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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Alistair, thanks for reminding
me. I posted the following some time ago and only got one blunt reply, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>“</span>Sirs,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve been trying for several days to learn more of
Xerte. I have followed the demos on your site and signed up to the list
but so far have not had a reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I want to explore the Xerte toolkit with the hope of
developing materials for mainstream education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I was so impressed with the blurb about Xerte so have tried
to install on a local PC. Everything appears to download and extract, but
when I follow the instruction as below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'>“In a web browser, go to : </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000081'><a
href="http://localhost/xertetoolkits/setup/">http://localhost/xertetoolkits/setup/</a>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>and
click on the for XAMPP people button.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#003572'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I get the error message, ‘Page not found’. Should I
have configured something for ‘localhost’? Will any such configuration
disrupt the normal functioning of my PC?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I am reasonably confident in html but do not know php etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Am I missing something obvious or is this tool not as easy
as the blurb suggests?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ray Tolley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Maximise ICT
Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>P: </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://raytolley.efolioworld.com/">http://raytolley.efolioworld.com/</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>W: </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.maximise-ict.co.uk/">http://www.maximise-ict.co.uk/</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>B: </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/">http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I: </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://issuu.com/efoliouk/docs">http://issuu.com/efoliouk/docs</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>S: </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/maximise/slideshows">http://www.slideshare.net/maximise/slideshows</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <span style='color:
#003572'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Principal: Pr22v6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://pr22v6.org.uk/">http://pr22v6.org.uk</a><u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://www.scoop.it/t/eportfolios-examples">http://www.scoop.it/t/eportfolios-examples</a></span></u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><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>Alistair
McNaught<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2012 12:11<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation<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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs
in here so any ideas? I’ll ask Oli to ensure he’s subscribed in here to pick up
the answers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>A</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></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"'> A list to facilitate and support teachers
using Xerte Online Toolkits [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Oliver Haslam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2012 12:05<br>
<b>To:</b> XERTEFORTEACHERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<b>Subject:</b> exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We finally have our own installation of XOT and I’d like to
transfer the LOs I’ve made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I’m
having a few problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward “zip export”
without any problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version of XOT
okay but when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an error message saying
“ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t” and it won’t play.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to
see if that works. When I try to export as a “Zip (local) export” or as a
“SCORM + metadata export” I am immediately logged out of the sandpit and taken
to the login page: <a href="http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/">http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I can export from the sandpit as a “Scorm export” but when I try
to import the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying “Upload checkFile
transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported.” And can
go no further.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured
correctly? But it seems the sandpit is not happy either...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Any suggestions?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Oli</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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