[Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page

Wed May 2 11:53:32 BST 2012

Given the comments from Ron, I will carry on tidying up the Connector pages
- fixing the odd bugs, setting the navigation to use setEnabled(), adding
the colour picker to the menu etc.

This will give a little while for the Youtube issues to settle down. The
last thing we want is two people making changes to the same files.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 2 May 2012 11:11, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> I’m happy with the two youtube pages, so go ahead,
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 02 May 2012 11:04
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> The default introduction to the model files has changed with the latest
> set of models.
>
>
>
> if (extXML == undefined){
> // Page Wizard
> pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.toObject();
> pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
> } else {
> // Toolkits
> myXML = new XML(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[rootIcon.getPageIndex() -
> pgOffset]);
> pageIcon.templateData = myXML.toObject();
> rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
> }
>
>
>
> new format
>
>
>
> if (rootIcon.projMode == "dev"){
> // Page Wizard
> pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.extXML.toObject();
> pageIcon.templateData = pageIcon.templateData.pageWizard[0];
> } else {
> // Toolkits
> myXML = new XML(extXML.firstChild.childNodes[rootIcon.getPageIndex() -
> pgOffset]);
> pageIcon.templateData = myXML.toObject();
>
> }
> rootIcon.setTitleText(templateData.learningObject[0].name);
>
>
>
> // handle multiple page data definitions in a project
> if (rootIcon.projectPageIndex == undefined){
> rootIcon.projectPageIndex = 0;
> }
> // check if this page has a definition for the current project index and
> default to 0 if not
> if (pageIcon.templateData.bullets[rootIcon.projectPageIndex].name ==
> undefined){
> projPI = 0;
> } else {
> projPI = rootIcon.projectPageIndex;
> }
>
>
>
> if (pageIcon.templateData.bullets[projPI].delaySecs != undefined){
>
>
>
> The new pages project type in desktop Xerte now has an xwd and xml file
> giving the author xwd form based control over many of the project settings.
> This results in the existence of "extXML" thus making the original test for
> the desktop environment invalid. After much testing I ended up setting a
> variable in the setup script of the project, hence the new test. Not ideal.
> I tried to find something that would work "out of the box" for the desktop
> environment but was unable to do so. I tried using
>
>
>
> if (_level0jumpData.fileType.toLowerCase() == ".rlo") {
>
>
>
> but this worked in preview but not in published mode.
>
>
>
> One upside of the changes was that for both environments the learning
> object title can be set so the rootIcon.setTitle line has now been moved
> outside of the test for the environment.
>
>
>
> A further significant change in the model files is there to support the
> capability in desktop Xerte to have multiple data definitions for a single
> page. This addition is shown highlighted in green.
>
>
>
> The addition of the "green" code block with the appropriate top element
> name entry (highlighted in red) ensures that for XOT and pageTemplates
> users the value "projPI" is always 0. For desktop Xerte users it will
> default to 0 if the current value of rootIcon.projectPageIndex is
> referencing a data set for the page that has not been defined.
>
>
>
> References in the rest of the pages code that used to be of the form
>
>
>
> pageIcon.templateData.bullets[0]
>
>
>
> now become
>
>
>
> pageIcon.templateData.bullets[projPI]
>
>
>
> XOT and Page Templates are unaffected by this change, but Xerte desktop
> can now leverage multiple data definitions per page.
>
>
>
> If you wish, once you are happy with the way the two new you tube pages
> are working I can make the necessary alterations.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 2 May 2012 09:31, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Do you get it in standalone xerte?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 02 May 2012 08:55
>
>
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Julian - thanks for making the thumb images clickable - works well.
>
>
>
> Not sure what the extent of the rogue scrollbar appearing is but I'll
> create a single page example and share via the lists and hopefully get
> other to respond to confirm whether they get this or not.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 14:19
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Ok tested on another Windows 7 machine and I don't see the rogue scroll
> bar on that in any of the browsers.
>
>
>
> So that seems to rule out the difference between Windows 7 and XP being
> the problem.
>
>
>
> I have the same AV software including browser plug-ins on both machines so
> it's not that.
>
>
>
> I've deleted offline files in IE and tried again - same problem exists.
>
>
>
> Lost for ideas now but I have seen this previously on college machines etc
> and obviously someone reported it to Alistair too. Would be good if others
> here on this list could test and confirm either way?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:51
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> XP.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:51
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> That's weird - could it be flash player version or OS version or
> something? Are you on Win 7 or earlier?
>
>
>
> Got a skype call now but will test on a different machine later.
>
>
>
> Anyone else seeing or not seeing this?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:40
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> No I’m not:
>
>
>
> *Error! Filename not specified.*
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:35
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> No this is on the test server purely 1.8 code are you not seeing it on
> http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xot/play.php?template_id=22
>
>
>
> I get this on IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome
>
>
>
> *Error! Filename not specified.*
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:16
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> I aint seein’ no scrollbar.
>
>
>
> This some third party thing you guys have installed?
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:13
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Have uploaded. P60 of
> http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xot/play.php?template_id=22
>
>
>
> We've still got that rogue scrollbar to the left of the thumbnails which
> also affects the scrollbar for the thumbs.
>
>
>
> Can the thumbnails be active links as well as the text?
>
>
>
> In my IE8 the pop-up still isn't resizable but could just be specific to
> my laptop so would be good if others could test and feed back? Will test on
> IE9 too.
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 13:02
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Just committed the feed page, it works the same way. I also changed the
> params in openWindow to allow the window to be resizable, and to get the
> focus when it’s made, so you don’t lose it. That’s in preview_xerte_top
> (which is in modules/xerte by the way as I can never find it…)
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 12:39
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> It's in place now - page 61 and 62 of
> http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xot/play.php?template_id=22
>
>
>
> If you go through in linear order Page 61 comes up with an undefined but
> page 62 seems to work fine - not sure what the difference is but then if
> you go back to page 61 it pops up the video from page 62.
>
>
>
> Will the wizard have options to set pop-up window features such as
> resizable? In IE 8 the pop up isn't resizable but I think it should be or
> perhaps better still have control over than in the wizard. In Firefox and
> Safari I can resize the pop-up.
>
>
>
> Presumably this is grabbing the image automatically which is great? I
> don't think it's as nice as the current YouTube page but if that's going
> then I guess we have no choice. At least it means features such as captions
> and view full screen are available.
>
>
>
> How will the feed page work?
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 12:14
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Sorry, I commited it to xerte. Just replace the one youtube.rlm file. Its
> in the XOT svn now as well.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 11:41
> *To:* 'For Xerte technical developers'
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: New Youtube page
>
>
>
> Hi Julian
>
> did you commit to the XOT svn or just Xerte? Not showing up in the XOT svn
> that I've been using for the test install. Not sure if I can just grab the
> two files from the Xerte svn and just replace the files on the test install?
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 01 May 2012 11:29
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] New Youtube page
>
>
>
> I just committed a new version of the youtube page: it uses newWindow to
> launch the video. I tried doing the embed approach, but it’s gribbly: the
> movie hovers above the popup menus along the bottom, and moving to a new
> page left the screen black for a few seconds. So this way pops up a new
> window, but I think it’s the best we can do until we get the HTML5 stuff
> finished.
>
>
>
> If you could pop it in the demo please Ron, I’ll do the RSS one as well,
> but I’ll wait for any comments first.
>
>
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