[Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Fri Sep 4 08:59:53 BST 2009

I think that's a fair assumption. If folk have changed things, there is
no way we can know how to accommodate the changes...

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:22 PM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

its possible, on the assumption all installs are default.

Also, i've no way of testing it, so would need some lab bunnies.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Thu 03/09/2009 22:01
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

That's useful, thanks. We're all a bit tied up for the next week or so,
so bear with us. We already know we need to make the upgrade easier to
perform, but it is quite tricky to move some new features into an
existing install automtically - I suspect we can provide some sort of
SQL to make the database changes that are required - Pat? 

I would imagine a useful upgrade might come maybe three or four times a
year, so this needs to be easier. 

Thanks for the feedback.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Rochford, Thomas
Sent: Thu 03/09/2009 17:18
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

HI Everyone,

I've just managed to get Xerte Online toolkits v. 1.5 installed on a
memory stick and will be releasing MAXOS 150 as soon as I've completed
testing. I need to check that the import feature works OK amongst other
things.

However I thought I'ld document some bugs I cam across while doing the
Install.

1)      Copying the new toolkits across didn't work I got errors trying
to edit a file. The application claimed it couldn't find 'edit.php',
although it seemed to be there.

2)      I emptied the existing toolkits directory and used phpMyAdmin to
remove the old toolkits database and then ran the setup. I also ran into
quite a lot of problems, and had to edit the folowing files.

a.       page2.php. I had to edit lines 94 through 96 to make the
str_replace function use the same tags as are in 'database.txt'. The
three lines now read as follows:

$buffer = str_replace("database_host",$_POST['host'],$buffer);

$buffer = str_replace("database_name",$_POST['database_name'],$buffer);

$buffer = str_replace("",$_POST['database_prefix'],$buffer);

b.      database.php. I had to edit lines 15,20,25,30 and 35 to overcome
a parsing error in the original on line 35. The 5 lines now read as
follows

$xerte_toolkits_site->localhost = "localhost";
...

$xerte_toolkits_site->database_username ="root";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_password ="";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_name ="toolkits";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_table_prefix ="";

I now seem to have a clean install - I used the 'full install' option in
the end. I did try the XAMPP option but that didn't work either and I
remembered that Patrick had earlier advised me to use the 'Full Install'

I've documented this just in case anyone else runs into a similar
problem when working under windows. I now need to see if I can manage to
import the randomised quiz from the standalone version into my
'on-a-stick' version as I note that it isn't in the current release. Any
ideas on how this can be done would be very welcome.

Kindest Regards,

Thomas

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 03 September 2009 15:43
To: Xerte discussion list; Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

if you install an xampp version and choose the xampp version then
demo.php doesn't exist as it is renamed to index.

But i wouldn't put that on a webserver.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Thu 03/09/2009 15:39
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] RE: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

Uninstall xampp and all its databases, make sure there is no trace of it
left.

Then start again. To install it on a local machine is this simple:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/manual/installingToolkits.swf

To install it on a web server will need the help of the admin.

Also, your emails are bouncing. Are you subscribed to the list?

-----Original Message-----
From: pieter-dirk [mailto:pd at stinkmedia.co.za]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:34 PM
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

Please look at the attachment we need help please.  We are struggling to
install this program as well as xampp.  Please come back to us please

Thank You

Pieter-Dirk Jacobs
(South Africa)

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