[Xerte-dev] Re: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page

[Kemp Johnathan]

Way to go Ron!

Flash settings were the key.

So which set of files are we using ? :-)

On 2 February 2012 14:01, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

> Whoops overlapping messages - glad you got it working. Hopefully that
> resolves Jonathan's issue too.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Fay Cross
> *Sent:* 02 February 2012 13:51
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
>
>
>
> Ok, just changed security settings as you advised Johnathan and it works
> now.
>
>
>
> I’ll just test a few things before I upload amended files to the svn.
> Thanks for coming up with a solution to this Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Fay Cross
> *Sent:* 02 February 2012 13:46
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
>
>
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> I’ve been looking through the files you sent over and what you’re saying
> makes sense, at the moment there are no functions to make the new window in
> the index.htm files that get exported with a project.  However, even after
> adding these functions in to the index.htm I can’t see the window.  Am I
> missing something?  I simply exported a project from xot, unzipped it and
> edited the index.htm to include the functions (and the <div
> id="popup_parent"/> too).  They don’t seem to be being called at all as
> I’ve tried an alert in them.  It’s using the right model file.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Fay
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 02 February 2012 13:04
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
>
>
>
> Hi Jonathan
>
> it works fine for me too assuming you have the flash player trusted
> locations set for wherever your viewing from try the attached index.htm and
> embedDiv.rlm in your test file.
>
> I think there's a difference with the index.htm file xerte current
> publishes?
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 02 February 2012 12:20
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
>
>
>
> I have been testing embedDiv in desktop xerte both in a pageTemplates
> project and as an individual page template. To test I have published the
> project and then simply opened index.htm in a browser. I have no web server
> running on my PC. I am assuming that the javascript that makes the page
> work is running in the browser and does not therefor require a web server.
>
>
>
> This I believe would rule out mime types as being an issue.
>
>
>
> The url I used was the guardian home page as indicated in an earlier post
> and this worked fine for Julian, so spaces in file names should not be an
> issue.
>
>
>
> Has anyone tested embedDiv in a pageTemplates desktop Xerte project and
> then been able to publish the project, open the page in a browser and view
> the embedded content, in a situation in which they are not using a web
> server?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 2 February 2012 11:53, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> firstly apologies for what will be a long message and also I decided it
> would be better to continue to discuss this on the dev list rather than the
> main list hope that's ok...
>
>
>
> I'm a big fan of the embed content page because it addresses one of the
> barriers a lot of people come up with about not being able to embed their
> favourite web 2 sites/resources etc to big thanks to whoever contributed to
> this!
>
>
>
> So anyway to continue this thread and Jonthan's tests I've been testing
> and comparing files and versions and I think Julian indicated the most
> up-to-date embedDiv.rlm is in the xerte svn rather than xot svn. However I
> could easily be wrong but from my tests I don't think that's the case. I'm
> assuming that the code in embedDiv.rlm and it's dependencies evolved since
> it was first added and I think at first the window size was fixed
> regardless of LO screen size setting and at some point Julian or Pat or
> someone else? improved this  so that the embed window reflected the LO
> screen size setting. From my tests this works great with one possible
> caveat that I'll cover below but first the difference between the current
> xerte embedDiv.rlm and the current XOT embedDiv.rlm. I think the latter is
> newer and the correct/best version and the crucial difference is shown in
> the attached txt file.
>
>
>
> The other key issue from my tests is what happens when an XOT LO using the
> embed content or new window page is exported. Here's the result of my tests:
>
>
>
> \website_code\php\scorm\scorm_library.php is what creates the index.htm
> which is part of the normal zip export
>
>
>
> As far as I can tell it does this by opening
> \modules\xerte\player\rloObject.htm and renaming that as index.htm and
> adding to the zip
>
>
>
> When exporting as scorm a similar thing happens but in this case it's
> \modules\xerte\scorm\scormRLO.htm that get's opened and made part of the
> exported zip
>
>
>
> So at the moment when exporting from XOT as either normal zip or scorm zip
> the embed content and new window pages don't work because
> \modules\xerte\player\rloObject.htm and \modules\xerte\scorm\scormRLO.htm
> don't currently contain the relevant window code.
>
>
>
> When previewing or playing via xot the embed content and new window pages
> work because the required window code is in \modules\xerte\preview_xerte_top
>
>
>
> The quickest solution is to add the relevant code from
> \modules\xerte\preview_xerte_top to both
