Re: Using existing presentations for Reveal.js template

[Pranesh Prakash <the.solipsist-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Hello all,
I've got another presentation coming up, so I thought I'd check again.

Here's a link to the HTML file generated by slides.com's export function: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iABDNv5UQ8cn1SITyOm8Orp6PrDHXqm2/view?usp=sharing

Regards,
Pranesh
On Saturday, 10 October, 2020 at 5:53:05 pm UTC+5:30 Pranesh Prakash wrote:

> Dear all,
> For some years now I have been using Slides.com for both preparing my 
> slide presentations as well as for hosting them.  Now I'm thinking about 
> preparing my presentations using markdown + pandoc + revealjs, and then 
> uploading them to Slides.com.
>
> I've found it very easy to make presentations using pandoc, but I want to 
> do two more things: (1) imitate the styles I currently use on Slides.com; 
> (2) insert some existing slides into the presentation created by pandoc.
>
> ## Creating Template from Existing Reveal.js HTML file ##
> I have downloaded an HTML file from Slides.com, which I can use offline.  
> That file, unfortunately, uses external URLs to pull in media like: (1) 
> font; (2) images.
>
> I want to develop a template based on that file that uses the correct:
> 1. Font type
> 2. Heading and text styles (colour, size, right-left-centre alignment as 
> well as top-bottom alignment)
> 3. Background image
>
> I'd also like to know how pandoc does in-page placement.  For instance, if 
> there's some text I want to appear in a small font size near the bottom of 
> the slide, is that possible?
>
> ## Inserting Existing Slides into Presentation ##
> I have some slides (such as the "contact me" slide at the end) in which 
> I've carefully positioned SVG images (i.e., the mailbox symbol in front of 
> e-mail address, the Twitter bird symbol in front of Twitter handle).  I 
> don't know how one could do such careful positioning in the markdown file.  
> (If someone knows if this can be done, I'd love to learn.)  Given that, it 
> would be great if I could just insert the existing slide at the end of the 
> presentation.  Is this possible?
>
> This is an example of what I would want the presentation to roughly look 
> like:
> https://slides.com/pranesh/lawmaking-open-standards
>
> I'm happy to share an HTML version of that if that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Pranesh
>
>

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