[Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access

Tue Feb 12 17:40:54 GMT 2013

Hi Pat

I agree it didn't seem the best way to do this but I wouldn't know how to achieve what you are describing. Sounds good though especially if it still allows existing stuff to work? 

I know you expressed concerns when we added the play_html5 links to the properties panel but I think as others said that was a necessity because of the hunger by people to test the HTML 5 stuff after the AGM.

Ron

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 February 2013 17:11
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access

Hello,

Code wise it is fine - but these links are for one template, so they really should be in the module folder and not the library - as it will add them for all templates.

Before Xmas I spoke about making the play code more useful for extra types of format. So in theory every template can support an infinite number of play options.

Should I do that?

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On 12 Feb 2013, at 17:05, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

I'm not sure John. 

I guess most of the time that would be redundant because it's the author view of properties of an LO but I suspect your asking for when it's a shared project. Not sure if creator ID get's changed when changed by someone other than creator or if the modifier ID get's stored elsewhere and tracks modifications.

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Smith, John
Sent: 12 February 2013 16:38
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: selected template access

Oh and is it possible to show “…was created on 2013-02-11 by XXXXX” and similar for the modified line?

Regards,

John Smith

Learning Technologist

School of Health & Life Sciences

Glasgow Caledonian University

From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:23 PM
To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
Subject: [Xerte-dev] FW: selected template access

Hi all

I've been testing Julian's new site stuff and wanted to test a way of changing the links displayed in properties when viewing properties with a site LO selected. I have this working locally after adding the additional links to url_library.php and then using a case statement to check for project name in properties_library.php

However I don't want to risk the wrath of the cave! ;-)

Is there a better/elegant/more future proof way to do this?

In properties_library.php I've added a switch checking for template name and if it's 'site' show just the play_site link but if it's not site by default show the flash and html 5 links that we see now. The links obviously come from url_library.php. Here's the relevant code in site properties_library.php:

$query_name_response = mysql_query($query_for_template_name);

        $row_name = mysql_fetch_array($query_name_response);

                              switch($row_name['template_name']){

                                             case "site": 

                                             echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_site", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_site", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";

                                                                           break;

                                             default: 

                                             echo "<p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_LINK . "</p>";

        echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";

                              echo "<p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_HTML5_LINK . "</p>";

                              echo "<p><a target=\"new\" href='" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_html5", $_POST['template_id']) . "'>" . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url . url_return("play_html5", $_POST['template_id']) . "</a></p>";

                              $temp_string = get_template_screen_size($row_name['template_name'], $row_name['template_framework']);

        $temp_array = explode("~",$temp_string);

        echo "<br><br><p>" . PROPERTIES_LIBRARY_PROJECT_IFRAME . "</p><form><textarea rows='3' cols='40' onfocus='this.select()'><iframe src='"  . $xerte_toolkits_site->site_url .  url_return("play", $_POST['template_id']) .  "' width='" . $temp_array[0] . "' height='" . $temp_array[1] . "' frameborder=\"0\" style=\"float:left; position:relative; top:0px; left:0px; z-index:0;\"></></iframe></textarea></form>";

                                                                           break;                   

                              }}}

and here's what a site template and other/Notts template shows:

<image001.jpg><image002.jpg>

I think I can hear rumblings from the cave already :-(

Ron

From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 14:16
To: Ron Mitchell
Subject: RE: selected template access

> Do you want me to have a look at displaying the correct play link in properties? Also .htaccess additions?

BY all means. There is no hurry, though. Now we have the temaplte working I toolkits we can i) decide how far we want to take it; ii) sort all this other stuff out.

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 13:19
To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: selected template access

That worked...

changed name to site

parent_templates/site/site.rlt

created a new project

preview_site and play_site both work.

Do you want me to have a look at displaying the correct play link in properties? Also .htaccess additions?

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 13:13
To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: selected template access

Tried that but no joy.

Renamed in the db as bootstrap and then changed /parent_templates/site to parent_templates/bootstrap and now it works.

Probably better though to find out why it wouldn't work via parent_templates/site/site.rlt oh just thinking perhaps I needed to create a new project after that change...

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 13:04
To: 'Ron Mitchell'; 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: selected template access

Looks like the code uses the name from the originaltemplatedetails table in the db. Changes that to site and then it looks for /xot19/modules/xerte/parent_templates/site/site.rlt any reason not to rename bootstrap.rlt to site.rlt?

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 12:58
To: 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: selected template access

Turned on debugging... something in the code still looking for the bootstrap folder?

Warning: file_get_contents(/xot19/modules/xerte/parent_templates/bootstrap/bootstrap.rlt)

Don't think it's cache.

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 12:50
To: 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: selected template access

I wouldn't do it in basic.sql although if you don't want it available to all remove the *

Just set who it's available to via management.php

There's a slight issue possibly caused by the renaming...

Have tested on two different installs - I can create a new project based on the template but clicking insert doesn't do anything? It worked when it was called Bootstrap! ;-)

From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 11:11
To: Ron Mitchell
Subject: RE: selected template access

In basic.sql, instead of ‘*’ for the access field?

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 11:11
To: 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: selected template access

it's username comma username

e.g. ronm,rmitchell

From: Ron Mitchell [mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 February 2013 10:52
To: 'Julian Tenney'
Subject: RE: Bootstrap

BTW Pat didn't answer your question about enabling for specific users - looks like it's username.

Not sure what the delimiter is but I guess either , ; or space - testing that now...

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