Offering Powerpoint file for download

[Mandi]

One of my (forum) users sent me an amazing Powerpoint presentation (photo essay) of the recent tragic events - she wanted to be able to share it with everyone. I zipped it and sent it via FTP to the site, and explained to her how to post a link to it. It works flawlessly for me (someone who *knows* .zip files) but several people are mystified by it (I have wayyyy more than my share of computer newbies) - so I thought, fine, I'll just post the raw .pps file and link to that - nothing doing. It is trying to launch in IE or something - no popup dialog box asking me where to save the file.

Is there a better way to offer a .pps file for download?

The zip file, if anyone wants to see the photo essay: http://www.cgspouses.net/attack.zip- 770KB. The usual warning about graphic images applies.

[PaulKroll]

I believe PowerPoint has a "save as HTML" or some such similar option, which saves as HTML and gif/jpegs. Then you could put it in a directory and not worry about A) people not being able to download it and B) people not having PowerPoint.

Assuming, of course, that you have PowerPoint, and not just the viewer.. :(

[Mandi]

Awesome solution, thanks! Talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees - I code everything (nearly) by hand, I forget that there are autogenerators.

I do indeed have the full Powerpoint. I know little about it and avoid it like the plague because it feels very Corporate to me :o ! (Silly, I know . . .)

[Bob]

Hi Mandi,

I am not a fan of Power Point myself, but one of my clients love it and had a presentation they wanted to put on the web.

I used the built in Power Point html generator option and this is what it ended up looking like:
http://saiconsulting.com/NAHB2001.htm

Hope this helps :)
-Bob