From systech at johnsonu.edu Fri Apr 17 17:08:13 2015 From: systech at johnsonu.edu (System Technician) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:08:13 +0000 Subject: [Xerte] HTTP 500 error for page2.php Message-ID: I installed Xertetoolkits 2.1 with IIS 8.5 on server 2012r2 and php 5.6.8. When I go to https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup and go through the prompts after getting to page1.php and entering the database information I receive an error on page2.php. What do I need to do to fix this issue? The website cannot display the page HTTP 500 Most likely causes: * The website is under maintenance. * The website has a programming error. What you can try: [res://\\ieframe.dll/bullet.png] Refresh the page. [res://\\ieframe.dll/bullet.png] Go back to the previous page. [More information] More information This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying. For more information about HTTP errors, see Help. [Description: Description: Description: JohnsonUniversity_wIcon.tif]Tim Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems 7900 Johnson Dr. Knoxville, TN. 37998 865-251-2245 TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4201 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 174 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4712 bytes Desc: image005.jpg URL: From info at pgogywebstuff.com Fri Apr 17 17:22:14 2015 From: info at pgogywebstuff.com (Pat Lockley (Pgogy)) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:22:14 -0400 Subject: [Xerte] Re: HTTP 500 error for page2.php In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7cfd60c5193fb02a486450e1b2a286c6@pgogywebstuff.com> Hello 500 suggests a server error - what do your error logs show Pat On 2015-04-17 12:08, System Technician wrote: > I installed Xertetoolkits 2.1 with IIS 8.5 on server 2012r2 and php > 5.6.8. When I go to https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup [1] > and go through the prompts after getting to page1.php and entering the > database information I receive an error on page2.php. What do I need > to do to fix this issue? > > THE WEBSITE CANNOT DISPLAY THE PAGE > > HTTP 500 > > MOST LIKELY CAUSES: > > * The website is under maintenance. > * The website has a programming error. > > WHAT YOU CAN TRY: > > Refresh the page. > > Go back to the previous page. > > [2] > > More information > > This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you > are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from > displaying. > > For more information about HTTP errors, see Help. > > TIM > > Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems > > 7900 Johnson Dr. > > Knoxville, TN. 37998 > > 865-251-2245 > > TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. 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Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup > [2] res://\ieframe.dll/http_500.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Xerte mailing list > Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com From Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 11:26:05 2015 From: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk (Naveed Hashmi) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:26:05 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Question about published content and PHP Message-ID: Hi, Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? Naveed -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at pgogywebstuff.com Tue Apr 21 11:30:40 2015 From: info at pgogywebstuff.com (Pat Lockley (Pgogy)) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:30:40 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > Hi, > > Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make > calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? > > Naveed > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Xerte mailing list > Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com From Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 11:36:50 2015 From: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk (Naveed Hashmi) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:36:50 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> Message-ID: A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any published content? Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) wrote: > It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? > > > On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make >> calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? >> >> Naveed >> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee >> and may contain confidential information. If you have received this >> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete >> it. >> >> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this >> message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the >> author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the >> University of Nottingham. >> >> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an >> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your >> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email >> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as >> permitted by UK legislation. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xerte mailing list >> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk >> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte >> > > -- > Pgogy Webstuff > pgogywebstuff.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at pgogywebstuff.com Tue Apr 21 11:42:08 2015 From: info at pgogywebstuff.com (Pat Lockley (Pgogy)) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:42:08 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> Message-ID: <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> By published - you mean "made public and the published button has been clicked"? Else my last answer is wrong Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the database as well On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any > published content? > > Thanks. > > On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: > >> It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? >> >> On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not >>> make >>> calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? >>> >>> Naveed >>> >>> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the >>> addressee >>> and may contain confidential information. If you have received >>> this >>> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately >>> delete >>> it. >>> >>> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in >>> this >>> message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by >>> the >>> author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the >>> University of Nottingham. >>> >>> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an >>> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage >>> your >>> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. >>> Email >>> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored >>> as >>> permitted by UK legislation. