Enabling slideshows in Drupal by converting PPT and PDFs
Read OriginalThis article details a technical implementation for enabling a slideshow feature in Drupal, similar to Slideshare. It explains how to accept user-uploaded presentations (PPT, PDF) and convert them to browser-viewable images using an open-source stack including Gearman for job queuing, OpenOffice, Ghostscript, and unoconv for format conversion, all hosted in-house.
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