Create HTML Slideshows with POD

 POD is an easy to learn structured markup language aimed to write documentation for Perl modules.  PodWiki uses this language as its markup and therefore I wanted to use it for HTML slideshows as well.

        Create HTML Slideshows with POD
            Pod::S5 0.07
            Pod::HTMLSlidy
            Pod::AxPoint 0.04
            Keynote
            Fullscreen slideshow

Pod::S5 0.07

Pod::S5 is a perl program which parses a POD input file and generates a ready to use HTML slideshow. The slideshow generated uses  S5 by Eric Meyer as presentation engine. It is a fabulous system using XHTML, CSS and Javascript. Take a look at the  example presentation on his page to get an impression what it looks like and how it works.

You can get the latest version of Pod::S5 from  CPAN.

I maintain also a local copy here:  Pod-S5-0.07.tar.gz.

Take a look at the  example presentation and the  POD Source s5.pod.

Please note, Pod::S5 supports syntax highlighting of various languages using the perl Module  Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate if it's installed.

 Ryan King came up with a new site devoted to development of S5  s5project, which aims to continue development of S5. The latest version of this site will be part of the next Pod::S5 version.

Pod::HTMLSlidy

Another framework for HTML based slideshows is  HTML Slidy by  W3C. I am planning to write a Pod::HTMLSlidy tool based on Pod::S5 soon.

Stay tuned.

Pod::AxPoint 0.04

Another tool for creating slideshows is  AxPoint which is part of the content management framework  AxKit. Although it generates PDF files, I decided to write a wrapper for it to make it possible to write AxPoint presentations in POD.

In fact I had the idea before I knew of S5 - however, you may download the tool anyway.

You can get the latest version of Pod::S5 from  CPAN.

I maintain also a local copy here:  Pod-AxPoint-0.04.tar.gz.

Take a look at the  example presentation and the  POD Source axpoint.pod.

Keynote

Well - another way of creating portable slideshows is to use Apples  Keynote. You can create amazing slideshows and export them as shockwave file. Beside shockwave it is also able to export to PDF or as images. Even the evil MS Powerpoint format can be created.

For click-and-point users this might be an appropriate solution, given the fact you own a mac.

Hese is an example of a slideshow I created in keynotes:  Shockwave slideshow.

Fullscreen slideshow

You can install the  authide firefox extension which hides the toolbars on F11 key press.