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xerte mailing list >>> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk >>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [1] >> >> -- >> Pgogy Webstuff >> pgogywebstuff.com [2] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte > [2] http://pgogywebstuff.com -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com From Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 11:51:18 2015 From: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk (Naveed Hashmi) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:51:18 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> Message-ID: I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the publishing process. I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the database via php. Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) wrote: > By published - you mean "made public and the published button has been > clicked"? > Else my last answer is wrong > > Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a project uses > PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the database as well > > > On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > >> A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any >> published content? >> >> Thanks. >> >> On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) >> wrote: >> >> It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? >>> >>> On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not >>>> make >>>> calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? >>>> >>>> Naveed >>>> >>>> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the >>>> addressee >>>> and may contain confidential information. If you have received >>>> this >>>> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately >>>> delete >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in >>>> this >>>> message or in any attachment. 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URL: From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 11:58:27 2015 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:58:27 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com>, Message-ID: Hi Naveed, If you have made the LO public and are using a url pointing to the xerte server, most likely ending in play.php?id=xx (where xx is the id of the learning object) then yes it still hits the database to resolve details about the LO and to update some stats... If you have exported a zip file (either archive or scorm) from Properties -> Export tab and placed this on a server or run it locally then no, it no longer needs access to the original server or database and can in fact run offline... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Naveed Hashmi [Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk] Sent: 21 April 2015 11:51 To: Pat Lockley (Pgogy) Cc: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the publishing process. I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the database via php. Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: By published - you mean "made public and the published button has been clicked"? Else my last answer is wrong Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the database as well On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any published content? Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: Hi, Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? Naveed This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [1] -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com [2] Links: ------ [1] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [2] http://pgogywebstuff.com -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From info at pgogywebstuff.com Tue Apr 21 12:05:09 2015 From: info at pgogywebstuff.com (Pat Lockley (Pgogy)) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:05:09 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> Message-ID: Exported content may via APIs and the RSS feed page go back to an install on a server On 2015-04-21 11:51, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the > publishing process. > > I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content > exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the > database via php. > > Thanks. > > On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: > >> By published - you mean "made public and the published button has >> been clicked"? >> Else my last answer is wrong >> >> Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a >> project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the >> database as well >> >> On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >> >> A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any >> published content? >> >> Thanks. >> >> On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) >> wrote: >> >> It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? >> >> On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not >> make >> calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? >> >> Naveed >> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the >> addressee >> and may contain confidential information. If you have received >> this >> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately >> delete >> it. >> >> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in >> this >> message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by >> the >> author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the >> University of Nottingham. >> >> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an >> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage >> your >> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. >> Email >> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored >> as >> permitted by UK legislation. