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

Ron Mitchell ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
Mon May 16 15:00:13 BST 2011


Cheers and to confirm that fixes the issue on my test installations.

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
versions?

S'ok I've done it

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
versions?

New file attached = only changed 2 lines to add cdata wrapper.

Could some one commit it.

Ta

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
wrote:
> I'm not sure exactly where/how to do that. :-( However I did test a 
> few older syndicate.php files on my localhost version and the attached 
> from a much older install works in all 3 browsers.
> Not sure what the differences are, of if that breaks anything else?
> HTH
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 16 May 2011 13:34
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and 
> previous versions?
>
> 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-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat 
>> Lockley
>> Sent: 16 May 2011 12:58
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> 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.bat
> h.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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