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Hi Pat,
</div><div><br></div><div>You’ve lost me there… :-(</div><div><br></div><div>Derived from what?</div><div><br></div><div>And what might the requires parameter need to be set to?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</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 881 227</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 Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 17:34, Pat L (pgogy) wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">Note this is for a derived Xerte Templates, you may need to set the requires parameter in the .info to set this up.</div><div><br><br><div>On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Julian Tenney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cheers, nice one. The process does need improving, but it’s do-able.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Berthelemy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 January 2014 15:57<br><b>To:</b> For Xerte technical developers<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte-dev] Re: How to create a new template?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hi Tom,<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Yes, that makes sense.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">This is the complete set of instructions to create a new template and make it visible to users, with a new display name.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><ol start="1" type="1"><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Copy the parent_templates/Nottingham folder to a new folder in parent_templates<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Change the name of the new folder to <new-name><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Copy the templates/Nottingham folder to a new folder in templates<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Change the name of the new folder to match <new-name><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Edit <a href="http://Nottingham.info" target="_blank">Nottingham.info</a> in the new templates/<new-name><u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Change Display name to something meaningful<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Rename <a href="http://Nottingham.info" target="_blank">Nottingham.info</a> to <new-name>.info<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Go into management.php, and rescan the templates<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Put * into the field: The following users can access this template<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Edit parent_templates/<new-name>/css/themeStyles.css<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><div><p style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">I’ll get this in the documentation…<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div>
<p style="margin: 0px;">-- <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mark Berthelemy<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Director<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Tel:<span> </span>01773 881 227<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mob:<span> </span>07922 146 761<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Web:<span> </span><a href="http://www.wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">www.wyversolutions.co.uk</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England | Registered address: <span style="font-size:10.0pt">First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><p><span style="color:#a0a0a8">On Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 15:39, Tom Reijnders wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">It's been a while that I did this myself, so ehmm yes, you need to copy the tempaets as well.<br><br>Setting it to active isn't always enough, you have to set access to '*' as well (I hope that makes sense to you)<br>
<br>Tom<br><br>On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:29:22 +0000 Mark Berthelemy <<a href="mailto:mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk</a>> wrote <u></u><u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 8.0pt">
<div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hi Tom, <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Thanks for that.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">I’ve tried to follow your instructions but have hit some problems:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">1. just copy the parent_template/Nottingham folder to a new folder in parent_templates<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">So I don’t need to worry about creating anything in the templates folder to match what’s in parent_templates?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br>2. go into management.php, and rescan the templates<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Did that, and my new template appears in the list on the Management pages, but does not appear in the list available to the end user. I’ve made sure it’s set to active, so I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong there.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br>3. edit to you hearts content<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">I see what you mean about maintenance - the design doesn’t appear to be separated from the functionality, so it looks like new functionality might be added to Nottingham that doesn’t get reflected in designs using the new theme?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Something else to add to the wish list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">-- <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mark Berthelemy<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Director<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><a href="Tel:01773" target="_blank">Tel:01773</a> 881 227<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mob:07922 146 761<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Web:<a href="http://www.wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">www.wyversolutions.co.uk</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England | Registered address: <span style="font-size:10.0pt">First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p>On Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 15:20, Tom Reijnders wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">I think we should try to improve on the process. But there are other aspects of Xerte that are more important (I think) at the moment.<br><br>Point is, it's not hard to do:<br><br>1. just copy the parent_template/Nottingham folder to a new folder in parent_templates<br>
2. go into management.php, and rescan the templates<br>3. edit to you hearts content<br><br>The difficulty is the (long-term) maintenance....<br><br>Tom<br><br>On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:42:21 +0000 Mark Berthelemy <<a href="mailto:mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">mberthelemy@wyversolutions.co.uk</a>> wrote <u></u><u></u></p>
<div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 8.0pt"><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Hi there,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">I need to create a new look and feel for Xerte learning objects that will be used across all new LO’s.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">It’s basically going to be the normal Nottingham HTML5 design, but with tweaks to brand it.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">
<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Is there a recommended way to do this?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">I’m finding it hard to work out which bits of the code-base hold the relevant CSS, and then how to add a new “template(?)” so it can be used by the learning designers.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mark<u></u><u></u></p></div><div>
<div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">-- <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mark Berthelemy<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Director<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"><a href="Tel:01773" target="_blank">Tel:01773</a> 881 227<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Mob:07922 146 761<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Web:<a href="http://www.wyversolutions.co.uk" target="_blank">www.wyversolutions.co.uk</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px;"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0px;">Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England | Registered address: <span style="font-size:10.0pt">First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AX</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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