[Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous versions?

[Pat Lockley]

We did as a fix as the export and scorm links as dc:relation nodes a while back.
The RSS feed validator says these pages have the issue.
The only fix is to cdata those nodes - but as I don't have an install
to play with thats my only suggestion (and it won't hurt to add it
anyways).

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Pat
> thanks but I'm not just trying to fix my own problem with an installation
> here. It seems that something has changed since a previous version which is
> stopping the syndication functionality from working properly. I guess this
> only crops up for those wishing to share their syndication feed and
> therefore isn't widely reported as a problem but that same feed makes it
> easy for individuals to share LO's for download even if their organisation
> isn't plugging that feed into xpert so I think it's worth resolving whatever
> is causing the problem and happy to test/troubleshoot/feedback.
> HTH
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 16 May 2011 12:58
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> Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
> versions?
>
> It's an RSS Feed issue -
> http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmultimedia.bath.ac.u
> k%2Fxerte%2Fsyndicate.php
>
> put cdata around the relation node in syndicate.php and see what happens.
>
> I'd also recommend replacing "Put your institution name here" with
> your favourite Mr Man.
>
> I always go with Mr Tickle.
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> thought it would be better to send this as a separate topic/thread rather
>> than confuse the separate thread about problems with MainPreloader.swf...
>>
>>
>>
>> Just been testing the same clean installs as well as a previous beta
> install
>> and it seems syndicate.php doesn't work on either. However there seems to
> be
>> different results with different browsers and XOT versions...
>>
>>
>>
>> With the latest versions and versions dating back to at least March if I
>> visit http://localhost/xerte16/syndicate.php using IE I get a blank
> browser
>> window and via Firefox I get the  feed heading but no projects e.g.
>>
>>
>>
>> Xerte Online Toolkits RSS Feed
>>
>> This RSS feed contains a list of all the syndicated content from the Xerte
>> Online Toolkits installation at Put your institution's name here
>>
>>
>>
>> However If I visit with Safari I get the heading and projects as expected
> so
>> all works fine with Safari.
>>
>>
>>
>> In Firefox I get the above info but I don't see any project links even
>> though I've made a couple of test projects part of the export and
>> syndication feeds. In IE I just get a blank browser window and in Safari
> it
>> works as it should. http://localhost/xerte16/rss.php works fine in all
>> browsers and Fiddler doesn't show any errors with
>> http://localhost/xerte16/syndicate.php in IE or Firefox.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've tried some previous installs dating back to March and syndicate.php
>> doesn't seem to work on them either and what prompted testing this was a
>> message from Susan Parnell on the xerteforteachers list where Bath's
>> installation doesn't display syndicate.php either. This may be specific to
>> my laptop but I get the same results with the bath link e.g.
>> http://multimedia.bath.ac.uk/xerte/syndicate.php works in Safari but not
> IE
>> or Firefox with the latter only showing the feed heading.
>>
>>
>>
>> However I have older installs e.g.
>> http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/syndication/ which works in all
>> browsers.
>>
>>
>>
>> So would be good if others could confirm as follows:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. does http://multimedia.bath.ac.uk/xerte/syndicate.php work for you in
> all
>> browsers and if not what works and what doesn't?
>>
>> 2. Likewise does http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/syndication/ work
> in
>> all browsers.
>>
>> 3. Where does the problem lie?
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Ron
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