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xerte mailing list >> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk >> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [1] [1] >> >> -- >> Pgogy Webstuff >> pgogywebstuff.com [2] [2] > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [1] > [2] http://pgogywebstuff.com [2] > > -- > Pgogy Webstuff > pgogywebstuff.com [2] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte > [2] http://pgogywebstuff.com -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com From ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk Tue Apr 21 12:22:00 2015 From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk (Ron Mitchell) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:22:00 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com>, Message-ID: <007801d07c25$637858d0$2a690a70$@co.uk> Just to add another couple of quick points to what's already been said.... 1. I've never known a xerte database to crash but of course you should setup automated backups of the install directory and the database just to be safe. 2. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that published and exported content is more reliable and less likely to break than LO's linked or embedded from the Toolkits install. In most cases there are so many more benefits to linking or embedding from toolkits rather than exporting (and in effect separating from toolkits) that I'd say the reverse is true e.g. your LO's are less future proofed and more likely to have problems in future if exported rather than linked or embedded. As an example YouTube, Flickr, MathJax have all changed their services/code in recent months/years and this is quickly fixed in the Xerte code but to fix the same in say 30 exported LO's you would have to update your install and then re-export and re-import each of those LO's. Whereas if linked or embedded then with the install updated potentially hundreds or even thousands of LO's are fixed in one go. HTH Ron -----Original Message----- From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 21 April 2015 11:58 To: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk; Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP Hi Naveed, If you have made the LO public and are using a url pointing to the xerte server, most likely ending in play.php?id=xx (where xx is the id of the learning object) then yes it still hits the database to resolve details about the LO and to update some stats... If you have exported a zip file (either archive or scorm) from Properties -> Export tab and placed this on a server or run it locally then no, it no longer needs access to the original server or database and can in fact run offline... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Naveed Hashmi [Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk] Sent: 21 April 2015 11:51 To: Pat Lockley (Pgogy) Cc: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the publishing process. I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the database via php. Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: By published - you mean "made public and the published button has been clicked"? Else my last answer is wrong Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the database as well On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any published content? Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: Hi, Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? Naveed This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [1] -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com [2] Links: ------ [1] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [2] http://pgogywebstuff.com -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 12:23:18 2015 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:23:18 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> , Message-ID: Hi Pat, We don't use the server to proxy RSS feeds any more for the RSS page. We use the Google Feed API to return JSON (https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/jsondevguide) I'm pretty sure nothing now, other than user input, hardcoded urls, goes back to the server from an exported HTML5 LO... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley (Pgogy) [info at pgogywebstuff.com] Sent: 21 April 2015 12:05 To: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk Cc: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP Exported content may via APIs and the RSS feed page go back to an install on a server On 2015-04-21 11:51, Naveed Hashmi wrote: > I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the > publishing process. > > I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content > exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the > database via php. > > Thanks. > > On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: > >> By published - you mean "made public and the published button has >> been clicked"? >> Else my last answer is wrong >> >> Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a >> project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the >> database as well >> >> On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >> >> A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any >> published content? >> >> Thanks. >> >> On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) >> wrote: >> >> It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? >> >> On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not >> make >> calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? >> >> Naveed >> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the >> addressee >> and may contain confidential information. If you have received >> this >> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately >> delete >> it. >> >> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in >> this >> message or in any attachment. 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Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Tue Apr 21 12:23:49 2015 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:23:49 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: <007801d07c25$637858d0$2a690a70$@co.uk> References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com>, , <007801d07c25$637858d0$2a690a70$@co.uk> Message-ID: Yes, I definitely second what Ron has said about the benefits of not exporting. Sometimes though it is inevitable, for SCORM or CD/USB for offline viewing etc... Perhaps Naveed if we know more about how you are using the LOs and why you are suspicious of the database failing then we can add more to the advice we have given? Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell [ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] Sent: 21 April 2015 12:22 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP Just to add another couple of quick points to what's already been said.... 1. I've never known a xerte database to crash but of course you should setup automated backups of the install directory and the database just to be safe. 2. