Export to HTML


The "Export to HTML" option allows you to create an HTML file that will contain the full catalog in a portable format. You can upload this list on the web or give it to anybody that has a web browser.

The HTML file generated is based on a real HTML file. The program replaces special tags with movie and catalog information.


There are two templates: "Full" and "Individual". Old versions only had the "Full" template. The Full template is only one file, with the list of movies. Its name is the name that you select when you click "Export". The Individual template is one file per movie, with the information of each movie. By default the name is the name that you select when you click "Export" with the movie number appended at the end (you can change that in the Preferences window).

So if you export the catalog to "My movies.html" you will have:

At the right of the template selection buttons ("Full"/"Individual" buttons) you can select if you want to export both templates or only the currently selected template.


All the tags begin with "$$". You do not really have to know them since you can add them with the "Insert Special Tag" menu. They include all the information that you can enter in the main window for a movie, but also the total number of movies, file name of the catalog, the current date and the current time.

There are two very important tags for the "Full" template: $$ITEM_BEGIN and $$ITEM_END. When creating the HTML file, the program will repeat the HTML code that is between these two tags for each movie. So all the tags begining by $$ITEM_ have to be placed between these two tags. On the other hand, these tags are useless for the "Individual" template.

The application includes sample templates that you can use or customize. Of course you can create a new one from scratch if you prefer, but I would recommend that you observer first this basic template:

<html>
  <head><title>$$FILENAME</title></head>
  <body><table>
    $$ITEM_BEGIN
      <tr>
        <td>$$ITEM_NUMBER</td>
        <td>$$ITEM_ORIGINALTITLE</td>
        <td>$$ITEM_TRANSLATEDTITLE</td>
        <td>$$ITEM_DESCRIPTION</td>
      </tr>
    $$ITEM_END
  </table></body>
</html>

Here we can see that the page will have the filename as title, and then a table listing all the movies. The program will write the <table> tag, and then repeat the <tr>...</tr> sequence for each movie since it is between $$ITEM_BEGIN and $$ITEM_END.

Here is a list of all the available tags:

Catalog file properties: