Converting PPT to HTML with Animations

[Bill]

The PPT 2002 conversion to HTML looks very nice on my website, but despite my best
efforts I can't get these presentations indexed in any search engine.

In my experience, I think the reason search engines won't index the converted HTML is
that there is such a very high amount of HTML/script/css to actual text.

Does anyone have any suggestions, or does anyone know of a program that will convert PPT
to HTML and will still SUPPORT ANIMATIONS (all the PPT to HTML programs I've seen don't
support animations)???

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Michael Koerner]

In your first couple of paragraphs your talking about search engine
indexing, and in the last Para you ask about animations I believe that you
have to set up the Meta tags for your indexing. and when publishing your
presentation in the Web Options dialogue box under the General tab if you
have "Show slide animations while browsing" check marked your animations
should work. they do for me.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The PPT 2002 conversion to HTML looks very nice on my website, but despite my best
efforts I can't get these presentations indexed in any search engine.

In my experience, I think the reason search engines won't index the converted HTML is
that there is such a very high amount of HTML/script/css to actual text.

Does anyone have any suggestions, or does anyone know of a program that will convert PPT
to HTML and will still SUPPORT ANIMATIONS (all the PPT to HTML programs I've seen don't
support animations)???

Interesting question. I'm guesing you're right about the reason you're not seeing your
pages indexed. To verify that, your web logs might tell you whether search engine robots
are hitting the pages at least (if they're not, it doesn't matter what's on them, of
course).

It may also have to do with the fact that the pages are all framed and the links aren't
normal http links, so the engines may not be able to follow them directly.

A thought: what about side-by-side pages, one set of very simple, text-only or text+slide
image pages, each of which has a link to the main page of the full-up, PPT-produced
animated version? The text-only pages would also be useful for site visitors who use
accessibility aids like screen readers.

Our PPT2HTML (http://www.pptools.com/ppt2html/) and probably some of the other tools
you've tried could produce these pages quickly.

 

[William_Peterson via OfficeKB.com]

If you want to get better index in search engines, you'd better redesign your
webpage manually, not using generated html page from programs.

Similarily, you want to retain all animations in powerpoint to html, you'd
better convert your ppt to another formats with a conversion tool whic can
greatly retain animations. I suggest that the best format for showing online
is flash, which is easy to be embeded in html page.

See a tutorial related:
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2983#2983

I hope my answer can really help you.

 

[Bill]

In your first couple of paragraphs your talking about search engine
indexing, and in the last Para you ask about animations I believe that you
have to set up the Meta tags for your indexing

No. Michael, search engines no longer weigh meta-tags.

. and when publishing your
presentation in the Web Options dialogue box under the General tab if you
have "Show slide animations while browsing" check marked your animations
should work. they do for me.

My animations work fine, that was not my question.

 

[Bill]

Interesting question. I'm guesing you're right about the reason you're not seeing your
pages indexed. To verify that, your web logs might tell you whether search engine robots
are hitting the pages at least (if they're not, it doesn't matter what's on them, of
course).

I had once set up a script on the page to notify me when it detected a spider. So, I
know that Google, Yahoo, and a few others do crawl the pages.

It may also have to do with the fact that the pages are all framed and the links aren't
normal http links, so the engines may not be able to follow them directly.

See above. and as I had written in my experience doing search engine optimzation, the
reason why the PPT generated HTML pages are not indexed is that there is such an
extremely high ratio of markup-to-text - a typical slide is almost ~98% markup. And the
markup is too much of a mess for me to even consider trying to optimze the markup PPT
generates.

A thought: what about side-by-side pages, one set of very simple, text-only or text+slide
image pages, each of which has a link to the main page of the full-up, PPT-produced
animated version? The text-only pages would also be useful for site visitors who use
accessibility aids like screen readers.

Ah - now that's an idea!

Our PPT2HTML (http://www.pptools.com/ppt2html/) and probably some of the other tools
you've tried could produce these pages quickly.

I looked at PPT2HTML, the examples I was able to eventually find on pptools showed that
the pages generated are images of the slides. I've used ClickToConvert, which will
create HTML pages - and to get them index by search engine I need to go in and optimze
the CSS. But C2C does not support animations.

Bill.

 

[Michael Koerner]

So this was not a question?

Does anyone have any suggestions, or does anyone know of a program that will
convert PPT
to HTML and will still SUPPORT ANIMATIONS (all the PPT to HTML programs I've
seen don't
support animations)???

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I looked at PPT2HTML, the examples I was able to eventually find on pptools showed that

the pages generated are images of the slides.

That's one option, but it comes with templates that allow you to pull just the text from
the PPT slides, in several forms.

It's actually more of a replacement engine. You can create your own templates and specify
any number of placeholders that direct PPT2HTML to extract info/images from PPT and plug
them in where you want them (ie, in your HTML).

I've used ClickToConvert, which will
create HTML pages - and to get them index by search engine I need to go in and optimze
the CSS. But C2C does not support animations.

Nor does PPT2HTML. Or probably any other conversion utility that produces HTML; HTML
itself doesn't support animation in any normal sense; not w/o lots and lots of
non-standard markup and there you are, back where you started. ;-)

 

[William_Peterson via OfficeKB.com]

As ya want, retaining animation is the point, so why not use Flash embedded
in html, which is the best way to both retain animations and optimize html
pages.

Please see my tutorial:
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2983#2983

If you want to get better index in search engines, you'd better redesign your
webpage manually, not using generated html page from programs.

Similarily, you want to retain all animations in powerpoint to html, you'd
better convert your ppt to another formats with a conversion tool whic can
greatly retain animations. I suggest that the best format for showing online
is flash, which is easy to be embeded in html page.

See a tutorial related:
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2983#2983

I hope my answer can really help you.

The PPT 2002 conversion to HTML looks very nice on my website, but despite my best
efforts I can't get these presentations indexed in any search engine.

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Bill

 

[Guest]

Most people convert PPT to Flash for web page using Presentation To Video
Converter
http://www.geovid.com/Presentation_to_Video_Converter/