[Xerte-dev] Re: Preparation of XOT and Xerte test installs

Julian Tenney Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
Tue Apr 3 15:14:41 BST 2012 

So I need to make some amendments to the engine stuff that uses english, right?

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From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
Sent: 03 April 2012 14:36
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Preparation of XOT and Xerte test installs

Yes, I'll try to tackle the buttons...

We need to sort out the way we select languages across the board (UI and 
also language string, i.e 'en' v.s. 'en-GB')


Op 3-4-2012 15:17, Pat Lockley schreef:
> I think Tom is doing buttons now?
>
> The only obvious thing is having a language selection for index.php
>
> I think the end of March is erm, unrealistic as a release date
>
> The main thing I think is what happens in trunk - as in nothing new
> should be added (i.e create branch 1.9 and then do nothing until 1.8
> is released).
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>  wrote:
>> I think we need a number of weeks realistically: if you want to set an
>> earlier deadline then feel free, but I sense end May may be realistic to
>> work all the issues through, add anything we find along the way, and then
>> get a zip built. What do others think?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 03 April 2012 13:16
>>
>>
>> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Preparation of XOT and Xerte test installs
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you mean end of May or end of March? I though the latter was the target?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>> Sent: 03 April 2012 13:11
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Preparation of XOT and Xerte test installs
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for this: I think we should try and identify pieces of work that
>> need doing before we can get the test server set up and complete them; then
>> we should lock down the functionality and test the heck out of what we've
>> got.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think Pat's work is complete on the language stuff bar the buttons stuff
>> being discussed?
>>
>> I'm not sure if there's anything you need me to do? Time is a bit limited
>> the next three weeks...
>>
>> You guys know the score with the templates better than I do, but I sense it
>> is more or less there
>>
>>
>>
>> So hopefully not too much to do before we can get Ron to host a beta 1
>> version, and then have a lis of issues, fix them in the svn, maybe a weekly
>> upgrade through betas 2 - n until we're done?
>>
>>
>>
>> Aim for end of May?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
>> Johnathan
>> Sent: 03 April 2012 12:04
>> To: Xerte Developers Discussion List
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Preparation of XOT and Xerte test installs
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron is ready to set up a test server, I have some model and xwd files and
>> thumbnails that are ready for use but there a re a few things I am not sure
>> about. I am posting this to the developer list so that the communication is
>> shared with all parties who are helping to put this new development on the
>> road.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.      With respect to the new model and xwd files, Tom have you made any
>> changes to copies of the files in the xerte svn pageWizards/models and
>> pageWizards/en folders? I know you mentioned earlier changing the way that
>> "question n of m" was handled in some of the pages. I have not noticed any
>> changes to the xwd and rlm files in the pageWizards section of the svn. If
>> there are changes where can I get the new version of the files as they need
>> adding to the xerte build files and the XOT build files.
>>
>> 2.      With respect to a new xerte build am I right in assuming that we
>> need to add a new "pages" folder to the xerte svn "runtime" folder. This
>> "pages" folder will contain all the default files for a new "pages" project.
>> Also that the runtime folder will need new folders for "php" to contain the
>> php language, and "scripts" to contain the php script files that build the
>> template.xwd file.
>>
>> 3.      With respect to the XOT build, It is my understanding that new files
>> are being added directly to the trunk and that I need to add the model files
>> (once the issue in 1. is sorted) to the folder
>> modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/models/
>>
>> 4.      In addition to point 3. I need to create a new folder in
>> modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/wizards/en which will contain the
>> individual xwd files.
>>
>> 5.      I will also add the new thumbnail images to the
>>   modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/thumbs folder.
>>
>> 6.      Tom what if any php scripts will need adding to the XOT server and
>> where will they be located?
>>
>> 7.      My knowledge of XOT is limited. Is there anything else we need to
>> consider in order to be in a position where we can say to Ron that he can
>> download the XOT trunk and use that to build his test server?
>>
>> 8.      Once we have the XOT test server up and running can we review the
>> situation with the Xerte runtime so that we can get a Xerte build ready for
>> testing?
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnathan
>>
>>
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