[Xerte-dev] Re: Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media Interactions

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Fri Jul 13 10:39:09 BST 2012


log it as a bug

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>wrote:

> Yes it's a quick change to change \languages\en-GB\setup\basic.sql so
> that the two templates are inactive. I'll do that shortly.****
>
> ** **
>
> What's not so quick and I'm not really sure where to look/fix is that
> visiting managemnt.php and then central templates and trying to change
> active to inactive doesn't work e.g. for existing installs to hide the
> templates. Changing the value of who can access from * does work as does
> changing active to 0 direct in the database. ****
>
> ** **
>
> ****
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>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 13 July 2012 10:07
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media
> Interactions****
>
> ** **
>
> Leave the folders, because then existing content (although I don’t think
> there is very much) will still work.****
>
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>
> I noted yesterday to make sure only the Toolkits and RSS feeds should be
> in the new build.****
>
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> Can you attend to this please?****
>
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>
> Fay has been through all the templates and made a list of issues: I’m
> going to work on as much as I can next week when I have some time: there
> are some that won’t be easy for me to fix, so it would be good to have some
> help on the php stuff: I think the publish thing is the main one.****
>
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>
> That giving templates issue Adam just mentioned would be good to fix as
> well.****
>
> ** **
>
> The other area where there is quite a bit to do, is to put all those
> button label properties etc into the language or advanced or whatever it is
> checkbox. I’m surprised this wasn’t done, I thought that’s why I made those
> modifications to the engine? Am I missing something here?****
>
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>
> This was my list of stuff that isn’t related to templates:****
>
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>
> Management.php****
>
> ==============****
>
> Giving templates****
>
> ** **
>
> Setup****
>
> =====****
>
> Documentation up to date?****
>
> Demo txt error on setup****
>
> Media Interactions and Multiple Perspectives still part of Xampp install -
> should be just the toolkit and rss feed (think this is just xampp)****
>
> Warn xampp users about losing work? Or migrate existing projects?****
>
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>
> General****
>
> =======****
>
> Publish button and process doesn’t seem quite right****
>
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>
> Workspace****
>
> =========****
>
> Folder / nested content indented too far in the workspace, looks odd?****
>
> Deleting folder: prompt contains <IMG tag****
>
> Should we allow the user to force a folder delete when full of LOs?****
>
> ** **
>
> Properties Panel****
>
> ================****
>
> Export gives scrambled text .rlt file if not published. Can’t we prevent
> export unless the file is published, or prompt the user to publish?****
>
> Exporting before publishing gives an LO with a scrambled title****
>
> Where do export files come from - are they updated with latest svn files?*
> ***
>
> Properties -> RSS feeds wrapping badly for the check boxes****
>
> Export JMOL folder?****
>
> Publish button in Publish panels.****
>
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>
> Wizard****
>
> ======****
>
> Click maximise window size in editor: can't minimise, seems to fire up
> publish process?****
>
> Maximise window prompts 'publish?'****
>
> Wizard: should optional properties be A-Z****
>
> ** **
>
> *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:* 13 July 2012 10:01
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media
> Interactions****
>
> ** **
>
> I've just tested a fresh install using the latest svn code and multiple
> perspectives and media interactions are still active and shown on a new
> install - I'm guessing that \languages\en-GB\setup\basic.sql got replaced
> at some point without the change you made?****
>
> ** **
>
> Also \modules\xerte\parent_templates still contains all of the following:*
> ***
>
>                biochemistry****
>
>                Draw****
>
>                GEN****
>
>                Hotspots****
>
>                mediaInteractions****
>
>                multipersp****
>
>                Nottingham****
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>                Numcalc****
>
>                Pbl****
>
>                Presentation****
>
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> Should some of these be removed?****
>
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>
> HTH****
>
> 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 *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 30 April 2012 13:47
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media
> Interactions****
>
> ** **
>
> I’ve done it for new installs. Old installs can keep them if they want…***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> *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:* 30 April 2012 09:52
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media
> Interactions****
>
> ** **
>
> Set active to 0 in originaltemplatedetails for those two templates.****
>
> ** **
>
> I guess this can be changed in the .sql scripts for new installs and
> admin's of existing installs can change to inactive via the management page.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> *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 *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 30 April 2012 09:42
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Remove Multiple Perspectives and Media Interactions
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> How to remove the two templates from the site? We don’t need them anymore,
> though will leave the files in to support old projects, and over the top
> upgrades will still show them in the panel (I guess they are in the
> database somewhere?).****
>
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>
> Multiple perspectives is now a page in the main template, and media
> Interactions has all its functionality available in the main template too.
> ****
>
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>
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