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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">One very puzzled Alistair gives lots of things away, but he’s not aware of giving away any stores.
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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>Dave Burnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 17 November 2011 14:05<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sorry, Ron.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Alistair gave away the store a couple weeks ago.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">> From: ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk<br>
> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:57:36 +0000<br>
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects<br>
> <br>
> Those examples on my site are really just a few basic examples and mostly<br>
> just style changes.<br>
> You can obviously do a lot of customisation using XMLEngine.fla but be aware<br>
> that you are then out of sync with the official downloads and may need to<br>
> merge future changes/additions with your customisations.<br>
> <br>
> Also as we've said on this list before one of the main strengths of Xerte<br>
> and XOT is its built-in accessibility and it worries me every time I hear<br>
> people say they want to remove the drop down menus at the bottom of the<br>
> screen. These play a large part of the accessibility - please think<br>
> carefully before removing these just for aesthetic reasons. If you really<br>
> need to hide those options please consider adding a button so that users can<br>
> still access those features.<br>
> <br>
> Ron<br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of José Gregorio<br>
> Díaz Unda<br>
> Sent: 17 November 2011 12:43<br>
> To: Xerte Discussion list<br>
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects<br>
> <br>
> Hi Andy.<br>
> <br>
> We were looking for a "guide" or something on the Internet but without luck.<br>
> <br>
> Ron Mitchell has in his webpages some examples about customizations over XOT<br>
> LO look, but none of them change the look too much, so probably its not an<br>
> easy task.<br>
> <br>
> Yesterday, we downloaded the latest code from the google code svn of xerte<br>
> and xot. We're not sure what version is.<br>
> <br>
> Anyway, the plan is:<br>
> <br>
> 1. Install xot from xerteonlinetoolkits svn folder..<br>
> 2. Open with Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file from "xerte" svn folder.<br>
> 3. Publish from Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file to "XMLEngine.swf".<br>
> 4. Replace "XMLEngine.swf" in xerteonlinetoolkits for the new one.<br>
> 5. Test if XOT works.<br>
> <br>
> Lets see what happen.<br>
> <br>
> By the other hand, I think its important to document an example of<br>
> customization.<br>
> <br>
> If we succeed, we will publish it on Internet.<br>
> <br>
> Take care.<br>
> <br>
> José.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel.<br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: "Davidson, Andrew" <Andrew.Davidson@warwick.ac.uk><br>
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:37:08 <br>
> To: Jose Diaz<xt4mhz@yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion<br>
> list<xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects<br>
> <br>
> Hi Jose - did you get anywhere with how to change the 'skin'? This is where<br>
> I need to go and so any hints would be welcome.<br>
> <br>
> Best<br>
> <br>
> Andy<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jose Diaz<br>
> Sent: 17 November 2011 01:36<br>
> To: XERTE XERTE<br>
> Subject: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects<br>
> <br>
> Hi everyone and thanks in advance.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> We're trying to customize "the look" of scorm packages built from XOT.<br>
> <br>
> We want to change how learning objects are shown: change logo, move buttons<br>
> (forward, backward, etc.) to the bottom of the screen, hide all dropdown<br>
> lists at the bottom of the screen, etc.<br>
> <br>
> We're take a look to "XMLEngine.fla" file, but we're not sure if we're in<br>
> the right path. When we open the "XMLEngine.fla" with Adobe Flash, it shows<br>
> a grayed rectangle with a lot of code. We just want to "drag and drop"<br>
> elements of the screen to new positions.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Attached to this message, we send an image of an example how much we want to<br>
> change the "skin" of the learning objects.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Any "step-by-step" guide to change this "look"?<br>
> <br>
> After changing the "look", we want to translate to spanish the XOT ... but<br>
> this is another history.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks a lot again.<br>
> <br>
> José.<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.<br>
> Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.<br>
> Tel.: 58.0412.5518085<br>
> Skype: xt4mhz<br>
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