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

Pat @ Pgogy xerte at pgogywebstuff.com
Sat Nov 23 11:31:09 GMT 2013


you don't have to use a prefix - that's mostly if you want to mdl_ it with
moodle


On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:06 AM, <thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Doh!
>
> Thank you so much Tom, I’ld completely forgotten about the DB
> authentication - too much else on my mind at the moment.
>
> I’ve just realised that I can setup a duplicate ‘toolkits’ directory and
> database and give you ftp access to it if you would find it helpful for
> testing.  The strange thing is that it only bombed out AFTER creating the
> tables and populating most of them. the only thing I can think of is that I
> had elected to have no table prefix, i.e. that was “”. Could that have
> caused a parsing error?
>
> The relevant sections from config.php are below (the ‘cambrid1_’ is
> required by the Hosting provider):
>
> /*
> * Host where database is
> */
> $xerte_toolkits_site->database_host = "localhost";
> /*
> * Username for database
> */
> $xerte_toolkits_site->database_username ="cambrid1_********";
> /*
> * Password for database
> */
> $xerte_toolkits_site->database_password ="********";
> /*
> * Database name
> */
> $xerte_toolkits_site->database_name ="cambrid1_toolkits";
> /*
> * Database table prefix
> */
> $xerte_toolkits_site->database_table_prefix ="";
>
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Thomas
> ==========================================================
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> *From:* Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 23 November 2013 00:13
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers <xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>
> 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
> ==========================================================
> Thomas Rochford  |  e-Learning Advisor  |  Jisc RSC Eastern
> Tel: 01223 564749 |  Mobile: 07500 669002  |  Skype: cambridge.serendipity
> Email: thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk  |  Web:
> http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/eastern
> Cambridge Serendipity, 35 Gough Way, Cambridge, CB3 9LN
> For the full range of RSC UK events, resources and blog, visit
> http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk
>
>   *From:* Pat @ Pgogy <xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:11
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers <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> 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] *On Behalf Of *
>> 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
>> ==========================================================
>> Thomas Rochford  |  e-Learning Advisor  |  Jisc RSC Eastern
>> Tel: 01223 564749 |  Mobile: 07500 669002  |  Skype: cambridge.serendipity
>> Email: thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk  |  Web:
>> http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/eastern
>> Cambridge Serendipity, 35 Gough Way, Cambridge, CB3 9LN
>> For the full range of RSC UK events, resources and blog, visit
>> http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk
>>
>>
>>
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