view on ipad a website offline

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view on ipad a website offline

Hi all

I have a website that for various reasons, i have to carry with me as catalog.

Is there any app that would read the site and open the right page when i click on a link? Since the site is offline and i have all the links to other pages as local; i guess that it won't work.

I cannot put the site online, otherwise the problem would be solved; and each page has many sub pages (is a catalog after all, with pictures and data for each item, divided in many categories and sections), so i cannot convert them in pdf files or other formats since they are interconnected (to make an example; a car door requires specific washer and screws, that requires particular tools, and so on; so each part needs to display other parts correlated).

Is there any app that let me load a folder full of html pages and pictures, and read it as i would do on my computer? (start from index.html and from there read the local links to open pages and show images).

I have goodreader, but it works with a singular page 😟

Mac Pro Dual 2.66 Xeon/3Gb/X1900XT - Macbook core2 duo 2GHz/2Gb, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 20, 2010 1:04 AM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Jul 20, 2010 6:22 AM in response to darshie76

Try the apps iSaveWeb and Web Offline.

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Answer 2

Jul 20, 2010 9:36 AM in response to darshie76

Offline Pages gets good reviews.

But I was just thinking why you don't just publish the website to the internet. You can easily protect it using any number of security protocols. This method would be much more robust, especially if you update anything in the catalogue.

Any of these apps is going to be trying, because you have to "capture" each page. That could take hours. And, I'm not convinced that links would be efficient, depending on the html code.

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darshie76 Author

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Jul 22, 2010 4:18 PM in response to lllaass

sadly both of them does not do what i need; they do not let me have a local folder on my ipad and browse the entire site 😟

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darshie76 Author

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Jul 22, 2010 4:27 PM in response to OrangeMarlin

I understand that is easier to post the site on the web, but i have 2 main reasons:

1) the content of the site cannot be seen other than to people that sign the NDA; so i cannot post anything online, even if i protect the pages with login access (this will be resolved once that the products goes public)

2) in many places where i go, there is no internet connection available (and i don't want a 3g ipad because i gotta pay subscription to browse...and 3g is also not available everywhere); I could bring the laptop with me but it is heavy and compared to the ipad is a mammoth

I've found a software that can download pages and link them locally, but you have to download the site, and cannot simply copy the folder on the ipad; so i am back to square 1

BTW i do not need a site sucker or offline browser, but a software that can store a site on the ipad (without being a webserver, i don't need to serve content to anyone other than the ipad itself), and can let me to browse it, without going one page at time.

The biggest problem of the software that you suggested is that they do not save the links on a page, so if i have page A that has a link to products on page B and prices on page C, i cannot click on the link on page A, but gotta manually load page B and C....this nullify the nature itself of the HTML since is not a hypertext anymore but just a bunch of pages, like in a regular word or pdf document.

now even a 386 running windows 3.11 can display local websites; and i don't get it how is possible that a more advanced device like the ipad, with a powerful cpu cannot manage HTML hyperlinks...the only answer that came up i my mind is that nobody needs this feature so nobody wrote an api to support local browsing.

anyway my hunt continue....hopefully i do not have to write by myself an app that does what i need; even because to use it i have no other option than putting it on the store (99 bucks); and this is hilarious...to ahve to pay to run my own software on my own device 🙂

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Answer 5

Sep 16, 2010 10:25 AM in response to darshie76

And? Found the solution jet? Cause I'm intrested too.

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Answer 6

Sep 28, 2010 9:30 PM in response to darshie76

I'm downloading Site Sucker now for a similar reason http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sitesucker/id346896838?mt=8#- hope it works!

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Answer 7

Oct 15, 2010 12:07 AM in response to darshie76

I too have this same requirement. 3G is just not always available, and at the same time, even when it is, some items from our catalogue take long to download. It is the ultimate tool for me to have multiple catalogues with me, taking up hardly any physical space. Unfortunately, the entire DVD catalogue is in HTML format (4.2Gb). I see only http://www.maximumsoft.com/products/idp/tour.html (dream publisher) that may work from all the ideas, however it would need more tools and software knowledge.

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truimagz

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Oct 15, 2010 12:42 AM in response to Conrad Muller

This is a perfect example for the need of flash on our ipads.

If we could use flash then you could quickly publish your site as an app via adobe air and view it as a desktop app or mobile app as well as later publish it to the web for web viewing. All without making a single change.

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