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Thanks Pat,
</div><div><br></div><div>So, tell me if I've got this wrong…</div><div><br></div><div>1) You would use a different template if you wanted to create a set of Learning Objects with a different look and feel? eg. one for one department and one for another? Although it would seem that a template is more than just a "theme pack", given that it contains functionality (ie. page types).</div><div><br></div><div>Can 2 templates share the same set of page types? ie. separating presentation from functionality.</div><div><br></div><div>2) A load of files from the parent_template are copied to USER_FILES for each new project. Which means that, if I update the parent_template after a project is started the project won't change?</div><div><br></div><div>I thought the USER_FILES were just that - containing the files uploaded by the users for each project.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I can see why renaming folders to SCORM might cause a problem later down the line. I'm just trying to find a better name than Xerte. The site module tells you what it's for.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Mark Berthelemy</div><div>Managing Director</div><div>Tel:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>01773 318 962</div><div>Mob:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>07922 146 761</div><div>Web:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>www.wyversolutions.co.uk</div><div><br></div><div>Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England | Registered address: <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX</span></div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Tuesday, 3 December 2013 at 18:29, Pat @ Pgogy wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">They are mostly my fault <div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Page type:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Correct</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Template:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Correct (though the PHP confuses this at times)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Module:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>A collection of templates presented in a particular way (eg. Xerte template = general elearning, Site template = Bootstrap website)</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Some questions:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
- I'm unclear on what the other templates inside the Xerte module are for, or why you'd need them?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Xerte is an engine, and you can send it a wizard to do different things, so by giving it a path parameter it will load and style differently. Since Xenith, the RSS template has gone cold a little</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- What's the difference between parent_templates and templates? In what way is one a parent?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The parent, is because that is what is copied to instantiate a new template. So some of the template is the template (common files across all users projects), whereas parent templates is the block of the template copied into USER-FILES when a new project is made</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Can we rename the Nottingham template to something more meaningful - like SCORM-starter?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">You could, but each folder in USER-FILES has the template in its name (which was stupid, and we should stop) so rename a template and you have to rename a lot of folders</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Can we rename the Xerte module to something more meaningful - like SCORM?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">You could do, not sure what it gains, and calling it SCORM seems to deny anything else the right to be scorm?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- When would you plugin a module as opposed to a template?</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
When you have an existing module which has code which can be repurposed. So you could create a D3 module (for visualisations) and use it to display different templates</div></div><div><br><br><div>
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Mark Berthelemy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Hi all,
</div><div><br></div><div>I'm just checking my understanding of some of the Xerte nomenclature:</div><div><br></div><div>Page type:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>A way of presenting a chunk of information or an interaction (eg. graphic + text, multi-choice question, hot spot graphic) - stored as an html file (for the output), and an XML description (for the editor) inside a template</div>
<div>Template:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>A package of page types and associated files designed for a specific purpose (eg. the Nottingham template for general elearning)</div><div>Module:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>A collection of templates presented in a particular way (eg. Xerte template = general elearning, Site template = Bootstrap website)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Some questions:</div><div><br></div><div>- I'm unclear on what the other templates inside the Xerte module are for, or why you'd need them?</div><div>- What's the difference between parent_templates and templates? In what way is one a parent?</div>
<div>- Can we rename the Nottingham template to something more meaningful - like SCORM-starter?</div><div>- Can we rename the Xerte module to something more meaningful - like SCORM?</div><div>- When would you plugin a module as opposed to a template?</div>
<div><br></div><div>If someone has already documented these structures, please could you point me in the right direction, to save reinventing the wheel.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div>
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<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Mark Berthelemy</div><div>Managing Director</div><div>Tel:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>01773 318 962</div><div>Mob:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>07922 146 761</div>
<div>Web:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">www.wyversolutions.co.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England | Registered address: <span style="font-size:10pt">First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX</span></div>
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