Class Phoons

java.lang.Object
  Phoons

public class Phoons

extends java.lang.Object

About the Phoons program

The Phoons program creates all of the Phoon web pages (over 800 of them) that you can see here: www.phoons.com

There used to be just a single, massive web page that showed all of the thumbnails. Because of multiple references I had on that single page, it was a lot of work even to add a single new picture.

I knew that at some point I'd break the main page into categories, with these details:

• Allow a picture to be in multiple categories
• Allow some pictures to have stories
• Make it very simple to add a new picture

I created the Phoons program to generated the web pages for me. It creates the highly cross-referenced HTML links and tables according to the information it extracts from three simple text files that I maintain:

• piclist.txt -- data for each picture (filename, caption, categories)
• stories.txt -- stories for selected pictures
• categories.txt - headings for selected categories

Try the TREE link at the top of this page to see the relationship of classes.

About piclist.txt

Each line represents a picture found in the Phoons web pages and contains these details:

• filename of the picture
• caption for the picture
• credit/contributor
• all categories to which the picture should be added; subcategories are preceded by a colon (for example, States:California)

A PicLink object is created for each picture. A CatLink object is created for each category of the picture.

About stories.txt

This file contains the following for selected pictures:

• filename
• story

Each story is stored in the corresponding PicLink object for the picture.

About categories.txt

This file contains the following for selected categories:

• category
• caption to appear above list of links

Each caption is stored in the corresponding CatLink object for the category.

Field Summary

protected PageMaker

pm The object that generates web pages.

Constructor Summary

Phoons()
Loads files and images unique to the Phoons web pages.

Method Summary

protected void	argsToFacts(java.lang.String[] args) Establishes what needs to be done by interpreting the args from main().
void	createEmail() Creates email.txt, a file containing text in a format ready for mailing to those on the email distribution list.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Creates web pages based on the supplied args.
protected void	toHtml() Performs tasks established via processArgs().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

pm

protected PageMaker pm

The object that generates web pages.

Constructor Detail

Phoons

public Phoons()

Loads files and images unique to the Phoons web pages.

Method Detail

createEmail

public void createEmail()

Creates email.txt, a file containing text in a format ready for mailing to those on the email distribution list.

argsToFacts

protected void argsToFacts(java.lang.String[] args)

Establishes what needs to be done by interpreting the args from main().

toHtml

protected void toHtml()

Performs tasks established via processArgs().

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Creates web pages based on the supplied args.