Deploy* BETA Version 0.9.5
Saturday, July 19th, 2008I have finally released Deploy* today. You can find it at http://oscargodson.com/deploy until its reached a final release. Once it reaches version 1.0 I’ll put a link on my web site or give it it’s own domain name.
So what is Deploy*?
From the Deploy* tool’s documentation:
Deploy* is a free, open source, online tool which allows users to quickly deploy a web project folder in only a couple seconds.
It offers a couple unique features from other project folder downloads such as customization, valid XHTML, HTML, and CSS, but the most unique is bookmarking.
Deploy*’s bookmarking feature allows the user to go through the form only one time and then bookmarking the next page (deploy.php). When the user returns to that bookmark it instantly generates another .zip folder with all the settings the user had previously entered.
If you have a Mac you could add that bookmark to your dock and it’s only a click away. Windows and Linux users could also add the bookmark to their desktop and it will always be right there waiting.
Info on creating the bookmarks on the desktop and dock* (Mac users only) is coming soon!
I have done it all from scratch (except the jQuery stuff!). From a technical stand point, Deploy* takes the users form and, based on that form, creates a folder called deploy_xxx123, grabs files from a files directory puts it in that previous folder, creates new directories such as css, js, images, etc and also creates a HTML or XHTML file based on what was chosen and when all that is done zips it and names it deploy.zip.
Download the source code if you are interested.
As of now, V0.9.5 all browsers are supported, however, IE6, IE7, and Opera are having some small CSS and JavaScript issues that will be worked out by version 1.0.