[Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access

Pat @ Pgogy xerte at pgogywebstuff.com
Tue Feb 12 17:31:46 GMT 2013


Pah - I can't be arsed to add the CSS to make the cursor change :)

Not like we have standards.

Tonight I will add a GitHub for default template examples.

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On 12 Feb 2013, at 17:28, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

> <Then simply go to management.php and enable it>
>  
> John as Pat says this is partly there. I've been testing Julian's site template (formerly Bootstrap) when adding to an existing install.
>  
> Short process is update from svn
> Export and copy over the top of existing install after first removing any customised/changed files
> Visit managment.php and click Central Templates > update template list
>  
> <image003.jpg>
>  
> I never knew that was a link that did something until Pat's post this morning! Although partly because for me at least it shows as a text cursor rather than mouse cursor! But never the less clicking it installs the template adding the details to originaltemplatedetails. Then add either * or usrename,username to enable access to all or specific users.
>  
> HTH
> 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: 12 February 2013 17:11
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access
>  
> No I just mean that if someone wanted to make this available in their system they download a package and unpack it to a particular location. The package holds everything that the content type needs including all the addmin pages, the sql statements, etc and the .info that management.php needs.
>  
> Then they simply go to management.php and enable it…
>  
> A bit of work but it could then make that part of the system very modular like we seem to be heading towards anyway… you could even add templates etc from management.php automatically from a list of available ones like a store…
>  
> 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: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:06 PM
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access
>  
> I'm not sure John.
> I guess most of the time that would be redundant because it's the author view of properties of an LO but I suspect your asking for when it's a shared project. Not sure if creator ID get's changed when changed by someone other than creator or if the modifier ID get's stored elsewhere and tracks modifications.
>  
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
> Sent: 12 February 2013 16:38
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access
>  
> Oh and is it possible to show “…was created on 2013-02-11 by XXXXX” and similar for the modified line?
>  
> 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: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:23 PM
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] FW: selected template access
>  
>  
> Hi all
> I've been testing Julian's new site stuff and wanted to test a way of changing the links displayed in properties when viewing properties with a site LO selected. I have this working locally after adding the additional links to url_library.php and then using a case statement to check for project name in properties_library.php
>  
> However I don't want to risk the wrath of the cave! ;-)
> Is there a better/elegant/more future proof way to do this?
>  
> In properties_library.php I've added a switch checking for template name and if it's 'site' show just the play_site link but if it's not site by default show the flash and html 5 links that we see now. The links obviously come from url_library.php. Here's the relevant code in site properties_library.php:
>  
> $query_name_response = mysql_query($query_for_template_name);
>  
>         $row_name = mysql_fetch_array($query_name_response);
>                              
>                               switch($row_name['template_name']){
>  
>                                              case "site":
>                                              echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_site", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_site", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";
>                                                                            break;
>                                                                            
>                                              default:
>                                             
>                                              echo "<p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_LINK . "</p>";
>  
>         echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";
>                              
>                               echo "<p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_HTML5_LINK . "</p>";
>                              
>                               echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_html5", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_html5", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";
>                              
>                               $temp_string = get_template_screen_size($row_name['template_name'], $row_name['template_framework']);
>  
>         $temp_array = explode("~",$temp_string);
>  
>         echo "<br><br><p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_IFRAME . "</p><form><textarea rows='3' cols='40' onfocus='this.select()'><iframe src='"  . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url .  url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) .  "' width='" . $temp_array[0] . "' height='" . $temp_array[1] . "' frameborder=\"0\" style=\"float:left; position:relative; top:0px; left:0px; z-index:0;\"></></iframe></textarea></form>";
>                                             
>                                                                            break;                  
>                               }}}
>  
> and here's what a site template and other/Notts template shows:
>  
> <image004.jpg><image005.jpg>
>  
> I think I can hear rumblings from the cave already :-(
>  
> Ron
>  
> From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 14:16
> To: Ron Mitchell
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> > Do you want me to have a look at displaying the correct play link in properties? Also .htaccess additions?
>  
> BY all means. There is no hurry, though. Now we have the temaplte working I toolkits we can i) decide how far we want to take it; ii) sort all this other stuff out.
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 13:19
> To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> That worked...
>  
> changed name to site
> parent_templates/site/site.rlt
>  
> created a new project
>  
> preview_site and play_site both work.
>  
> Do you want me to have a look at displaying the correct play link in properties? Also .htaccess additions?
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 13:13
> To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> Tried that but no joy.
> Renamed in the db as bootstrap and then changed /parent_templates/site to parent_templates/bootstrap and now it works.
>  
> Probably better though to find out why it wouldn't work via parent_templates/site/site.rlt oh just thinking perhaps I needed to create a new project after that change...
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 13:04
> To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> Looks like the code uses the name from the originaltemplatedetails table in the db. Changes that to site and then it looks for /xot19/modules/xerte/parent_templates/site/site.rlt any reason not to rename bootstrap.rlt to site.rlt?
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 12:58
> To: 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> Turned on debugging... something in the code still looking for the bootstrap folder?
>  
> Warning: file_get_contents(/xot19/modules/xerte/parent_templates/bootstrap/bootstrap.rlt)
>  
> Don't think it's cache.
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 12:50
> To: 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> I wouldn't do it in basic.sql although if you don't want it available to all remove the *
> Just set who it's available to via management.php
>  
> There's a slight issue possibly caused by the renaming...
>  
> Have tested on two different installs - I can create a new project based on the template but clicking insert doesn't do anything? It worked when it was called Bootstrap! ;-)
>  
> From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 11:11
> To: Ron Mitchell
> Subject: RE: selected template access
>  
> In basic.sql, instead of ‘*’ for the access field?
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 11:11
> To: 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: selected template access
>  
> it's username comma username
> e.g. ronm,rmitchell
>  
> From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
> Sent: 12 February 2013 10:52
> To: 'Julian Tenney'
> Subject: RE: Bootstrap
>  
> BTW Pat didn't answer your question about enabling for specific users - looks like it's username.
> Not sure what the delimiter is but I guess either , ; or space - testing that now...
>  
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