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that published and exported content is more reliable and less likely to break than LO's linked or embedded from the Toolkits install. In most cases there are so many more benefits to linking or embedding from toolkits rather than exporting (and in effect separating from toolkits) that I'd say the reverse is true e.g. your LO's are less future proofed and more likely to have problems in future if exported rather than linked or embedded. As an example YouTube, Flickr, MathJax have all changed their services/code in recent months/years and this is quickly fixed in the Xerte code but to fix the same in say 30 exported LO's you would have to update your install and then re-export and re-import each of those LO's. Whereas if linked or embedded then with the install updated potentially hundreds or even thousands of LO's are fixed in one go. HTH Ron -----Original Message----- From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 21 April 2015 11:58 To: Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk; Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP Hi Naveed, If you have made the LO public and are using a url pointing to the xerte server, most likely ending in play.php?id=xx (where xx is the id of the learning object) then yes it still hits the database to resolve details about the LO and to update some stats... If you have exported a zip file (either archive or scorm) from Properties -> Export tab and placed this on a server or run it locally then no, it no longer needs access to the original server or database and can in fact run offline... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Naveed Hashmi [Naveed.Hashmi at bristol.ac.uk] Sent: 21 April 2015 11:51 To: Pat Lockley (Pgogy) Cc: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP I mean the actual content that is accessible to users, not the publishing process. I think embedded content needs PHP, i.e. the php player, but content exported as SCORM does not. I doubt either need to make calls to the database via php. Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:42, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: By published - you mean "made public and the published button has been clicked"? Else my last answer is wrong Published by clicking on publish still means the playing on a project uses PHP to decide various things, and in doing so uses the database as well On 2015-04-21 11:36, Naveed Hashmi wrote: A related question, if the database 'crashes', will this affect any published content? Thanks. On 21 April 2015 at 11:30, Pat Lockley (Pgogy) > wrote: It shouldn't do, bar the API calls / RSS feeds? On 2015-04-21 11:26, Naveed Hashmi wrote: Hi, Newbie question : I assume the published content (HTML5) does not make calls to the application server (re: PHP), is this correct? Naveed This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. 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Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From info at pgogywebstuff.com Tue Apr 21 12:29:23 2015 From: info at pgogywebstuff.com (Pat Lockley (Pgogy)) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:29:23 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Question about published content and PHP In-Reply-To: References: <7f7d6d1a1d935171d97fa39ba7fc886f@pgogywebstuff.com> <7eacd9d9148087cff58f8c5d41d8b4de@pgogywebstuff.com> , Message-ID: <8be4fe1008b889175c9e548fb3a46100@pgogywebstuff.com> The mathjax stuff? On 2015-04-21 12:23, Smith, John wrote: > Hi Pat, > > We don't use the server to proxy RSS feeds any more for the RSS page. > We use the Google Feed API to return JSON > (https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/jsondevguide) > > I'm pretty sure nothing now, other than user input, hardcoded urls, > goes back to the server from an exported HTML5 LO... From systech at johnsonu.edu Tue Apr 21 16:23:28 2015 From: systech at johnsonu.edu (System Technician) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:23:28 +0000 Subject: [Xerte] Re: HTTP 500 error for page2.php In-Reply-To: <7cfd60c5193fb02a486450e1b2a286c6@pgogywebstuff.com> References: <7cfd60c5193fb02a486450e1b2a286c6@pgogywebstuff.com> Message-ID: The 500 issue was the fact that the Mysql user I created required sha256 ssl. I deleted it and created a standard user and that resolved that issue. Now I have another http 500 error, this time on page4.php. I'm not finding any error logs. Suggestions? [Description: Description: Description: JohnsonUniversity_wIcon.tif]Tim Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems 7900 Johnson Dr. Knoxville, TN. 37998 865-251-2245 TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! John 3:16--For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Acts 2:38--Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -----Original Message----- From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley (Pgogy) Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 12:22 PM To: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: HTTP 500 error for page2.php Hello 500 suggests a server error - what do your error logs show Pat On 2015-04-17 12:08, System Technician wrote: > I installed Xertetoolkits 2.1 with IIS 8.5 on server 2012r2 and php > 5.6.8. When I go to https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup [1] > and go through the prompts after getting to page1.php and entering the > database information I receive an error on page2.php. What do I need > to do to fix this issue? > > THE WEBSITE CANNOT DISPLAY THE PAGE > > HTTP 500 > > MOST LIKELY CAUSES: > > * The website is under maintenance. > * The website has a programming error. > > WHAT YOU CAN TRY: > > Refresh the page. > > Go back to the previous page. > > [2] > > More information > > This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you > are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from > displaying. > > For more information about HTTP errors, see Help. > > TIM > > Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems > > 7900 Johnson Dr. > > Knoxville, TN. 37998 > > 865-251-2245 > > TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. 