How do I email a Xara presentation/website

[Riftvalley]

Good morning designers,

I am not sure which section this should be posted on. I use XDPX to produce presentations (I am allergic to PowerPoint and avoid it like the plague).

I have produced a simple standalone website that I run in a browser to provide a presentation to work colleagues (via Zoom) - works beautifully.

I want to send the complete presentation which is of the form: a folder called "index_htm_files" and an "index.htm" file to friends via email.

To load the presentation/website I right-click on the HTML file and select an appropriate browser - works on 99.9% of computers.

However, I wanted to send the complete presentation/website to a colleague via email and get the warning:

The following message to XXXXXXXX.org.uk was undeliverable. The reason for the problem: 550 5.7.1 Blocked by email filter (XXXXXXXX)

How can I send complete websites by email?

I prefer not to load the files to this thread as they contain controversial/private material relating to business issues.

Kind regards
Martin

PS Temporarily I just exported the presentation as a scrollable .pdf but this does not have the impact of a 'live' clickable screen.
M

[handrawn]

first thing I would do is try zipping it - it is possible somewhere in your email system or their's a file type is blocked for privacy/security reasons - sending a zip should fix that

[Riftvalley]

first thing I would do is try zipping it - it is possible somewhere in your email system or their's a file type is blocked for privacy/security reasons - sending a zip should fix that

Apologies to everyone. I meant to add that I had already zipped the folder - Outlook will not allow folders to be added as attachments.

I guess that it is refused because it contains javascript files etc. I would like a workaround. I have sent scripts via email by changing the extension and then changing it back again, but this can get corrupted.

Martin

[Chris M]

You could upload the zipped files to OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and send the link for them to download.

[Riftvalley]

Excuse me for replying to my own text.

I just tried experimenting by changing the 'zip' extension to 'abc' then back again on the recipient computer before unzipping and it worked a treat - simples!

I agree that the idea of using OneDrive etc is a brilliant option (I use pCloud) so for larger files, this is the way to go. But for small files, it seems that a simple cheat is to change the extension, probably a security risk but not sure.

Many thanks again for your help.
Martin

[handrawn]

i was going to suggest encryption container next but i guess changing the file type does a good job of hiding content

[gwpriester]

I might be missing something here but, why not publish the small site as a website and share the link?

[handrawn]

i'm guessing this is intranet rather than internet so not out in the wild - private business was mentioned

[pauland]

Why not post the presentation to a subfolder on a website, then email a link. Far easier. It's what I do all the time with websites needing client approval before going live.

So it might be..

https://www.yourwebsite.com/presentations/presentation1

Simple.

[Acorn]

Zip the rendered presentation, index_htm_file/ folder and index.htm.
Use https://emaillargefile.com or one of many other free services: https://www.howtogeek.com/133761/the...g-large-files/

Acorn