[Xerte-dev] Re: language option only shows when not logged in

[Ron Mitchell]

You'd know better than me re the issues you mention. 

But from a practical perspective it seems odd to me that you can only change
language when not logged in and xampp users with the default settings can't
ever get to the option without changing config.php - that would be a step
too far for many people.

What do others think?

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
Sent: 29 August 2012 13:21
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: language option only shows when not logged in

It just feels a little sideways, and also would break if deployed inside
another system (say an Iframe). You might also have editors open, properties
windows open, the JS might be cached (not sure how pretty that'd be).

If I was demonstrating / testing - i'd just edit config.php - I can't think
i'd want to develop in more than one language at once? Maybe the content
could toggle - but the XOT pages seem a bit weird to toggle.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
wrote:
> Why would refreshing the whole page be a problem?
>
> Not sure it's worth treating Moodle separately to other methods partly 
> because there will probably be a difference between the available 
> language options and a lot of moodle installations don't actually have 
> additional language packs enabled.
>
> I'm also thinking about how users might test the XOT language 
> functionality as well as how we/others might demonstrate it. e.g. 
> someone responsible for testing/promoting/supporting use has a local 
> xampp install never sees the option. Likewise someone providing 
> support/training with an installation using moodle authentication 
> never sees the option. So it's not just about an individual being able 
> to choose their preferred language (which may be more than one at 
> different times) but also about being able to easily test/demonstrate the
functionality to others.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat 
> Lockley
> Sent: 29 August 2012 12:48
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: language option only shows when not logged in
>
> If you change the language you'd need to refresh the entire page?
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense for moodle auth to use a moodle language var?
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ron Mitchell 
> <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I think this was raised previously but I can't find it with a quick 
>> search so starting a new thread...
>>
>>
>>
>> At the moment as far as I can see the set language option (dropdown) 
>> only shows when not logged in e.g. if guest or moodle authentication 
>> is enabled the user never sees the option to change the language.
>> Shouldn't the option show continuously or at least when logged in as 
>> well
> as when not logged in?
>>
>>
>>
>> I suspect this is just a case of moving sections of code around in 
>> index.php but not sure what/where?
>>
>>
>>
>> Would be good to get this changed and in place before the event in
> October.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron
>>
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