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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'>I think that’s subjective. Black worked for Henry Ford. I like the other quote from him which is ‘if I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me a ‘faster horse’ ’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Seriously though, we might build in some new colour scheme controls. If your techy you could change the stylesheets which isn’t so hard if you know some CSS. The buttons are graphics though, so you’d need to change those files (you can see below the stay black), but it’s not hard to change the interface colours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><img width=816 height=729 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01CE982F.4BE55A50" alt="cid:image002.png@01CE888C.23123D80"></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Wolfenden<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2013 14:02<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Background colour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for the quick reply – I don’t really see users changing it but at the moment it is just black and white which doesn’t look good and is not very accessible. I’m happy for it to be one colour and stay like that – I just don’t want it to be black and white.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Overall, it does seem much better though – I can tell a lot of thought, hard-work and effort has gone in to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ll have a further play round (if I can get back in!) and see what I can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks again<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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Julian Tenney [<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2013 13:53<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Background colour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We’ve been giving this some thought. The reason we kept the controls out of the new version is that, as far as accessibility goes, it is much, much better if it is handled by the browser, and that is possible now with the html5 output. The reasons we put those controls in there in the first place was to make up for the Flash player’s lack of accessible features. We don’t have that problem anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What is interesting is that folk have evidently got to like the fact that you can change the colours even if there isn’t a direct ‘accessibility’ need, and perceive the new runtime to be less accessible than the old one, when in fact the reverse is true. You’re not the first to bring it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Is this something that you want to do – or is it something you see your users actually doing as they use the content? I’ve not seen many users take advantage of the different colour schemes to be honest, but maybe that’s just me. There are some ways you can change the look and feel - a background image is an obvious one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m afraid I don’t look after the techDis install, so I can’t help you with the username issue. These things notwithstanding, the new toolkits is loads better than the old one for loads of reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Julian<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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Wolfenden<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2013 13:42<br><b>To:</b> 'xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] FW: Background colour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your replies Julian and Alistair,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Previously when I used Xerte, it looked like the example below in blue – colours were easy to change from the colour scheme tab at the bottom of the page. Now it is just black and white with no colour scheme tab – I now can’t get in to provide a screenshot as what I thought was my username evidently isn’t and I can’t see an option to reset it. Thanks for your help – but I may call it a day as I’m getting so frustrated with even the basics now which is such a shame as I used to love it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=254 height=246 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE982F.4BE55A50"></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Sarah Wolfenden <br><b>Sent:</b> 12 August 2013 15:05<br><b>To:</b> 'xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk'<br><b>Subject:</b> Background colour<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We don’t have Xerte at my institution but I used it at my last and it was great. I’ve signed up to it for personal use so I can create guides and put them in Blackboard but only have a black and white screen. Does anyone know how I can change this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>*******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Sarah Wolfenden BA (Hons) MA (Lond) MCLIP<br>Subject Liaison Librarian - School of Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>@BSSLibrarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>Brunel University Library<br></span><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/library">http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/library</a></span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>