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Suggestions? > > TIM > > Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems > > 7900 Johnson Dr. > > Knoxville, TN. 37998 > > 865-251-2245 > > TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! > > JOHN 3:16--For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only > Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal > life. > > ACTS 2:38--Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, > in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you > will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. > > -----Original Message----- > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley > (Pgogy) > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 12:22 PM > To: Xerte discussion list > Subject: [Xerte] Re: HTTP 500 error for page2.php > > Hello > > 500 suggests a server error - what do your error logs show > > Pat > > On 2015-04-17 12:08, System Technician wrote: > >> I installed Xertetoolkits 2.1 with IIS 8.5 on server 2012r2 and php > >> 5.6.8. When I go to https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup > [1] [1] > >> and go through the prompts after getting to page1.php and entering > the > >> database information I receive an error on page2.php. What do I need > > >> to do to fix this issue? > >> > >> THE WEBSITE CANNOT DISPLAY THE PAGE > >> > >> HTTP 500 > >> > >> MOST LIKELY CAUSES: > >> > >> * The website is under maintenance. > >> * The website has a programming error. > >> > >> WHAT YOU CAN TRY: > >> > >> Refresh the page. > >> > >> Go back to the previous page. > >> > >> [2] > >> > >> More information > >> > >> This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website > you > >> are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from > >> displaying. > >> > >> For more information about HTTP errors, see Help. > >> > >> TIM > >> > >> Systems Analyst, Enterprise Systems > >> > >> 7900 Johnson Dr. > >> > >> Knoxville, TN. 37998 > >> > >> 865-251-2245 > >> > >> TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! > >> > >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the > addressee > >> and may contain confidential information. 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Email > >> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > > >> permitted by UK legislation. > >> > >> > >> > >> Links: > >> ------ > >> [1] https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup [1] > >> [2] res://ieframe.dll/http_500.htm > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xerte mailing list > >> Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > >> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [2] > > -- > > Pgogy Webstuff > > pgogywebstuff.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Xerte mailing list > > Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > > http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte [2] > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete > it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://xerte.johnsonu.edu/xertetoolkits/setup > [2] http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte > > _______________________________________________ > Xerte mailing list > Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte -- Pgogy Webstuff pgogywebstuff.com From alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk Fri Apr 24 14:28:59 2015 From: alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk (Alex Ott) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:28:59 +0000 Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? Message-ID: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Hi At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the error message: "No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)". I found a reference that "the Scenario page is the only one that has not yet been converted to run in HTML5" http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es Is this still the case? Many thanks, alex ott. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. 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In-Reply-To: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> References: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: Hi Alex, Yes, there is a substantial amount of work that would need to go into the Scenario page in order to make it work and afaik it hasn't had an enormous amount of use and as such it still hasn't been built yet. Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 24 April 2015 14:28 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? Hi At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the error message: ?No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)?. I found a reference that ?the Scenario page is the only one that has not yet been converted to run in HTML5? http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es Is this still the case? Many thanks, alex ott. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Fri Apr 24 14:41:07 2015 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:41:07 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? In-Reply-To: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> References: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: oh, meant to say that you can still create the Scenario page, as a standalone Learning Object, make the LO play in Flash, and then embed that Flash LO in your HTML5 LO as a workaround but that page obviously won't play on any device that doesn't support Flash... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 24 April 2015 14:28 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? Hi At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the error message: ?No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)?. I found a reference that ?the Scenario page is the only one that has not yet been converted to run in HTML5? http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es Is this still the case? Many thanks, alex ott. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk Fri Apr 24 14:49:45 2015 From: alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk (Alex Ott) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:49:45 +0000 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? In-Reply-To: References: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: <98e211f98fe44b93b150df28a716d65e@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Many thanks for the information John. I have forwarded the message to my colleague and advised to use the multiple-choice or image connector page. As part of the Xerte incubation are there perhaps plans to update the Scenario page? Best wishes, alex. -----Original Message----- From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 24 April 2015 14:41 To: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? oh, meant to say that you can still create the Scenario page, as a standalone Learning Object, make the LO play in Flash, and then embed that Flash LO in your HTML5 LO as a workaround but that page obviously won't play on any device that doesn't support Flash... