[Xerte-dev] Re: Idiots guide wanted to add optional property to wizard

Smith, John J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk
Fri Apr 26 18:18:03 BST 2013


Ah ok Tom so its not as easy as editing an xml file... Do you edit something before running the .bat or is that a wizard in itself that takes you through the process?

Regards

John Smith
Learning Technologist
School of Health and Life Sciences

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Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:


In runtime\pages you can find create_template_xwd.bat, which will build
a new runtime\pages\wizards\en-GB\template.xwd.

You need to copy this file to xot
(modules\xerte\parent_templates\Nottingham\wizards\en-GB\data.xwd)

Also, one of the things I was intending to do with tracking is allow
learners to resume an LO.

Tom

Op 26-4-2013 18:37, Smith, John schreef:
> Sounds good Ron. Will touch base with you when i get the code working and see what else we need to add to incorporate deeper deeplinking into a page model.
>
> Regards
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health and Life Sciences
>
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>
>
> Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Hi John
> ok thanks for the clarification.
> On a not unrelated note I'm working on a project where we're using a mixture of Xerte and Articulate Storyline and one of the things the project wants is for people to be able to return to where they were. Articulate output provides this option automatically and I wonder if an extension to what you're talking about here could eventually be similar automated functionality too. Sounds good!
> 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: 26 April 2013 16:48
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Idiots guide wanted to add optional property to wizard
>
> Thanks Ron,
>
> Hopefully what Johnathan sent me will allow me to do what I think I want.
>
> Yes this is for bookmarking as an end user, if you have a long LO then as you progress the url will change to include a hash #page_number after the url (like section linking within a webpage), without the url refreshing. So I’d like to be able to have to force it on in the wizard so as not to be there for any existing LOs. That’s why it will need an slight change to the wizard and to xenith.js. It will mean users can bookmark and leave and then return to the bookmark at a later date which for Long LOs might be very useful. I know you could split them but perhaps not best in all situations…
>
> Will mock this up and see if it works in real life as I imagine it in my head…
>
> Also, I don’t think the hashes are sent server side so shouldn’t affect the .htaccess at all.
>
> 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> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:02 PM
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Idiots guide wanted to add optional property to wizard
>
> Hi John
> I guess you know this already but to make a property optional you just add optional="true"
> However what I'm not sure about is whether there's an easy way to add a new optional property for every page which it sounds like you need?
> I'm curious though and maybe misunderstanding are you talking about bookmarking as an author or as a user? If as a user sounds like you need an addition to the engine rather than the wizard?
>
> Also wondering how this going to affect the other issue re .htaccess rules?
> Ron
>
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
> Sent: 26 April 2013 15:40
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Idiots guide wanted to add optional property to wizard
> Importance: High
>
> Hi,
>
> I have hashtag deeplinking working now in such a way that partway through a LO you can bookmark your page and return to that page at a later date. It appends the page number as a hash which overrides any other deeplinking options set. I’d like to get this checked in so that I can have a clear out of work-in-progress.
>
> I want to make this optional though so as not to affect any existing LOs.
>
> Can anyone tell me how you add optional properties to the wizard or point me in the general direction of any instructions? Any suggestions as to the name for this optional property also welcome or anything else that comes to mind?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health & Life Sciences
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
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