[Xerte-dev] Re: A couple of points with regard to V. 2.1

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Sat Nov 23 00:13:29 GMT 2013


Thomas,

I'll look at the installation.

As for the static, you probably mean Db. As static requires you to edit 
Stitic.php to insert the users. Choosing Db will provide a measn of 
doing this in management.php.

The reference to MariaDB is possible, as mariadb is a plugin replacement 
for MySQL, so the provider probably uses MariaDB.


Tom

thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk schreef op 22-11-2013 23:35:
> Hi,
>
> I've just done a new install of Xerte 2.1 using the web hosting 
> service provided by EZPZ. This is becoming very popular with providers 
> because it includes Moodle 2.6 and can be set up (if you follow the 
> instructions) in less than 15 minutes from ordering and costs £24.00 
> p.a. for a basic site (~10GB storage)
>
> It can also run Xerte online toolkits so I though I'ld try a new 
> installation and have run into  couple of problems
>
> First: the MySQL databases you create take the form of 
> site-identifier_database-name and the database administrator works the 
> same way. I was unable to get the standard install to work because it 
> failed when trying to populate the site-details table. All the tables 
> other than 'user' were correctly setup, and they were all populated 
> with the default values. I cleared out the 2.1 directory, and uploaded 
> all the files from a MAXOS stick with V. 2.0 on. I then used a MySQL 
> insert command to populate the site-details table using an edited 
> version of the MAXOS site-details table and edited database.php to 
> point to the EZPZ server. That worked just fine. So I then uploaded 
> the version 2.1 code over the top and that works fine in 'Guest Mode'
>
> So: It looks as though a bug that Tom worked on in the installer when 
> I had a similar problem some months ago, which cause the install to 
> fail with a bizarre message about the SQL failing 'on line 1 
> around "" ' may have crept back. The really strange thing was a 
> reference to a Maria server, or something similar. I can't reproduce 
> it now without winding the clock back
>
> I'm also unable to switch from 'Guest' mode to 'Static'. I can edit 
> auth_config.php and am then prompted for a username and password, but 
> if I go into management.php, there doesn't appear to be any way to 
> setup users and the Static.php table doesn't appear to be read either. 
> Is there something I'm missing here? I thought that uncommenting the 
> static authentication and then going into the Users tab used to create 
> the user table on the fly.
>
> On of my Providers is bidding for a Xerte based funding project and 
> they will need an external server for this as it is a collaborative 
> venture and their own server is locked down to the College, so this is 
> one of the main drivers for investigating this option.
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Thomas
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> *From:* Pat @ Pgogy <mailto:xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>
> *Sent:* ?Tuesday?, ?12? ?November? ?2013 ?18?:?11
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers 
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>
> Or just set a mobile CSS that doesn't show any folders?
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Julian Tenney 
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Often in a tree there are two icons, the 'folder', and the little
>     '+' next to it for opening / closing it, but yes, to be addressed
>     when we try and get the editor all HTML friendly.
>
>     *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
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
>     *thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk
>     <mailto:thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk>
>     *Sent:* 11 November 2013 21:44
>     *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>     *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Food for thought or wishlist
>
>     Good evening,
>
>     I've been thinking about (and dealing with) the problem of
>     double-clicking on Mobile/Handheld devices. The browsers don't
>     support this and interpret the double-click (especially when
>     opening or collapsing Workspace Folders) as two consecutive clicks
>     which  may zoom the page or have other less desirable effects.
>
>     The front page opens up perfectly in Firefox on an Android device.
>     However, if you want to get at a file in a folder, e.g. to preview
>     it or get the URL from the properties, you can't and the folders
>     appear to be 'collapsed'  by default. The problems of
>     double-clicking on handheld devices are well documented on Google
>     and there are a number of workarounds, including the use of
>     a 'long press', but to my mind the simplest way might be to make
>     the icon separately clickable so that tapping it with change the
>     state from closed to open or vice-versa. it might also be worth
>     considering whether the adjust the icon to show the current or
>     potential state. Selecting the title of the folder would then be
>     equivalent to Selecting the Folder.
>
>     I feel this is a problem that will need to be solved anyway as XoT
>     moves towards an HTML-compliant editor.
>
>     Kindest Regards,
>     Thomas
>     ==========================================================
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