest and instantly navigate to it - opening up a particular file by a single click. Clicking on a filename automatically loads the document into the display area of the browser.
When a document file is loaded, Authors TitleViewer scans the file for headings in the document. If any are found, the headings and sub-headings within that file are then displayed in the left screen area in place of the site structure.
The reader can toggle between the site and document structure by pressing the "site" or "page" buttons in the toolbar. Using this approach, site traversing and page navigation is quick and intuitive.
By automating the matter of presenting the contents of the web, Authors TitleViewer allows you to create simple or immensely complicated offline webs very quickly.
TitleViewer is a HTML browser, you can then package it with your offline web for distribution, download or presentation.
Lastly, by allowing you to design the browser interface with an in-built editor you can create a truly personalised and professional environment to show off your web pages.
Ideal for a book, catalogue, guide, presentation or kiosk.
The advantages of this approach
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Also, because TitleViewer is browsing HTML files, you are not forced to use a transient proprietary standard. The internet is founded on HTML, its the language behind scores of millions of web sites. So, this product lets you re-use (add value) to any existing web files you may have by repackaging them as e-texts which can be downloaded, distributed or presented using Authors TitleViewer.
HTML is a simple to understand, but powerful language for creating documents creating text and graphics. However, it also allows you to incorporate sound and video into your publications.
Authors' TitleViewer knows what to do when it encounters sound and video HTML tags, allowing you to enhance your electronic publications with multimedia. The only real limit is the available space and file sizes, but in the case of a CD-ROM thats less of an issue.
The web you are viewing is a collection of web files, organised into a hierarchy of folders designed to provide some information about our product. If you think it does so in an attractive and reasonably well organised way, then you should consider whether your product, service or other information could be showcased in the same manner. It could be any kind of information, a catalogue, brochure, report, essay, novel, guide about a product, service, company or any topic.
If you would like to create a similar demonstration, it is worthwhile considering how you would achieve the same results in the amount of time it takes in Authors' TitleViewer.
More than this, Authors TitleViewer is designed to allow you to customise the entire desktop. Ensuring that your web pages are displayed in a browser which complements them. Currently, distributing HTML pages is a cooperative effort between you and whatever browser happens to be on the host machine. Authors' TitleViewer banishes the typical toolbars and buttons found on browsers and replaces them with a graphic desktop designed by you.
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