[Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help

Kathryn Duncan kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk
Thu Jul 25 13:56:17 BST 2013


In addition to this none of my page links seem to be working.

I would be grateful for your help on solving this.

Thank you.

Kathryn



On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Kathryn Duncan <
kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have exported my project as a as a deployment zip, but when I review
> project my downloadable links do not work. I set these links up by going to
> Properties, Media and Quota, uploading file and then using url generated as
> hyperlink on the page I wanted. I was wondering if there was a way I could
> get round this so that when I export my project the student is still able
> to download files to print or listen to the audio files.
>
> Thank you very much for your help with this.
>
> Kathryn
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Smith, John <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know you are in a bit of a predicament and would be interested in
>> hearing about the problems that you have run into (and finding out how I
>> can help get you out of them).
>>
>> I know that you have made "customisations" and that these are now causing
>> some problems. Knowing what changes you have had to make could help us
>> develop the idea of only using plugins to make these changes which means
>> that the core files can always be updated (we even have thoughts on an
>> auto-updating routine)...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Smith | Learning Technologist
>> Room A251, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences |
>> Glasgow Caledonian University
>> Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of KnowledgeWare [
>> knowledgeware at kccsoft.com]
>> Sent: 24 July 2013 21:24
>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> Hello John:
>>
>> Thanks for the notes...this sounds excellent...I'm anxious to get
>> toolkits updated and hopefully I can contribute in some modest way to a
>> menu structure or otherwise in the future.
>>
>> RonM2
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
>> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:51 PM
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> Not ideal Ron i agree and what you suggest sounds fantastic. That's the
>> beauty of XOT though that it is extensible and is due to become even more
>> flexible for customization...
>>
>> We are but a small team though and cannot take on every suggestion that
>> is thrown at us, even if we wanted to, so we would welcome any assistance
>> in developing XOT...
>>
>> The problem you have run into recently (and you are probably not alone)
>> appears to be due to core code changes, something that we are trying to
>> prevent the need for in the future. Did you know for example that we now
>> have Wordpress style plungins working in v2 as a proof of concept that can
>> hook/filter  around 15 hook points throughout the core code to
>> augment/change things without altering any core code? This appears to be
>> something that would help you futureproof your upgrade path.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> John Smith
>> Learning Technologist
>> School of Health and Life Sciences
>>
>> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>>
>>
>>
>> KnowledgeWare <knowledgeware at kccsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This is workable as a menu John but in my opinion not optimum. The user
>> cannot see more than one part at a time and doesn't know what's been done -
>> better in my opinion that the menu show all parts with checkmarks if
>> completed and at least one selection of modules (also checked if
>> completed). I'm still a long way from getting into html5 toolkits but
>> that's the type of menu I'll be angling toward one way or another.
>>
>> RonM2    : - )
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
>> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 5:13 PM
>> To: kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk; Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> Hi Kathryn
>>
>> Would something like this work for you? - this may be what Dave was
>> referring to when he used the highly technical term jigger ;-)
>>
>> I could talk you through the stages of setting one of these up...
>>
>> http://xerte.smitcher.com/play.php?template_id=6
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Smith | Learning Technologist
>> Room A251, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences |
>> Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kathryn Duncan [
>> kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk]
>> Sent: 20 July 2013 23:12
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Thank you for your email. Please forgive my ignorance, I am not well
>> versed in coding and would not know how to build a custom interface. Are
>> there any tutorials or anyone you could recommend to contact, to help with
>> me this?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Kathryn
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com
>> <mailto:d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hi Kathryn,
>>
>> AFAIK, unfortunately the standard menu would not support that type of
>> functionality.
>> You would need to build a custom interface. (and take into account that
>> the HTML5 version would also need to be customized).
>>
>> There may be a way to jigger the Accordion style menu.
>> Take a look at that.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:56:02 +0100
>> From: kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk<mailto:kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk>
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Thank you for your quick reply. I think a TreeView type menu sounds like
>> what I may mean, would it be possible to have this within the table of
>> contents and do you know how I may go about this? I am using Xerte 2.0
>> Online Tool-kits.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Kathryn
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com
>> <mailto:d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I think she might be meaning a TreeView type menu.
>> I know it can be done in Xerte desktop (as a component).
>> XOT?
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk<mailto:J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk>
>> > To: kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk<mailto:kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk>;
>> > xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> > Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 21:24:09 +0100
>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte query-please help
>>
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > You can create your own menu in most textboxes by creating the text for
>> each of the links, selecting each of the text options, right clicking on
>> them and selecting PageLink...
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > John Smith
>> > Learning Technologist
>> > School of Health and Life Sciences
>> >
>> > Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Kathryn Duncan <kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk<mailto:
>> kd0566.2010 at my.bristol.ac.uk>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Sir/Madam,
>> >
>> > I am a Bristol medical student designing an e-tutorial project and was
>> wondering if you could help me. I would like to know if there was a way to
>> display the main headings on the contents page that could be further
>> clicked to reveal associated subheadings, please see attached for further
>> clarification. I have tried to use multiple perspectives but have been
>> limited as can only upload videos as flv or wmv file types, so am using
>> YouTube to display videos. I have also considered tabbed navigator, but as
>> far as I am aware that only allows one type of media to be uploaded and my
>> e-tutorial covers multiple media types under on heading.
>> >
>> > I would be grateful for any advice on this.
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely,
>> >
>> > Kathryn
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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