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 24 April 2015 14:28 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? Hi At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the error message: "No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)". I found a reference that "the Scenario page is the only one that has not yet been converted to run in HTML5" http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es Is this still the case? Many thanks, alex ott. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. From J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk Fri Apr 24 15:18:05 2015 From: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk (Smith, John) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:18:05 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? In-Reply-To: <98e211f98fe44b93b150df28a716d65e@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> References: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> , <98e211f98fe44b93b150df28a716d65e@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: We've always talked about it but we don't really know how well used it was and haven't really had the free time to work on it... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 24 April 2015 14:49 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? Many thanks for the information John. I have forwarded the message to my colleague and advised to use the multiple-choice or image connector page. As part of the Xerte incubation are there perhaps plans to update the Scenario page? Best wishes, alex. -----Original Message----- From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John Sent: 24 April 2015 14:41 To: Xerte discussion list Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? oh, meant to say that you can still create the Scenario page, as a standalone Learning Object, make the LO play in Flash, and then embed that Flash LO in your HTML5 LO as a workaround but that page obviously won't play on any device that doesn't support Flash... Regards, John Smith | Learning Technologist Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. ________________________________________ From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 24 April 2015 14:28 To: 'Xerte discussion list' Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? Hi At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the error message: "No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)". I found a reference that "the Scenario page is the only one that has not yet been converted to run in HTML5" http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es Is this still the case? Many thanks, alex ott. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. _______________________________________________ Xerte mailing list Xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 From johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com Fri Apr 24 15:30:59 2015 From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com (Kemp Johnathan) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:30:59 +0100 Subject: [Xerte] Re: Scenario page availability? In-Reply-To: References: <1d483a7591804ebdb61d329f987facc4@Monimail.bournemouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: I developed the Scenario Page for Xerte before Xerte moved over to the HTML5 version and away from Flash. The Scenario Page was well documented at the time but saw little use, I suspect in part due to its complexity - you can achieve an awful lot with it but you need to invest a little time to understand it. I always thought that once a few examples became available of what you could do with the Scenario page then it would attract a degree of support from XOT users, but this never happened as the page was over-taken by the pressing need to move XOT over to HTML5 which left the Scenario page behind. I am now retired and am not going to be able to create a HTML5 version of the Scenario Page due to the time I would need to invest - I would need to come up to speed with the HTML5 development before even starting on the new version of the page. However I would be happy to help someone who was familiar with HTML5 XOT page development to develop a HTML5 version of the Scenario Page if someone fancied the challenge. I don't think there has been much change to the .xwd side of things (I could be wrong :-) ) But if that were the case we would be talking about creating a HTML5 model to feed of the current .xwd file. I would not recommend anyone to use the flash version of the Scenario page. The last revision of the page took place around December 2012 and given the deprecation of the Xerte Flash environment it would not really be practicable to try to maintain the page in the event of it becoming compromised by changes to the Flash player. Kind Regards Johnathan On 24 April 2015 at 14:37, Smith, John wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Yes, there is a substantial amount of work that would need to go into the > Scenario page in order to make it work and afaik it hasn't had an enormous > amount of use and as such it still hasn't been built yet. > > Regards, > > John Smith | Learning Technologist > Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | > Glasgow Caledonian University > Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA > > Please address ALL support requests to hlsblt at gcu.ac.uk where one of the > School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that > all jobs are completed as promptly as possible. > ________________________________________ > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [ > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Ott [ > alexott at bournemouth.ac.uk] > Sent: 24 April 2015 14:28 > To: 'Xerte discussion list' > Subject: [Xerte] Scenario page availability? > > Hi > > At Bournemouth University, we recently installed Xerte on a server. A > colleague tried the Scenario page and when playing it, he received the > error message: > > ?No template is currently available for this page type. (scenario)?. > > I found a reference that ?the Scenario page is the only one that has not > yet been converted to run in HTML5? > http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&Itemid=644&catid=4&id=220&lang=es > > Is this still the case? > > Many thanks, alex ott. > BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful > Employer charter. 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You can easily extend the existing suite of templates with your own html and javascript, so you can effectively build whatever you want. Since the runtime is now html, you can simply do... and