[Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and htaccess

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Fri Apr 12 16:04:50 BST 2013


Some questions, before I commit,

1. Julian, do you already have a different name for 'site' or shall I 
commit site for the moment?
2. Do we have consensus over the engine name? html5? javascript? xenith?

Now I have 'html5'  in the GUI, but 'javascript' in the code, because I 
think that is better w.r.t. flash.

The major reason I ask is that if we want to create the play_html5_560 
play_flash_560 (not sure that's a good idea, I prefer that people have 
to put in a bit more effort to choose an engine different than the 
author wanted, so play_560?engine=html5)

Still even if we leave it at the engine=.... what will we call the engines?

I prefer flash/javascript

Tom



Op 12-4-2013 16:48, Julian Tenney schreef:
>
> Oh, OK, sorry I was thinking you wanted to add XML as an option to the 
> runtime dropdown. I don't think that's the right place for it, but I 
> might have misunderstood,
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat @ 
> Pgogy
> *Sent:* 12 April 2013 14:19
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and htaccess
>
> Well the tab is there for everyone, the only difference is the URL 
> changes from
>
> Xml_560 to
>
> Play_xml_560
>
> Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
>
> Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality
>
>
> On 12 Apr 2013, at 13:49, Julian Tenney 
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Getting xml out. I think that's what you mean, anyway? I think
>     that's something for developers to get at, rather than end users
>     to get confused about,
>
>     *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>     [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
>     *Pat @ Pgogy
>     *Sent:* 12 April 2013 12:58
>     *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>     *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and htaccess
>
>     The first or second bit
>
>     Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
>
>     Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality
>
>
>     On 12 Apr 2013, at 11:37, Julian Tenney
>     <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>         This sounds like a rabbit hole for now,
>
>         *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>         <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>         [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf
>         Of *Pat @ Pgogy
>         *Sent:* 12 April 2013 11:03
>         *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>         *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and htaccess
>
>         The play URL is now a sort of API
>
>         So rather than
>
>         play.php?template_id=1&method=flash
>
>         You could have
>
>         play.php?template_id=1&method=XML
>
>         Which just returns the XML
>
>         So you cold retire the XML page from the root folder (over time)
>
>         Now where this could get interesting is you could make an XML
>         remote method to change the file locations and host a single
>         engine at site x, and dynamically bring in content that way. A
>         sort of xpert shop window
>
>         Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
>
>         Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality
>
>
>         On 12 Apr 2013, at 10:08, Julian Tenney
>         <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>         <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>             Is that something end users would need to see, or is this
>             tech stuff for an API call?
>
>             *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>             <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>             [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On
>             Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
>             *Sent:* 12 April 2013 08:22
>             *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>             *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and htaccess
>
>             At the moment XML is a link option for XOT files, but all
>             it does is return the XML.
>
>             As we now have different methods for displaying content
>             for a module, XML could be one of those?
>
>             Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
>
>             Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality
>
>
>             On 12 Apr 2013, at 07:32, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl
>             <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>> wrote:
>
>                 Ehmmm... could you be a bit more specific? Last time I
>                 checked I still wasn't a mind reader.... :-)
>
>                 Op 12-4-2013 0:28, Pat @ Pgogy schreef:
>
>                     Tom,
>
>                     Thoughts on making XML into a play option?
>
>                     Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
>
>                     Makers of web things of a fair to middling quality
>
>
>                     On 11 Apr 2013, at 21:52, Tom Reijnders
>                     <reijnders at tor.nl <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>> wrote:
>
>                         Yes definitely. Added function upgrade_4()
>
>                         Tom
>
>                         Op 11-4-2013 15:42, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>
>                             Was the correct upgrade definitely in the
>                             patch?
>
>                             If it was my applying of the patch didn't
>                             work because that's not in the patched or
>                             exported code yet it is in basic.sql
>
>                             *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                             <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
>                             *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
>                             *Sent:* 11 April 2013 14:33
>                             *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>                             *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and
>                             htaccess
>
>                             Strange.
>
>                             Upgrade should give you an extra column on
>                             templatedetails called extra_flags.
>
>
>
>
>
>                             Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
>                             <mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> schreef:
>
>                             Cheers got it!
>
>                             I'm not sure if anyone else has tried this
>                             yet but not quite working for me...
>
>                             1. Applied patch to local copy of svn code
>
>                             2. Exported patched version
>
>                             3. Dropped over a localhost test install
>
>                             I can see new options in the properties
>                             panel e.g. what is the default engine to
>                             use for this project with Javascript
>                             (a.k.a. HTML5) ticked
>
>                             But I can't untick that or tick the flash
>                             option
>
>                             When following the flash and html5 links I
>                             get an empty wondow
>
>                             and when trying to create a new LO I get
>                             an empty window with failed to create new
>                             template
>
>                             I ran upgrade.php but there doesn't seem
>                             to be anything new in there?
>
>                             HTH
>
>                             Ron
>
>                             *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                             <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
>                             *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
>                             *Sent:* 11 April 2013 13:10
>                             *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>                             *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and
>                             htaccess
>
>                             I've just sent it on...
>
>                             *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                             <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
>                             *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
>                             *Sent:* 11 April 2013 12:29
>                             *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>                             *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and
>                             htaccess
>
>                             Didn't want to send It to the list .
>                             Julian has it.
>
>                             Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
>                             <mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> schreef:
>
>                             Happy to test and feedback but where do I
>                             get the patch? 752 looks like Fay's update.
>
>                             Ron
>
>                             *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>                             <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
>                             *On Behalf Of *Tom Reijnders
>                             *Sent:* 11 April 2013 11:08
>                             *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>                             *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Modules and
>                             htaccess
>
>                             I am off-line the rest of the day. I'll
>                             send the patch to Julian.
>
>                             Op 11-4-2013 11:51, Tom Reijnders schreef:
>
>                                 As an addition:
>
>                                 Now you can just use
>                                 play.php&template_id=4 (or play_4). It
>                                 will show :
>                                 1. if the template_frame=xerte  in the
>                                 engine set by the user
>                                 2. if the template_frame is site using
>                                 modules/site/play.php
>
>                                 Also, you can use
>                                 play.php&template_id=4&engine=flash or
>                                 play.php&template_id=4&engine=javascript
>                                 to force a specific engine.
>
>                                 Some is true for preview.
>
>                                 You can also use engine=other (this is
>                                 used by the wizard when Ctlr+Play is
>                                 pressed)
>
>                                 I have to do the same for peer.php,
>                                 but first would like some feedback ;-)
>
>                                 Tom
>
>                                 Op 11-4-2013 11:38, Tom Reijnders schreef:
>
>                                     Almost finished.
>
>                                     I didn't change anything yet to
>                                     modularize the properties page
>
>                                     - Changed play.php (root) and
>                                     modules/xerte/play.php and preview
>                                     - Made play_html5.php (root)
>                                     redirect to new play
>                                     - Make use of the same template
>                                     files as export does for the play
>                                     and preview
>                                     - Make wizard toggle the engine on
>                                     Ctrl-click
>                                     - Move site to its own module dir
>
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