[Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Fri Oct 8 12:45:29 BST 2010

I reckon Julian and Pat have some kind of preferential delay setting on the
list a bit like Live TV broadcasters use to bleep out profanity - or is just
that I'm always slower to respond - don't answer that! ;-)

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 12:33
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

Just put the path in single quotes (this is an expression that will be
eval'ed)

'http://blah.com/media.mp3'

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 12:32
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] XOT linking to a graphic via https?

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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