[Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Fri Oct 8 12:32:21 BST 2010

That's Ok Ron. Out of interest how do you link to an external
image/sound, when I insert the link in the Image box and try to preview
it, says it needs to be loaded, is there a prefix you need to enter to
replace Filelocation+.

Regards, Nigel 
IT Training and Support Co-ordinator 

01444 884906

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 08 October 2010 12:24
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Thanks for the suggestion Nigel. That doesn't seem to resolve the issue
and to be honest I think if any change is needed to get this to work in
IE then it's not a technique worth using or promoting - better to
download the image and import it into a page, use a screenshot stored
online, or use another service which doesn't use https. I don't like
demonstrating or promoting solutions where reliability is doubtful and
obviously in some institutions users are prevented from changing default
settings anyway. However it was useful to check this via the list
because it could have just been a problem local to my laptop settings.

Cheers

Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Nigel Irwin
Sent: 08 October 2010 12:08
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

What happens if you add the site to Trusted sites in IE?

Regards, Nigel 
IT Training and Support Co-ordinator 

01444 884906

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 08 October 2010 12:06
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Thanks. I can't spot an IE setting which enables this to work and even
if there is one it sounds like linking rather than downloading and
importing isn't a reliable option given that there are still a lot of IE
users out there. Shame.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 08 October 2010 11:54
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Go to http://cacoo.com/diagrams/fSYfwISWBkwJ5gUt-D7A9C.png in IE and you
get a security prompt as their must be a header redirect to
https://cacoo.com/diagrams/fSYfwISWBkwJ5gUt-D7A9C.png

So it looks fine in fiddler, but obviously the IE security warning isn't
appearing via flash.

An IE setting issue I'd guess.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 08 October 2010 11:49
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Thanks Julian/Pat

I had tried fiddler but it wasn't showing any errors. However I hadn't
tried in different browsers and it seems my test LO
http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/moodle/xertetoolkits/play.php?template_id=138
displays the image via http and https links in Firefox, Safari and
Chrome but not in IE. So now I'm wondering if it's IE or an IE
plugin/add on that's preventing the image displaying in IE. Does the
above link/lo display the image on the first page for you in IE?

Cheers

Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 08 October 2010 11:32
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Just delete the s from https

That works.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 08 October 2010 11:30
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Hi

I should probably know this but is there a workaround to display images
in XOT via a https rather than http link?

I was trying to use the graphics and sound page or even <img src= etc in
a text page to display a test graphic created on http://cacoo.com e.g.
https://cacoo.com/diagrams/fSYfwISWBkwJ5gUt-D7A9C.png but it seems like
the https link prevents the image from showing even though it's a public
link which doesn't require login. I know the image can be saved and
imported but that loses some of the advantage of dynamic linking. Is
this another flash limitation or is there a workaround?

Cheers

Ron

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