Contemplating the next Build 52
Been thinking about refining the interface for Build 52 (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/search/label/Build%2052). The old one was built to generate the Link in Ink code, first and foremost. In addition, I designed it without external files; the HTML file is all-inclusive. The result is rather utilitarian.
With the next version, I'm still adhering to the design principle of single-file functionality, but I want to jazz it up a tad. Going to be switching to xhtml, so I can add svg images to the code. No external files needed. Allows me to round off some corners and switch to a radial menu.
I also want to make the link adding system more dynamic. Instead of a static button to add a link, which shows up in a static spot with the URL in a static list, I want the link positions to pop up wherever I double-click on the ink image with the URL box kept with it.
Still working out how I want everything to look, so my sample (http://www.markandtanya.us/scribbles/sample2008-09-14.xhtml) has only a few bits of functionality. Furthermore, I won't be able to just drop all the old Build 52 functionality into the new version due to the differences between html and xhtml, so I'll have to rebuild a lot of it from scratch. Will update the samples as I go.
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Contemplating the next Build 52
posted by Sumocat at 9/14/2008 09:53:00 PM
4 Comments:
Is there an html publishing program that works with ink? I want to create an entire html page, not post to a blog. Currently, I use FastStone Capture to make a OneNote page into a single image, then add links using Build52 (which is a great tool, BTW. Thanks).
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Adam, at 9/15/2008 09:10:00 AM
Check out the ink blog plug-in for Windows Live Writer.
http://edholloway.com/archive/2007/05/30/New-Version-of-MS-Windows-Live-Writer.aspx
This allows you to ink directly in Windows Live Writer, which you can post directly to your blog. It also includes text conversion, but not Links in Ink, though you can run it through Build 52 afterward and re-post.
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Sumocat, at 9/15/2008 11:50:00 AM
I installed WLW, but I can't find how I would use it to create a static homepage instead of posting to a blog. Is there a way or another alternative?
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Adam, at 9/16/2008 10:09:00 AM
Mea culpa. I read your comment then flipped what you wrote. Yes, for HTML, not necessarily blog entries, WLW is obviously not the ideal choice.
For creating HTML, the trick with ink is that it must be converted to image(s) before hand. This can be done piecemeal easily enough, but I don't know of a web editor that incorporates ink. MS Word 2007 converts ink to svg when you save as HTML, but the results are clumsy, particularly when text and ink are combined. There is also the option to export OneNote to .mht, but .mht is supported primarily by IE.
I should point out I'm probably not the best person to ask about web editors since I don't use one. I code everything in text. I used ink in previous blog templates, but the ink was done in pieces and assembled in a text editor.
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Sumocat, at 9/16/2008 10:53:00 AM
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