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<div>Hello!</div>
<div>I have - yet again - a few questions.</div>
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<div>1. Glossary</div>
<div>I think I found a bug of sorts while using the Xerte 2.17 glossary: When using terms with brackets or apostrophes, the term stops working as a hotspot – probably because it interferes with the scripting syntax, e.g., "Home Owners' Association (HOA)".
Is there a workaround for this?</div>
<div>2. Relative Links</div>
<div>Relative hyperlinks do not work in Xerte, do they? I have additional reading material in PDF format to include in my course material. My initial idea was to create a local directory and </div>
<div>3. CSS classes</div>
<div>Connected to the PDF material, I would like to use link classes in my additional CSS stylesheet. In the learning object, I have enabled the stylesheet and it work fine for defining the link color for external hyperlinks. Now, I would like to go a step
further and add icons for links to PDF documents - ideally by parsing the file extension or otherwise by using a fake CSS class. Both approaches don't seem to work. Has anyone tried this before? Is there a structural reason for this not to work?</div>
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<div>I am attempting something like this: </div>
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<div>In stylesheet (my_style.css):</div>
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<div>a.pdf {</div>
<div>padding-right: 18px; </div>
<div>background:url(pdf_icon.gif) no-repeat center right;</div>
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<div>In Xerte file:</div>
<div><a href="" class="pdf"> </a></div>
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<div>It should place a pdf icon after the hyperlink. </div>
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<div>4. I have started to work on a brief "Getting started with Xerte 2.17" guide, that pretty much mirrors my learning curve over the past few weeks. Here's my preliminary structure - feedback welcome:</div>
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<div>1. Which Xerte is right for me?</div>
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<div>2. Basic Set-up for the Learning Object </div>
<div>- Set the stage size</div>
<div>- Include a logo</div>
<div>- Make external hyperlinks visible</div>
<div>- Allow copy and paste</div>
<div>- Include Print button</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- position / make permanent</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- print script</div>
<div>- Include Help</div>
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<div>3. Troubleshoots & Testing</div>
<div>- Xerte Mailinglist & Wiki</div>
<div>- Adjust Flash Player settings for accurate preview</div>
<div>- Test layout in different text sizes!</div>
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<div>4. Functionality within pages</div>
<div>- Add text and images</div>
<div>- Position text and images</div>
<div>- Add scrollbar (important for resizing text!) </div>
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<div>- Add Nested Pages</div>
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<div>- Add interactive elements</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- Install Page Wizards</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- Use wizard templates </div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Create the folder before using the wizard, one folder per page</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- Adjust wizard templates (information on specific templates)</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Image Viewer: Add additional text fields, adjust image size</div>
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<div>5. Hyperlinks & Navigation</div>
<div>- Add internal links</div>
<div>- Add external links</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- in scripts</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>- in plain text</div>
<div>- Add Glossary</div>
<div>- Add Chapter overview (if you publish a complex, long learning object, you might want to produce one Xerte per chapter and create and introductory screen displaying the whole structure)</div>
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<div>6. Publish Xerte</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Stefanie</div>
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