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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This has worked well for me as far as the install goes and I now
have a more or less usable xampp version, however I have had/am having some
problems and I thought it might be helpful to mention them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adobe have issued an
upgrade to their Flah Player which doesn’t seem to work with anything
including the BBC, let-alone XERTE. If, like me you took the upgrade trustingly
you will need to de-install it using the Prgrams and Features option in Control
Panel and then re-install version 9.159 which you can download from<br>
<a
href="http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=2">http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=2</a><br>
Choose ‘Flash Player 9’ and unzip it somewhere safe and then run flashplayer9r159_winax.exe
within the fp9_archive/9r159 directory. This seems to restore both Xerte and
the BBC to normal working<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I still get some
errors when trying to edit a project as shown below:<br>
</span><b>Warning</b>:
copy(C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\toolkits\\USER-FILES/1-guest-Nottingham/data.xml) [<a
href="http://localhost:8080/toolkits/function.copy">function.copy</a>]: failed
to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>C:\xampp\htdocs\toolkits\modules\xerte\edit.php</b>
on line <b>46</b><br>
<br>
<b>Warning</b>: chmod() [<a href="http://localhost:8080/toolkits/function.chmod">function.chmod</a>]:
No error in <b>C:\xampp\htdocs\toolkits\modules\xerte\edit.php</b> on line <b>48<br>
</b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This meant I could not edit anything, so I copied across the
USER-FILES directory from an older install and renamed a directory to match and
that seems to have worked although there is nothing in it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t seem to
be able to import a previous project. I have tried saving in both standard .zip
format and scorm.zip format, but in both cases it complains that the templates
are not recognised – I get an error message as follows:<br>
“No valid template equivalent found on this site. Please contact your
system administrators”.<br>
Unless I’m doing something really silly, I guess his means that I’m
going to have to re-create all the work I’ve done under the old
templates. I’ld love to be told I’ve done something silly!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Anyway thanks to Patrick and Julian for giving me enough
optimism to try to upgrade – maybe it’s asking too much to think
that I can upgrade the older projects – they were, after all, made in a ‘beta’
release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 March 2009 16:48<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list; Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Installing Toolkits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Ignore the XAMPP button for now, should still install ok.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Your
localhost settings are</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>host
- localhost</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>username
- root</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>password
- leave this blank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>database
name - whatever you'd like</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>database
prefix - leave this blank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>on
the next page</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>database
user - root</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>database
name - blank</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After
that it should work ok for me (i've installed it on 3 different local host
XAMPPS ok. Ignore the extra settings on the next page, just click ok.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My
XAMPP is no longer standard (due to some other software), but once I've sorted
the "bug" I'll make a speed install for XAMPP.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pat</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on
behalf of RonM<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thu 26/03/2009 09:52<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Installing Toolkits</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi Costas<br>
A few points...<br>
<br>
1. I think the 000730.html list post you refer to is out of date now at<br>
least in terms of page3.php which contains lots of form fields as you say<br>
and these shouldn't be null. That instruction refers to a previous installer<br>
so ignore that instruction to add nulls.<br>
2. Although you've followed a link to download v0.91 beta what you've<br>
actually downloaded is a preview release of v1.0 which contains a bug we are<br>
trying to resolve but Pat is on leave until next week.<br>
3. The install should work in terms of completing the 4 steps but as you say<br>
the Xampp button is redundant and more importantly if once installed you try<br>
to create anything you'll probably get an error. So I would hold fire until<br>
next week and news on this list.<br>
Cheers<br>
RonM<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
[<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]
On Behalf Of Costas Calcanis<br>
Sent: 25 March 2009 12:08<br>
To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
Subject: [Xerte] Installing Toolkits<br>
<br>
Hello,<br>
<br>
I've started installing Xerte Online Toolkits (v0.91 beta) by following the<br>
instructions at<br>
<a
href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/xerte/2008-September/000730.html">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/xerte/2008-September/000730.html</a><br>
. However, so far my attempts to complete the installation have been<br>
unsuccessful. I seek for some advice and guidance.<br>
<br>
Here's what I've done so far:<br>
<br>
1. Install XAMPP (Success!)<br>
- Download xampp from<br>
<a
href="http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-win32-1.6.7-installer.ex">http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-win32-1.6.7-installer.ex</a><br>
e;<br>
- Run the installer, choosing to install apache and mysql as services<br>
- Open the xamp control panel and stop apache and mysql<br>
- Goto c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpconf.conf file<br>
- Remove the comment ('#') from the following line: #LoadModule<br>
rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so<br>
- Restart apache and mysql in the xampp control panel<br>
<br>
2. Install Xerte Toolkits (Success!)<br>
- Download and install the Xerte Online Toolkits from<br>
<a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/toolkits.zip">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/toolkits.zip</a><br>
- Create a folder called 'toolkits' in c:\xampp\htdocs\<br>
- Extract all the files from the zip to c:\xampp\htdocs\toolkits\<br>
<br>
3. Setup Xerte Toolkits (Failed!)<br>
- Navigate in your browser to <a href="http://localhost/toolkits/setup/">http://localhost/toolkits/setup/</a>
<-- Done!<br>
- On the first page click 'next' <-- Which one, there are two Next
buttons;<br>
the "For XAMPP People" isn't is a dead link xampp.php. Followed the
second<br>
Next button pointing to config_setup.php<br>
- On the second page click 'next'. These first two pages contain important<br>
information for any sys admins setting up toolkits on a n production server.<br>
<-- Done!<br>
- On the third page, enter 'localhost' as the host, 'root' as the database<br>
name, leave the password blank, enter 'toolkits' for the database name and<br>
leave the prefix field blank <-- Done!<br>
- On the next page enter 'root' for the database account and leave the<br>
password blank <-- Done!<br>
- On the next page, enter 'NULL' in each field <-- On this page<br>
(page3.php) there are too many fields (surely can't expect to enter NULL to<br>
every single text box)! When I clicked on Submit Query I got many warnings<br>
and Install complete message (see attached file).<br>
- On the next page, click 'next' <-- No such option available.<br>
- On the following page, enter 'NULL' in each field <-- No such option<br>
available.<br>
- On the following page, enter 'NULL' in each field <-- No such option<br>
available.<br>
<br>
<br>
When I opened the Xerte toolkits page (<a href="http://localhost/toolkits/">http://localhost/toolkits/</a>)
I got the<br>
following error messages:<br>
<br>
<br>
Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: Access denied for<br>
user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in<br>
C:\xampp\htdocs\toolkits\config.php on line 36<br>
<br>
Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: A link to the server<br>
could not be established in C:\xampp\htdocs\toolkits\config.php<br>
on line 36<br>
<br>
<br>
Any help is much appreaciated<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
Costas Calcanis<br>
E-Learning<br>
Redbridge College<br>
<br>
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