This archive contains PerlPointCD, a tool to compile conference CDs. Similarly, it can be used to build websites that present the talks of a conference. VERSION ------- This is version 3.00. Previous versions were not made public. They were developed to produce the German Perl Workshop CDs 2002 and 2003. MAIN FEATURES ------------- * produces HTML user interfaces to browse, * one or more template based layouts, * layouts can provide CSS, Java, JavaScript and/or frames for navigation, * directory based approach makes it easy to organize talks within the cd structure, * automatic conversion between long and (ISO file system and web address compliant) short directory names, * convenient interface: makefile with certain targets, * prepared for teamwork: parts can be prepared by different team members (and speakers) and easily integrated, * easy and transparent integration of speaker materials, * archive feature to integrate previous conferences, * related talks (of current year and archives) are linked automatically, * source files can be written in PerlPoint or POD, further formats can be added, * automatic links for CPAN modules, * module index added automatically, * author index added automatically, * index page generated automatically, * generic texts produced in configurable languages, * powerful set of predefined PerlPoint macros ready to use, * integrates validation links into prerelease pages, * supports browser navigation bars * ... and more INSTALLATION ------------ PerlPointCD is based on PerlPoint, an Open Source software to build documentations and presentations on base of ASCII sources, which is available both on CPAN and SourceForge: * CPAN: PerlPoint::Applications::PerlPointCD * SourceForge: www.sourceforge.net/projects/perlpoint So to use PerlPointCD, PerlPoint needs to be installed. Please get the packages * PerlPoint::Package (0.39 or above), * PerlPoint::Converters (1.01 or above), * Pod::PerlPoint and install them by the usual steps gtar zxvf .tgz cd make test install distclean Users of CPAN and CPANPLUS might simplify this process by installing Bundle::PerlPoint and Pod::PerlPoint. Note: PerlPoint::Converters 1.01 does not support the new features of PerlPoint::Package 0.39 used by PerlPointCD 3.00, so PerlPointCD 3.00 comes with a patched version of pp2html, which is used transparently. DOCUMENTATION ------------- The manual is provided as a "demo CD". Please open a browser and start with build/index.html. SUPPPORT -------- A PerlPoint mailing list is set up to discuss usage, ideas, bugs, suggestions and translator development. To subscribe, please send an empty message to perlpoint-subscribe@perl.org. If you prefer, you can contact me via perl@jochen-stenzel.de as well. CREDITS ------- Thanks to Jürgen Christoffel for lots of ideas, especially in the area of CSS. It was a pleasure to work together on the Perl Workshop CD 2003! Thanks to Lorenz Domke for pp2html, which is used to generate the pages, and for his help in integrating new features. AUTHOR ------ Copyright (c) Jochen Stenzel (perl@jochen-stenzel.de), 2001-2004. All rights reserved. Main parts of the CSS layout are courtesy of Jürgen Christoffel. The Java/frame layout is based on a layout by Lorenz Domke. The redirection Java applet on index.html is courtesy of Jürgen Christoffel. The pp2html file provided with this version of PerlPointCD is written by Lorenz Domke, with patches by me. This distribution is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License distributed with Perl version 5.003 or (at your option) any later version. Please refer to the Artistic License that came with your Perl distribution for more details. The Artistic License should have been included in your distribution of Perl. It resides in the file named "Artistic" at the top-level of the Perl source tree (where Perl was downloaded/unpacked - ask your system administrator if you dont know where this is). Alternatively, the current version of the Artistic License distributed with Perl can be viewed on-line on the World-Wide Web (WWW) from the following URL: http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html. DISCLAIMER ---------- This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either expressed or implied, INCLUDING, without limitation, the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The ENTIRE RISK as to the quality and performance of the software IS WITH YOU (the holder of the software). Should the software prove defective, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 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