[Xerte] Re: Transferring files to remote server

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Fri Oct 7 09:49:02 BST 2011


Do you mind posting the zip file (or sending it by pm) so I can have a look?

Tom

Op 7-10-2011 10:41, A-P. Lian schreef:
> Hello again,
>
> Maybe someone has more insights. Here is a summary of the problem.
>
> (a) I created and zipped a very simple learning object on my local PC. 
> I uploaded it to my server where I unzipped it. I tried running the 
> lesson but the Flash player seemed to load and then nothing happened.
>
> (b) I received some kind help from three people on the list: to the 
> effect that I needed to define the mime types. I did that but there 
> was no change.
>
> (c) I then installed the zip file on my Windows PC (where I had 
> generated it - new xampp installation - apparently no problem in 
> making lesson). It froze there too in exactly the same way as on my 
> remote server.
>
> (d) The preview worked perfectly on my local machine.
>
> I am even more lost than previously. Any help would be most welcome.
>
> Thank you
> Andrew
>
> --
> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
> School of English
> Institute of Social Technology
> Suranaree University of Technology
> 111 University Avenue
> Muang District
> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com 
> <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website: 
> http://www.andrewlian.com <http://www.andrewlian.com/>
>
> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at 
> change (Max Planck)
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 02:25, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com 
> <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>> wrote:
>
>     Let me rephrase that. It works fine in preview mode. I have not
>     played it in normal mode. I guess that is the next step.
>
>     cheers
>     andrew
>
>
>
>     --
>     Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>     School of English
>     Institute of Social Technology
>     Suranaree University of Technology
>     111 University Avenue
>     Muang District
>     Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>     Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>     Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>     e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>     <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>     http://www.andrewlian.com <http://www.andrewlian.com/>
>
>     We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>     The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>     When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
>     change (Max Planck)
>
>
>     On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 01:48, A-P. Lian
>     <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         yes it does
>
>
>         --
>         Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>         School of English
>         Institute of Social Technology
>         Suranaree University of Technology
>         111 University Avenue
>         Muang District
>         Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>         Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT,
>         Australia
>         Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>         e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>         <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>         http://www.andrewlian.com <http://www.andrewlian.com/>
>
>         We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
>         (Anaïs Nin)
>         The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>         When you change the way you look at things, the things you
>         look at change (Max Planck)
>
>
>         On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 22:45, Julian Tenney
>         <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>         <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>             The piece runs when you run the html file locally?
>
>             *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>             <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>             [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>             <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf
>             Of *A-P. Lian
>             *Sent:* 04 October 2011 16:13
>             *To:* Xerte discussion list
>             *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Transferring files to remote server
>
>             Well...
>
>             .htaccess is active but I set the mime types through
>             cpanel.on my server
>
>             First I tried Tom's solution of text/plain rlo .rlo etc
>             Then I tried application/xml rlo .rlo etc
>
>             Neither worked. I also uploaded the lesson as a SCORM
>             package installed through moodle. Same problem. I wonder
>             where next to look. Maybe I will start afresh in the next
>             couple of days.
>
>             Cheers
>             Andrew
>
>
>             --
>             Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>             School of English
>             Institute of Social Technology
>             Suranaree University of Technology
>             111 University Avenue
>             Muang District
>             Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>             Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra,
>             ACT, Australia
>             Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>             e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>             <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>             http://www.andrewlian.com <http://www.andrewlian.com/>
>
>             We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
>             (Anaïs Nin)
>             The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel
>             Rukeyser)
>             When you change the way you look at things, the things you
>             look at change (Max Planck)
>
>             On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 20:35, A-P. Lian
>             <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>             <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>> wrote:
>
>             Great - thank you
>
>
>
>             Andrew
>
>             --
>             Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>             School of English
>             Institute of Social Technology
>             Suranaree University of Technology
>             111 University Avenue
>             Muang District
>             Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>             Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra,
>             ACT, Australia
>             Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>             e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>             <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>             http://www.andrewlian.com <http://www.andrewlian.com/>
>
>             We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
>             (Anaïs Nin)
>             The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel
>             Rukeyser)
>             When you change the way you look at things, the things you
>             look at change (Max Planck)
>
>             On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 20:17, Tom Reijnders
>             <reijnders at tor.nl <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>> wrote:
>
>
>             That should read:
>
>             AddType text/plain  .rlo
>
>
>             If this doesn't work, check if the .htaccess files are
>             enabled.
>
>             Regards
>
>             Tom
>
>             Citeren "A-P. Lian" <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>             <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>>:
>
>             Thanks Julian,
>
>             the server does not seem set  up to serve these mime types.
>
>             I have tried to add the types using .htaccess in the local
>             directory as
>             follows:
>
>             AddType application/rlo xml -- same for rlm and rlt
>
>             As I really have no experience in doing this, I suspect
>             that I got
>             everything wrong. I was guessing about "application" "rlo"
>             etc...
>
>             Any clues you can give me as to how I should declare the
>             types in .htaccess
>             would be very welcome.
>
>             Thanks a lot
>             Andrew
>
>
>
>             --
>             Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>             School of English
>             Institute of Social Technology
>             Suranaree University of Technology
>             111 University Avenue
>             Muang District
>             Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>             Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra,
>             ACT, Australia
>             Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>             e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>             <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>             http://www.andrewlian.com
>
>             We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
>             (Anaïs Nin)
>             The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel
>             Rukeyser)
>             When you change the way you look at things, the things you
>             look at change
>             (Max Planck)
>
>
>             On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:25, Julian Tenney
>             <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>             <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>wrote:
>
>                 Sounds like mime types on the server. Check the
>                 archives. The server needs
>
>                 to be able to serve .rlo, .rlm, .rlt (all of which are
>                 .xml)****
>
>                 ** **
>
>                 *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                 <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:
>                 xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                 <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On
>                 Behalf Of *A-P. Lian
>                 *Sent:* 04 October 2011 08:06
>                 *To:* list, Xerte discussion
>                 *Subject:* [Xerte] Transferring files to remote server****
>
>                 ** **
>
>
>
>                 Hello
>
>                 At the risk of filling the listserver with trivia, I
>                 have a third question
>                 today.
>
>                 I made a short lesson today using the onlinetoolkit in
>                 my PC under xampp.
>                 Works fine.
>
>                 I zipped it using the built-in facility then FTPd it
>                 to my remote server.
>                 It unzipped correctly, the media are in the right
>                 place and all seems well.
>
>                 I connect to the site, the blue progress bar appears
>                 and it says that it
>                 has finished loading and to wait. I wait but nothing
>                 happens. The progress
>                 bar is about 80% across. I then refresh the screen.
>                 The progress bar fills
>                 completely and then nothing. Any clues???
>
>                 I am working from Thailand with a relatively slow
>                 connection but I do not
>                 think that this should matter for the amount of
>                 traffic involved. My server
>                 is in the US. I have not checked the versions of php
>                 and mysql but believe
>                 that they are likely to be ok.
>
>                 Advice would be greatly welcomed.
>
>                 Andrew
>
>
>                 --
>                 Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>                 School of English
>                 Institute of Social Technology
>                 Suranaree University of Technology
>                 111 University Avenue
>                 Muang District
>                 Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>                 Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra,
>                 ACT, Australia
>                 Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>                 e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>                 <mailto:andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>; website:
>                 http://www.andrewlian.com
>
>                 We don't see things as they are, we see things as we
>                 are. (Anaïs Nin)
>                 The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel
>                 Rukeyser)
>                 When you change the way you look at things, the things
>                 you look at change
>
>                 (Max Planck)****
>
>
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