From ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk Thu Nov 1 13:03:44 2012 From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk (Ron Mitchell) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:03:44 -0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] QRcode page for html5 version Message-ID: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> Hi Fay like Jonathan I thought I'd have a go with the html5 stuff and at converting one of the pages you haven't yet converted. As the QR code page was one I put together I thought I'd have a go at that. I used your textGraphics.html page as a starting point and have this working reasonably well as far as I can tell but have attached a copy here rather than committing it for now. The bit I haven't got working and haven't even tried yet is how to grab the short url. In the flash version I used readfile() and in the case of xot use it together with rssproxy e.g. myurl.readFile(_level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl); my question is what's the equivalent of readFile for use with the xenith code? e.g. to read and display the result of something like http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte" which just displays the text on screen Cheers Ron -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Thu Nov 1 13:59:40 2012 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:59:40 +0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version In-Reply-To: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> References: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> Message-ID: Hi Ron, To load data into the HTML5 player you'll want to do an ajax call. In its simplest form: $.ajax({ url: "test.html", cache: false }).done(function( html ) { // do something with html }); If you try to do this cross server then you may run into the same origin policy though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy) The only way to do that is to do an ajax JSON with callback request (well tehnically its not ajax) but the page must return a valid JSON object wrapped in a function name, which may require creating a new file on a remote server... Take a look at how the delicious, rss and youtuberss ones work, it'll be similar. One think to think about though is that If you get it working in toolkits using proxy_rss then it won't work if exported to run in a scorm player... Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:04 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] QRcode page for html5 version Hi Fay like Jonathan I thought I'd have a go with the html5 stuff and at converting one of the pages you haven't yet converted. As the QR code page was one I put together I thought I'd have a go at that. I used your textGraphics.html page as a starting point and have this working reasonably well as far as I can tell but have attached a copy here rather than committing it for now. The bit I haven't got working and haven't even tried yet is how to grab the short url. In the flash version I used readfile() and in the case of xot use it together with rssproxy e.g. myurl.readFile(_level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl); my question is what's the equivalent of readFile for use with the xenith code? e.g. to read and display the result of something like http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte" which just displays the text on screen Cheers Ron This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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URL: From ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk Thu Nov 1 14:32:57 2012 From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk (Ron Mitchell) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:32:57 -0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version In-Reply-To: References: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> Message-ID: <009601cdb83d$ca8d34e0$5fa79ea0$@co.uk> Thanks John can't get that to work at the moment :-( will try again later. Cheers Ron From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 01 November 2012 14:00 To: For Xerte technical developers Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Hi Ron, To load data into the HTML5 player you'll want to do an ajax call. In its simplest form: $.ajax({ url: "test.html", cache: false }).done(function( html ) { // do something with html }); If you try to do this cross server then you may run into the same origin policy though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy) The only way to do that is to do an ajax JSON with callback request (well tehnically its not ajax) but the page must return a valid JSON object wrapped in a function name, which may require creating a new file on a remote server. Take a look at how the delicious, rss and youtuberss ones work, it'll be similar. One think to think about though is that If you get it working in toolkits using proxy_rss then it won't work if exported to run in a scorm player. Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:04 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] QRcode page for html5 version Hi Fay like Jonathan I thought I'd have a go with the html5 stuff and at converting one of the pages you haven't yet converted. As the QR code page was one I put together I thought I'd have a go at that. I used your textGraphics.html page as a starting point and have this working reasonably well as far as I can tell but have attached a copy here rather than committing it for now. The bit I haven't got working and haven't even tried yet is how to grab the short url. In the flash version I used readfile() and in the case of xot use it together with rssproxy e.g. myurl.readFile(_level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl); my question is what's the equivalent of readFile for use with the xenith code? e.g. to read and display the result of something like http://is.gd/api.php?longurl= "http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte" which just displays the text on screen Cheers Ron This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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URL: From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Thu Nov 1 14:32:03 2012 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:32:03 +0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version In-Reply-To: <009601cdb83d$ca8d34e0$5fa79ea0$@co.uk> References: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> <009601cdb83d$ca8d34e0$5fa79ea0$@co.uk> Message-ID: Post some code and I'll cast an eye over it... Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Thanks John can't get that to work at the moment :-( will try again later. Cheers Ron From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 01 November 2012 14:00 To: For Xerte technical developers Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Hi Ron, To load data into the HTML5 player you'll want to do an ajax call. In its simplest form: $.ajax({ url: "test.html", cache: false }).done(function( html ) { // do something with html }); If you try to do this cross server then you may run into the same origin policy though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy) The only way to do that is to do an ajax JSON with callback request (well tehnically its not ajax) but the page must return a valid JSON object wrapped in a function name, which may require creating a new file on a remote server... Take a look at how the delicious, rss and youtuberss ones work, it'll be similar. One think to think about though is that If you get it working in toolkits using proxy_rss then it won't work if exported to run in a scorm player... Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:04 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] QRcode page for html5 version Hi Fay like Jonathan I thought I'd have a go with the html5 stuff and at converting one of the pages you haven't yet converted. As the QR code page was one I put together I thought I'd have a go at that. I used your textGraphics.html page as a starting point and have this working reasonably well as far as I can tell but have attached a copy here rather than committing it for now. The bit I haven't got working and haven't even tried yet is how to grab the short url. In the flash version I used readfile() and in the case of xot use it together with rssproxy e.g. myurl.readFile(_level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl); my question is what's the equivalent of readFile for use with the xenith code? e.g. to read and display the result of something like http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte" which just displays the text on screen Cheers Ron This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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URL: From ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk Thu Nov 1 15:11:58 2012 From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk (Ron Mitchell) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:11:58 -0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version In-Reply-To: References: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> <009601cdb83d$ca8d34e0$5fa79ea0$@co.uk> Message-ID: <00a701cdb843$3dcbd2e0$b96378a0$@co.uk> Thanks John I should have explained - I can get it working via rss_proxy but not without I have the following: var pastedurl = x_currentPageXML.getAttribute("url"); var shorturl = "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl; The value of pastedurl from the xml is http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte If I do alert(shorturl); I get http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte and if I visit http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte in a browser window I get http://is.gd/dS1Cst so up to that point it's all working fine But I obviously need to read in the result of shorturl to display on the page I've tried the following: jQuery.get(shorturl, function(data) { var myvar = data; alert(myvar); }); I don't get an alert If I do $.ajax({ url: 'http://localhost/test.txt', cache: false }).done(function( html ) { alert(html); }); I get the results of the text file in the alert but if I do $.ajax({ url: shorturl, cache: false }).done(function( html ) { alert(html); }); I don't get an alert If I then change shorturl to var shorturl = "http://localhost/newxottrunktest/rss_proxy.php?rss=http://is.gd/api.php?lon gurl="+pastedurl; and $.ajax({ url: shorturl, cache: false }).done(function( html ) { alert(html); }); It works and I get the shorturl So I guess this is the same origin policy issue? Any suggestions? Cheers Ron From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 01 November 2012 14:32 To: For Xerte technical developers Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Post some code and I'll cast an eye over it. Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:33 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Thanks John can't get that to work at the moment :-( will try again later. Cheers Ron From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 01 November 2012 14:00 To: For Xerte technical developers Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version Hi Ron, To load data into the HTML5 player you'll want to do an ajax call. In its simplest form: $.ajax({ url: "test.html", cache: false }).done(function( html ) { // do something with html }); If you try to do this cross server then you may run into the same origin policy though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy) The only way to do that is to do an ajax JSON with callback request (well tehnically its not ajax) but the page must return a valid JSON object wrapped in a function name, which may require creating a new file on a remote server. Take a look at how the delicious, rss and youtuberss ones work, it'll be similar. One think to think about though is that If you get it working in toolkits using proxy_rss then it won't work if exported to run in a scorm player. Regards, John Smith Learning Technologist School of Health & Life Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:04 PM To: 'For Xerte technical developers' Subject: [Xerte-dev] QRcode page for html5 version Hi Fay like Jonathan I thought I'd have a go with the html5 stuff and at converting one of the pages you haven't yet converted. As the QR code page was one I put together I thought I'd have a go at that. I used your textGraphics.html page as a starting point and have this working reasonably well as far as I can tell but have attached a copy here rather than committing it for now. The bit I haven't got working and haven't even tried yet is how to grab the short url. In the flash version I used readfile() and in the case of xot use it together with rssproxy e.g. myurl.readFile(_level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl="+pastedurl); my question is what's the equivalent of readFile for use with the xenith code? e.g. to read and display the result of something like http://is.gd/api.php?longurl= "http://nottingham.ac.uk/xerte" which just displays the text on screen Cheers Ron This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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URL: From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Thu Nov 1 15:43:29 2012 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:43:29 +0000 Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: QRcode page for html5 version In-Reply-To: <00a701cdb843$3dcbd2e0$b96378a0$@co.uk> References: <006f01cdb831$53f9f1d0$fbedd570$@co.uk> <009601cdb83d$ca8d34e0$5fa79ea0$@co.uk> <00a701cdb843$3dcbd2e0$b96378a0$@co.uk> Message-ID: Hi Ron, Yes that is same origin policy. The only way to get around it is to use AJAX with JSONP which exploits the open policy for