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[Kemp Johnathan]

Hello Steve,

When you first open Xerte you are presented with the icon level editing
facilities of Xerte. These can be used to create brand new pages and page
templates. This editor can appear a little daunting at first. So I guess
most people new to Xerte start by using Project Templates.

Project templates are great, they can provide a wide range of pre-built page
types, which you can populate with data by completing the form for each
page. However when using a project template the Xerte icon level editing
facilities are hidden from you, so if you want to modify a page type or
learn more about how to build your own pages, then this is not so helpful.

There is an alternative to Project Templates in Xerte and that is to use
individual page templates. Out of the box, Xerte does not provide individual
page templates, only project templates such as the "page templates.xtp"
file. But individual page templates are available.

At present so as to avoid confusion with the "page templates" project
template, these individual page templates are referred to as Page Wizards.
These are not included in the Xerte download, but are simple to download and
add to your Xerte installation. Full details can be found here
http://wiki.xerte.net/index.php5?title=Page_wizards

Page wizards are used in desktop Xerte. A wizard exists for every page type
that is present in the "page Templates" project template (if new pages are
added to the project template there can be a slight delay before the page
Wizard is available). There are even a few additional page types that are
not (yet?) included in the project templates, e.g. routed pages that let you
define links to other pages in your project, an inventory page that lets you
set up inventories ( set of questions leading to a score displayed in a
graph, e.g. are you visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learner), a practice
page that lets you set up items for practice and then displays them at
random.

The biggest plus of page wizards is that whilst you can still work by simply
filling in each page's form to populate the page, you are still working in
the icon level editor. So you can inspect the structure of every page; make
simple changes such as specifying fonts or text colours; create a project
that leverages the speed of individual page templates whilst still being
able to add your own bespoke pages to the project;  even build new page
types (Page Wizards) by combining elements from other pages.

If you are at all interested in lifting the hood to learn more about
building or modifying your own page types then Page Wizards are a great
place to start, for every Page Wizard is a worked example.

Whatever path you choose, enjoy :-)

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 27 September 2010 02:51, Steve Pritchard
<steve.pritchard at clearmind.com>wrote:

> Hi Ron,
>
> Both template files are located in the "resources" page, in the toolkits
> section. I am using Xerte, so will use the included templates you
> mentioned.
> For the link to the Wizards, will try those as well. Might help me create
> something useful faster since I'm a total newbie to this!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Cheers!
> Steve in Canada
>
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> I think everyone on this list would agree - great set of tools!
>
>
>
> I'd be interested to know where you've found the "
> TechDis_Xerte_Presentation_Template.xtp" (links?) as that's quite old now
> and isn't really needed anymore.
>
>
>
> If you're using Xerte rather than XOT you can access the 'Page Templates'
> template from the Templates menu. See screenshot here:
> http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/img/tgrab-Rv.png just Start Xerte, select that
> menu and you'll be prompted to choose where to save the LO. You'll also see
> a 'presentation' template listed there too but that's not the same as the
> early TechDis template. If you have found online info re the TechDis
> template please send links in a reply. I've recently developed a new page
> type which provides 85% of the functionality we had in that older template
> and will work with both Xerte and XOT - I just need to find time to
> document
> that and make it available somewhere.
>
>
>
> You might also want to look at the page wizards which is another way of
> working with Xerte
> http://wiki.xerte.net/index.php5?title=Main_Page#Page_Wizards
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Steve
> Pritchard
> Sent: 25 September 2010 22:49
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] New user - template question
>
>
>
> Hello there,
>
>
>
> Firstly, GREAT set of tools! Finding it an excellent product to use.
>
>
>
> Quick question: I've tried to install both the "Page Templates.xtp" and
> "TechDis_Xerte_Presentation_Template.xtp" templates.
>
> Both give me an "invalid file format" error during the install. I'm using
> the standalone 2.12 version using the default windows install.
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
>
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