[Xerte] New page wizard to enable customisable routing through a xerte project

[johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com]

Hello Nigel,

When you download the page wizard file you should get a file called JK_PageWizards.zip

Unzipping this file should create a wizards folder with 6 sub folders, a)Text, b)Media, etc.

These sub folders need placing in the Wizards folder of your Xerte installation.

Once you have done this stop and restart Xerte.

You should then find that if you click on Xerte's Templates folder you now see the folders listed a)Text, b)Media, c)Navigators, d)Charts, e)Interactivity, f)Misc.

Click on the c)Navigators option and you will see that one of the wizards is called Routed Tabbed Navigation.

To verify this I have downloaded the current file and unpacked it, the wizard is definitely there. For the wizards to work you need the latest version of Xerte. Click on the Xerte Help menu and select About... the resulting window should indicate you have Xerte 2.10. If not you need to download Xerte from 

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ 

At present the page indicates that this is Xerte 2.9, but it is in fact Xerte 2.10 that is available.

Kind regards

Johnathan

PS For comprehensive information on how to use the Page Wizards download the pdf file from the Page Wizards page of the Xerte wiki.

---- Nigel Irwin <Nigel.Irwin at rewards-trc.co.uk> wrote: 
> Have downloaded and installed the new wizard but unable to find the new
> page wizard. Is it in the Tabbed Nvaigation page or is it called
> something completely different and where do I find the new model file?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> Regards, Nigel 
> IT Training and Support Co-ordinator 
> 
> 01444 884906
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 11 April 2010 15:16
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> Subject: [Xerte] New page wizard to enable customisable routing through
> a xerte project
> 
> The latest version of the Page Wizards file is now available. You can
> download it from the Page Wizards page of the Xerte Wiki.
> 
> This release includes a new Page Wizard - Routed Tabbed Navigation.
> Based on the Tabbed Navigation page it offers greater control for
> positioning of page items, support for flash paper, and the ability to
> define page exits. Each exit takes the name of a page and a description.
> This is displayed in the page as a radio button with the description
> displayed next to it. Clicking on the radio button takes the user to the
> page specified. Example uses for this Page Wizard include chapter
> listings (one tab for each chapter, each tab page displaying a list of
> pages for that chapter); simple expert systems - ask a question, and
> route the user to the appropriate next page based on the response they
> select.
> 
> A new model file is also available to provide simple navigation to
> include equivalents for all the buttons in the default Xerte Navigation
> plus a Home button and a LIFO queue based back button. Individual
> buttons can be turned on or off by setting their property values to 1 or
> 0 in the models script. A queue based back button is of more use than
> Next and Previous buttons, when all or part of a project do not use a
> linear sequence. Again this is can be downloaded from the Page Wizard
> page in the Xerte Wiki.
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Johnathan
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