[Xerte-dev] Re: Goal

[Kemp Johnathan]

The issue is not just one of enabling a user to create extra entries within
the xwd.

To create a new page you have to supply the model as well. I know Ron
seemed happy to edit models in Xerte and test them in Toolkits but this
seems a clunky way of doing things.

For new system administrators they now have the ability to examine any page
in Xerte, to see its model structure and its xwd file. They can take any
page and load it into Xerte and then use it as a starting point for the
development of a new page. This can save lots of time and offers every page
as a worked example to facilitate learning about how Xerte works. This
development has significantly enhanced the potential for the use of Xerte
as a development platform

The only bit that needs then doing outside of Xerte is to use Flex builder
to do a search and replace for the xml object names in the xwd and rlm file
so that we have unique objects. That is very easy to do. If someone has
enough about them to create the new model and xwd then they can rename the
object titles.

With a fully tested xwd and rlm file available all that remains is to add
the xwd to the appropriate wizards folder and the rlm to the models folder
and then rebuild the template.xwd file by running Tom's script.

You could even provide a cut down version of Toolkits by removing any pages
you don't want to use. before building your template.xwd file.

So yes IMHO I think we have made a significant step forwards.

The biggest drawback to having customisable XOT installations is if they
are dependent on one central rlt file and xwd file. I don't know enough
about XOT to know how easy it is to offer a variety of different sets of
rlt and xwd files.

Kind regards

Johnathan





On 24 April 2012 14:15, RonM <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

> At a conference at the moment so just a quick response with no time to
> qualify but in all seriousness - no I don't think we have although I'm
> happy to be proved wrong
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 24 Apr 2012, at 13:11, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Have we achieved the goal we set out to of making it easier to build /
> manage a collection of models  for an administrator wanting to adding his
> own models? This was one of Ron’s requests: has it been achieved?
>
>
>
> In other words, with the tools that Tom and Jonathan have built, is it
> easier for you to create the xwd of your choice, or was it easier when you
> just had to copy sections of an xwd in a text editor?
>
>
>
> A serious question.
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