Online dictionary

[Aidan Wilson]

Hey Greg,

You could approach ANU and ask them to host the dictionary, couldn't you? I 
mean, it's research output and stuff so they should be bending over backwards 
to host it. If they give you a really opaque address like 
anu.edu.au/homes/~wamut/pro.dev-host1.caligula/dictionary.html or some such 
nonsense, then you could register a better name and map it onto whatever space 
they allocate for it, so it would render as youdomain.com.au/dictionary or 
whatever you want.

You might also want to find out if ANU has a domain registry thing going on or 
if they just register theirs with commercial companies.

AIATSIS is another option.

Given the minuscule amount of space needed to host a dictionary (even with 
sound files, recorded example sentences and so forth) it wouldn't be a bad idea 
if someone bit the bullet and bought space and offered hosting to others' 
dictionaries.

As for the html question, it really depends what lexique pro spits out, as John 
mentioned. Maybe post a single entry, along with the header and footer of the 
dictionary so we can see?

-- 
Aidan Wilson

PhD Candidate in Linguistics
School of Languages and Linguistics
The University of Melbourne

+61428 458 969
aidan.wilson at unimelb.edu.au
@aidanbwilson

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011, John Mansfield wrote:

> Hi Greg,
> I've previously bought domain names from GoDaddy. They are a very well-established domain name dealer; *but*, although they do
> .com, .org and lots of other variants, they don't deal in .com.au domains. If you want the latter, there seem to be a few
> dozen companies, such as NetRegistry.
> 
> Regarding improvements to your Lexique Pro default output: cosmetic improvements should be fairly easy, and by just learning a
> bit of html (W3Schools is a good place to learn) you will be able to do something here. If you are looking for more functional
> improvements, like better navigation options, the learning curve might get increasingly steep. And all this depends a fair bit
> on what sort of html Lexique Pro spits out anyway.
> 
> I'd be happy to help point you in the right direction, if you want to show me the files and describe some improvements you
> want to make.
> 
> j
> 
> On 8 December 2011 22:37, Greg Dickson <munanga at bigpond.com> wrote:
>       I have a couple of questions on a different topic to throw in the mix...
>
>       I'm slowly building a dictionary in Lexique Pro and intend to make it an online dictionary. I don't have much
>       experience with websites however so was wondering if someone could give advice on:
>       a) the basics on getting a domain name in Australia (where to go, how much etc.) and advice on uploading pages on
>       to a website (any tricks I should know?)
>       b) has anyone tried to change a Lexique Pro web dictionary from the one that it automatically spits out to
>       something that is a bit more appealing and easy-to-navigate. How hard would this be to do and is it something I
>       could teach myself (e.g. by learning a bit of HTML)
>
>       Any help appreciated.
>
>       Cheers,
>       Greg.
> 
> 
> 
>