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EP M CD COLLECTION 14 th EP Meeting , Sofia, Bulgaria 2010 Vittorio Iocolano Why a CD? Positive ve Aspec ects Physi sical al copy with all printed issues No No internet net connection required Same layout of of paper versi


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EPM CD COLLECTION

Vittorio Iocolano 14th EPMeeting, Sofia, Bulgaria 2010

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  • Positive

ve Aspec ects  Physi sical al copy with all printed issues  No No internet net connection required  Same layout of

  • f paper versi

sion  People can downlo nload ad it from epmcd.a .ath.c .cx

  • Negative Aspec

ects

  • Cost of
  • f produ
  • duction
  • n (Low
  • w for
  • r CD

CDs, but high for print nt)

  • Time for production.

Why a CD?

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The first version of the CD was developed in 2003 by Antonino Porto. It was then improved by Gianfranco Di Stefano (and Poullay Silven Manikon). Next, Angelo Tambone and, finally, myself.

The history of the CD

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  • At first not planned for future issues
  • Many Useless files
  • Unclean HTML code
  • Too many code lines!
  • Banners in java
  • Difficult to update

Negative aspects of old CD version

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  • Planned to be durable
  • Use of XHTML and CSS
  • Useless html tags deleted
  • Useless files deleted
  • Flexible layout
  • New style
  • Less banners
  • Removed background music

But…

  • There are layout problems with Internet

Explorer 7 or earlier

How have I improved the CD?

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  • Use of other technologies for banners
  • Entirely rebuild old layout
  • Currently I am developing a new way to

view the issues

What is the plan for future?

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!--[if lt IE 8]> <script>alert("This site will not be viewed correcly if you are not using IE8, or other browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari. Please Update your browser to the last version")</script> <![endif]--> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <head> <title>European Pupils Magazine -- History of Science and Technology</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="style.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"><br/> <h5><span id="red">H</span>ISTORY OF <span id="red">S</span>CIENCE AND <span id="red">T</span>ECHNOLOGY</h5> <h1><a href="index.htm" title="Go to Home Page"><span id="red">E</span>UROPEAN <span id="red">P</span>UPILS <i><span id="red">M</span>AGAZINE</i></a></h1> <i>ISSN-1723-9001</i> </div> <div id="main"> <p><applet code="lvbook.class" width="400" height="282"> <param name="Background1" value="002550"/> <param name="Background2" value="000000"/> <param name="credits" value="applet by www.lvplanet.com"/> <param name="Font" value="Dialog,0,10"/> <param name="Foreground" value="ffffcc"/> <param name="Image1" value="Main Menu_file/1stcover.jpg, issue 1,WebMagazine/issue_1/index.htm"/> <param name="Image2" value="Main Menu_file/2ndcover.jpg, issue 2,WebMagazine/issue_2/index.htm"/> <param name="Image3" value="Main Menu_file/3rdcover.jpg, issue>

  • XTHML as markup language
  • CSS to impose layout
  • .ini and .exe for auto-run
  • Java for banners
  • PDF for complete issue
  • Every page is .GIF file inserted in .html

files

What technologies does the CD use?

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The original CD version was not created for multiple issues, so the successive update resulted out of the original ideas. So during the updates the CD became full

  • f useless stuffs. We are still working
  • n removing these problems. Despite the

production cost and time, the CD remains an effective way to deliver EPM issues for its loading speed, easiness to read and, moreover, people like to take concrete material.

Conclusions

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