> \modules\xerte\player\rloObject.htm and \modules\xerte\scorm\scormRLO.htm
> These then get exported as part of the zip and include the code to make the
> pages work. As well as the window and div code there's a line towards the
> end of the files that also needs to be in place: <div id="popup_parent"/>
>
>
>
> I've added the code to both these pages and tested and it seems to work
> fine. I could commit those changes to the XOT svn but have attached all the
> files here for Pat or someone else to check and verify before doing so.
> Especially in case I'm wrong about all this or if there are other
> versions/revisions flying around?
>
>
>
> The one issue I have found with this and it may be unique to my IE 8 is
> that when first viewed the embed content page window isn't the correct size
> in IE when the default LO screen size is anything but fill window. However
> it works fine when the windows size is changed and it works fine regardless
> of LO screen size in Firefox and Safari. To test this view
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560 and use the toc to navigate
> to the embed content example on page 29. On my Windows 7 laptop it works
> fine in Firefox and Safari but in IE 8 the embed window is much larger than
> the default 800 x 600 LO until changing the screen size option and then
> navigating away from and back to that page. Is it the same for you in IE?
> Is there a fix? Before someone says it a fix other than "don't use IE!" ;-)
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 31 January 2012 14:04
>
>
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
>
>
>
> I have the Opera javascript console enabled and it displays errors from a
> test script. However when I view the embed content page in a xerte
> published project there are no errors displayed. The project displays but
> there is simply no content embeded.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 31 January 2012 13:43, Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> any JS errors?
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Kemp Johnathan
> <johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Yep,
> >
> > I found the javascript in index.htm of my published project, but I can't
> get
> > the page to work.
> >
> > I have created a simple test javascript page with a couple of
> document.write
> > statements and an alert popup and they work, so javascript is definitely
> > running in the browser.
> >
> > So I am some what stumped as far as testing the page goes.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Johnathan
> >
> > On 31 January 2012 12:36, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> In index.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
> Johnathan
> >> Sent: 31 January 2012 12:32
> >>
> >>
> >> To: Xerte discussion list
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have just compared the content of the rlm file from pageTemplates with
> >> that of the XOT svn dated 13/12/2011 (which I downloaded as part of a
> so far
> >> unsuccessful attempt to get toolkits running.)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> There are some differences which I have now added to my rlm file for the
> >> individual page template, but the page continues to fail to display in
> >> either Opera or Internet Explorer.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I suspect the problem lies in the line
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> callJS('makePopUp', params);
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Where is the javascript located? Is it part of swfObject, or a separate
> >> file?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I suspect the problem is mainly one of not having access to the
> >> javascript?
> >>
> >> So where would I find the relevant javascript files in the XOT svn
> folders
> >> and where would I need to install them in a standalone Xerte
> installation?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Johnathan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 31 January 2012 11:46, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Having said that it works in toolkits here. Not sure about local.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian
> Tenney
> >> Sent: 31 January 2012 11:45
> >> To: Xerte discussion list
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Embed content page
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Just works here…
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Error! Filename not specified.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
> Johnathan
> >> Sent: 31 January 2012 11:43
> >> To: Xerte discussion list
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Embed content page
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am trying to get the embed content page to work
> >>
> >> I have created a page in a pagetemplates project and entered into the
> url
> >> the value
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> However when I preview the page the content is empty. I suspect the page
> >> may only work in published projects so I then published the project.
> >>
> >> I have opened the project in both Opera and Internet Explorer and no
> >> content displays.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Am I entering the content incorrectly in Embed code or url field of the
> >> form.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can someone suggest a value I can use that is known to work?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Johnathan
> >>
> >>
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