[Xerte] [Xerte 2] Issues whilst updating page wizards to incorporate recent changes to pageTemplates rlm files

[Julian Tenney]

Just worked through these - thanks for the info:

 

'Links' is fixed.

Files only consume one .css file, but individual text icons can consume
their own .css if need be.

 

Morph Image is fixed.

 

Categories is amended - thanks.

 

Column page: it works the way it always has done, in that it will try
and fit the text to the page, and the image in whatever space remains.
If more text exists than can be displayed, it fails. This was always a
FOL, but it should probably behave better: questions is, what should it
do, and at what point does the scrolling text kick in (when the image
occupies less than half the space? Less than one third?)

 

Can you tell me how to reliably replicate the gap fill issue with
feedback? I can't replicate it in my example. I haven't added a 'show
me' button yet, but can easily do that.

 

J

 

 

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
Johnathan
Sent: 25 August 2010 14:07
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] [Xerte 2] Issues whilst updating page wizards to
incorporate recent changes to pageTemplates rlm files

 

Hello Julian,

 

I downloaded the latest Xerte 2 in July and have been working on the
updates to the rlm files to create new page wizards for Links and
MorphImages.

 

I have hit a few issues with some of the pages. Blue items are issues
that you may wish to look at in the pageTemplates version, Red issues
are currently preventing me from releasing an updated wizard so any help
you can offer would be most appreciated. Green issues are requests for
features.

 

Links

*         The pageTemplates version xml needs changing as it sets the
default height of the links to "medium" but the code uses numerical
values. This corrects itself when you change the height in the wizard
but the default xml needs to replace the height value of "medium" with
"80".

*         There appears to be a bug in the links template. Create a new
links page and make it the second page in your project. Leave the
default column setting of 3 and add one link. At this point you can
preview and go back and forward between pages 1 and 2 without problem.
Now open the Link page wizard and add a second link. Then preview the
project and go back and forward between pages 1 and 2. You should now
see a third undefined link displayed, which is not reflected in the xml.
Add a fourth column and you should be able to generate a fourth
undefined link by going back and forward between pages 1 and 2.

*         I figured out how to add a style sheet to a project so that
the links would show as underlined. However I note that in the Xerte
page templates projects there are two style sheets in the common folder
"styles.css" and "wikistyles.css". Is there a way by which a Xerte
project can consume more than one css file? 

MorphImage

*         The pagetemplates version fails to display tooltips - there is
an incorrect reference on the image icons and no tooltip property in the
wizard. 

*         I have modified the Page Wizard version to provide for
specification of tooltips for image 1 and image 2 and to also allow
images to extend to fill more of the page if it is a larger image.
(maxWidth to 600 in calculate script attached to onLoadGraphic1 so as to
allow more space for larger pictures, also I reduced the height of the
text icon with id of "textBlock" to 440 as otherwise a large amount of
text can displace the Zoom buttons position onto the bottom
configuration selections.

Categories

*         This no longer makes any use of labelHeight so this can be
removed from the xwd and xml files.

ColumnPage

*         Not sure what the two lines of changes are intended to do
(lines 63 and 64). The page still appears to have a problem with sizing
the text area of the column so that pictures remain on screen and the
text auto scrolls within the remaining space available for the text. I
tried to find create a fix for this but ended up with text areas that
fitted the available space but the displayed text font size had shrunk
to enable the text to all fit in, rather than auto scrolling.

GapFill

*         This page appears to present feedback inconsistently when in
drag and drop mode. I found this to also be an issue with the previous
version of the rml when I went back to test it. In the drag and drop
mode feedback is sometimes displayed on partial completion of the
exercise, or may be displayed only then to disappear. I also found that
sometimes with the new model the word would become displaced from the
mouse pointer, but still being dragged around. I think this happened
when it somehow got reattached to the mouse pointer whilst returning to
its start position after an incorrect drop. I could not duplicate this
in the earlier version of the rml. 

*         When in fill in gap mode It would also be helpful if there was
some way out of the exercise i.e. a way of giving up and seeing the
correct answers. Currently you just keep making guesses. 

Kind regards

 

Johnathan

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