[Xerte-dev] Re: 1.9

[Pat Lockley]

Or you might want to make a second Nottingham for HTML5 (for example) -
that way people could choose which they preferred when creating new
materials (not saying I think that works neatly / strategically, just an
idea)


On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Pat Lockley <
patrick.lockley at googlemail.com> wrote:

> So a few questions re usage of it
>
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>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Pat Lockley <
> patrick.lockley at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's a five second job to be honest, I just needed to make sure stuff
>> worked when I was playing around. I also thought it'd be helpful for
>> someone else to check the .info file stuff so it made sense as it's a big
>> ish new thing.
>>
>> To make the RSS.info, just copy the Nottingham one into the folder and
>> alter its values (rename the file, add the description and so on - I'd
>> guess RSS doesn't support media for example?)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Julian Tenney <
>> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Fair enough.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>>> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat Lockley
>>> *Sent:* 23 November 2012 10:31
>>>
>>> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>>> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: 1.9****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Yes, I am lazy****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Julian Tenney <
>>> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:****
>>>
>>> > a .info doesn't exist for RSS****
>>>
>>> Is there a reason for that?****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>>> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat Lockley
>>> *Sent:* 23 November 2012 09:37****
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* For Xerte technical developers****
>>>
>>> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: 1.9****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> The differences are
>>>
>>> In config.php is a script which loops over the modules folders and
>>> builds an object called "learning objects" which contains data for each
>>> learning object the system supports (see
>>> modules/xerte/Nottingham/Nottingham.info - NOTE a .info doesn't exist for
>>> RSS).
>>>
>>> This creates a set of properties for each learningobject
>>>
>>> When the workspace is drawn a new property is added to each project
>>> which is the name of the template used for that project "xerte_nottingham".
>>>
>>> So when you click edit or preview, it checks for this property, and then
>>> refers to the learning object object for the size of the editor and preview
>>> windows (different editors can be different sizes).
>>>
>>> Export has been moved into modules/xerte
>>>
>>> Publish has been altered slightly to support different file names (as I
>>> don't use XML for my files, so preview.xml is a bit useless).
>>>
>>> it never references modules/xerte anymore
>>>
>>> Deletion is also now modularised as well
>>>
>>> Basically, code has been copied and pasted into new areas.****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Julian Tenney <
>>> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:****
>>>
>>> Nice one. At some point I need to get my head around how this works…****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>>> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat Lockley
>>> *Sent:* 22 November 2012 23:17****
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* For Xerte technical developers****
>>>
>>> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] 1.9****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Hello,****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> I think I have merged 1.9 in****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Things to test****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Edit works****
>>>
>>> Preview works****
>>>
>>> Play works****
>>>
>>> Properties panel behaves****
>>>
>>> Export works****
>>>
>>> Delete works****
>>>
>>> Publish works****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> So make a new LO****
>>>
>>> Preview it****
>>>
>>> Close it****
>>>
>>> Edit it****
>>>
>>> Play it****
>>>
>>> Open properties****
>>>
>>> Export it****
>>>
>>> Publish it****
>>>
>>> Delete it****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> All works for me.****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Pat****
>>>
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