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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>OK, just back at work today and trying to make sense of things….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><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>Ron Mitchell<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 November 2011 09:58<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Moodle authentication patch gives blank screen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Julian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>yes can do but was going to share some thoughts on the dev list first. Will do that shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><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>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 November 2011 09:49<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Moodle authentication patch gives blank screen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>How best to include it in the build Ron?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Can you commit it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><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>Ron Mitchell<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 November 2011 09:08<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Moodle authentication patch gives blank screen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>There have been significant changes in the latest version of XOT which has meant that the previous moodlepatch doesn't work correctly with this latest version. However I've been changing and testing a new moodlepatch which works with the latest version of XOT and both moodle 1.9x and moodle 2.1x<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>This is much simpler now and only changes two files in the xerte folder and will hopefully be included in the xot download in future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>As usual use at your own risk etc etc and you really need to make sure your XOT installation is working correctly via switch.txt or demo.txt before applying the moodlepatch. All the patch does is provide authentication via moodle. If other things aren't working like creating/editing etc you need to ensure that's all working first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Instructions in the zip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>HTH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>BTW XOT is a powerful and reliable system but like with other software including Moodle newer releases sometimes require older mods and patches etc to be updated too and although the version on the Nottingham site says 1.7 behind the scenes there has been lots of development in prep for a newer release. Although this sometimes introduces problems better that than a static product with no ongoing development and enhancement like some other open source tools out there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><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>Robert Chalmers<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 November 2011 00:15<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Moodle authentication patch gives blank screen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>I set up a brand new xertetoolkit install, made usre I could at least login (there are other problems) then installed the moodle auth patch. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>All it gives is a blank screen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>Much hand wringing….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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