[Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation

Ron Mitchell ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
Thu Jan 19 16:16:58 GMT 2012


Also no need to apologise it was others who hijacked your subject line ;-)

With a new installation it's obviously a fundamental step/requirement that
creating and viewing an LO works before trying things like exporting and
importing. Clearly something isn't right with your install and if you don't
have access to the server yourself you may need to get whoever does to
subscribe and post to this list. Pat will no doubt make additional
suggestions but my list would be...

Check database.php and make sure the values are correct
Check the site_details table in the database especially that the various
paths are correct
Check the permissions are correct

Make sure creating/editing/viewing works before even trying exporting and
importing
Once that works try exporting and importing from the same install before
trying to import a sandpit created lo
Finally try the sandpit import and post further questions if everything but
that works

HTH
Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 19 January 2012 15:58
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation

I notice parent_t has 8 letters - why is it truncating there? The folder
should be parent_templates... does that folder exist on the server?

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver Haslam
Sent: 19 January 2012 15:56
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation

Hi

First of all, my apologies for any confusion caused by posting to the wrong
list. I'm new in this post, new to XOT, new to how these support lists work
and I think I have been mixing up two or more XOT problems into the same
email help request. So thanks for all the help so far and for bearing with
me! 

Secondly, despite the subject line of this email (which I have kept only for
the sake of continuity!) I don't know if there is and export issue at all
but there's obviously an issue with our new installation of XOT: I've made a
test LO but when I try to play it I get this message: "ERROR: The file
modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.

I don't have access to the server files myself but will pass on any advice
received to those that do.

Many thanks

Oli

_______________________________

Oliver Haslam
Course Developer (Technologist)
Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions

Technology Enhanced Learning
University of the West of England
_______________________________
T: 0117 32 88215


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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:25:29 -0000
From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our
	own	XOT	installation
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This is all going to get confusing with some of the subsequent replies
hijacking the subject line for an unrelated topic.

Not sure if Oli has subscribed here yet either but I would comment/add as
follows:

 

1. As David has said in a subsequent reply the sandpit doesn't currently
work with the Zip local option or scrom + metadata export. That will be
fixed in future and is specific to the sandpit but in a way irrelevant at
the moment.

 

2. The normal Zip export and Scorm export work fine on the sandpit and
import back into the sandpit ok too.

 

3. Oli my 1st suggestion would be for you to create a new test LO on your
new installation. Publish and export that. Then try to import that back into
the same installation. Does that work without the same errors? If it doesn't
then you need to resolve the issue with your installation and this is
separate from any issues with the sandpit.

 

4. If step 3. did work send a copy or link of the zip you exported from the
sandpit so we can test and provide further help.

 

HTH

Ron

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
Sent: 19 January 2012 12:11
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation

 

Hi all

I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs in here so
any ideas? I'll ask Oli to ensure he's subscribed in here to pick up the
answers.

 

A

 

From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits
[mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Oliver Haslam
Sent: 19 January 2012 12:05
To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation

 

Hi

 

We finally have our own installation of XOT and I'd like to transfer the LOs
I've made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I'm having a few
problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!

 

I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward "zip export" without any
problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version of XOT okay but
when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an error message saying
"ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.

 

So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to see if that
works. When I try to export as a "Zip (local) export" or as a "SCORM +
metadata export" I am immediately logged out of the sandpit and taken to the
login page:  http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/

 

I can export from the sandpit as a "Scorm export" but when I try to import
the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying "Upload checkFile transfer
has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported." And can go no
further.

 

Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured correctly? But it
seems the sandpit is not happy either...

 

Any suggestions?

 

Oli

 

_______________________________

 

Oliver Haslam

Course Developer (Technologist)

Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions

 

Technology Enhanced Learning

University of the West of England

_______________________________

T: 0117 32 88215

 



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