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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>1st let me thank you Julian & your team. Yes, Xerte 3 is a much
greater tool indeed. I've installed & tried out/exploring the beta version
now. Like what you said, I do find Xerte 3 is a whole new changing game tool, I
think me, like other no-tech learning object developer need some time to get
fimiliar with the project creation flow. Hope to see a good user guide &
more tutorial available in future, :).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Gevin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 07, 2010 10:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Page Wizards on Xerte 3?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>They won't be backwards compatible, but there will be wizards,
yes. It's kinda there but needs some more wok on it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Xerte
3 changes the game a bit because in Xerte 2 it's useful to have a wizard to
create, say, an accordion, because the underlying code is fiddly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
Xerte 3 you get Accordion icons - no need for a wizard.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Give
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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 johnathan.kemp@ntlworld.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Fri 07/05/2010 11:33<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xerte] Page Wizards on Xerte 3?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello Gevin,<br>
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I'll let Julian describe Xerte 3 as I am just coming to grips with it. However
Xerte 3 is based on the latest flex technology and as such is not backwardly
compatible with Xerte 2. As a result Xerte 2 projects will not run in Xerte 3
and therefor Xerte 2 page wizards will not work in Xerte 3.<br>
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I am not part of the Xerte Team and have no influence on the Xerte 3 project. I
have asked the question myself as to whether Xerte 3 will support the use of
page wizards. It is early days for Xerte 3. As far as I am aware Xerte 3 is at
the stage of just offering icon level page building capability. As yet there is
no equivalent of the Page Templates project wide template.<br>
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It will be interesting to see whether the availability of page wizards in Xerte
2 will influence any decision to implement page wizards for Xerte 3, as I
understand the priority for Xerte 2 was to provide the project wide templates
in preference to individual page templates (i.e. page wizards). I think this
was because the targetted user base was non-technical knowledge experts. Page
wizards open up Xerte to a different type of user. Someone who wants the ease of
pre-defined pages but also to be able to develop their technical skills so that
they can take their learning objects beyond what is available of the shelf.<br>
<br>
I am now retired, but I will be staying active in the xerte community. When
other commitments allow I am looking at Xerte 3. I am also keen to see page
wizards available in that environment.<br>
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It is worth remembering that there is a community of Xerte users. The Xerte
team supported the development of page wizards and modified Xerte to facilitate
their use, but page wizards were not developed as a core part of the Xerte
project. I am sure that if interest and effort were available from the Xerte
community to make page wizards a reality in Xerte 3 then the support and
assistance would be there from the Xerte team.<br>
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Kind regards<br>
<br>
Johnathan<br>
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---- "Gevin Leow Eng Hwa (UniSIM)" <gevinleoweh@unisim.edu.sg>
wrote:<br>
> Dear Johnathan,<br>
><br>
> Great job on the Page Wizards you create for Xerte 2.x! They are my no.1
tool I use everyday, so I can have some time for a coffee or 2.<br>
><br>
> Just wonder if we can use the current version Page Wizards in the upcoming
Xerte 3? or we need to "tweak & hack" to use them? :)<br>
><br>
> Warm regards,<br>
> Gevin<br>
><br>
><br>
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