[Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Mon Jul 27 10:57:21 BST 2009

I don't think there is an easy way, as they use a different approach,
but it's not really my area.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Watson, Owen
Sent: 27 July 2009 10:53
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Pat,

Thank you very much for your help, this is what I needed to know and
it's great for creating new projects.

Unfortunately, all the projects we have are in RLO format. Is there any
way to convert from RLO format into a template format which can be
uploaded onto the Toolkts server?

Thanks,

owen

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 27 July 2009 10:29
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Owen,

That's not a piece Xerte code made by a template, that's just a normal
piece of Xerte. Hence it not importing. The web server only imports
content that is based around a template.

Go into Xerte, click templates on the menu, then click "page templates".

If you make it in there, it should then give you the files you need.

I just tested it, and it uploaded (threw a stupid error but it worked
anyways).

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_1332

Pat

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Watson, Owen
Sent: 27 July 2009 10:04
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Pat,

I discovered why I got a hugely long error message on occasion.
Apparently if you have a folder inside the zip with the project inside
instead of having the project as the root of the zip it fails with lots
of problems trying to create the RLT file, displays a long error (made
up of HTML and various PHP errors) and half creates a blank project.

With regard to the importing of a project from Stand Alone Xerte to the
Toolkits Server, I'm totally at a loss now. I've tried amending files,
replacing files, deleting files and adding attributes and I'm now
incredibly fed up with the whole thing.

I've attached a very simple project created in the stand-alone version,
(it has a single page with a line of text on it), can you please give me
a step by step guide as to what exactly I'm supposed to do to this to
make it work on the Toolkits server?

Owen

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 25 July 2009 19:51
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hello,

An external xerte template should import ok.

A long error would almost certainly be a PHP problem, which would be a
server issue. All the import errors use a **** to delimit the error
message. None should go past a line in length.

The bare minimum could be achieved by creating a new template online,
doing nothing to it, then exporting it.

Thats what I will do here, so you should be able to do it there as well.

Pat

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Watson, Owen
Sent: Sat 25/07/2009 17:45
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Pat,

Thanks again for the reply. Can I automatically generate the required
files for the learning objects in standalone Xerte?

I tried modifying a learning object I exported from the toolkits server,
however it didn't import for reasons I don't understand as the error was
too long to fit on the message box.

Also, looking in the RLO from the toolkits server there is a lot of
javascript describing how the pages should be structured,
however the RLO generated from the stand alone version doesn't have any
of this.

When you get the chance could you send me a very basic (i.e. blank)
project with the bare minimum of files in it, which will successfully
import to the toolkits server, for me too look at?

Thanks,

Owen

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick Lockley
Sent: Sat 25/07/2009 00:47
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

A template should have an RLT, an XWD and a piece of XML, as a bare
minimum.

Again. not with the code, but as far as I recall the code loops through
the zip looking for an RLT.

In the RLT it looks for the folder name and version number attributes to
check there is the same one on the system.

If it finds them it looks through the RLT for the XML path.

If it passes both of these it should import ok.

You can add any attribute you like within xerte, including custom ones.

Best bet is compare your RLO with the exported RLO to see what the
server expects.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Watson, Owen
Sent: Fri 24/07/2009 23:19
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Pat,

Sorry for being dense, but I still don't quite understand... When I save
an RLT or an RLO from within the standalone client, I only have a single
file, (the afore mentioned RLT or RLO). Am I supposed to be including
other files with this when I zip it and try and upload it?

If I export a project as a zip from the toolkits server it has a shed
load of files... do I need all of these when I upload a project from the
standalone version?

Do I need to add the version number attribute manually, or can I add it
within Xerte?

Owen

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick Lockley
Sent: Fri 24/07/2009 17:45
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hello,

You need to add a version number attribute as well - I am guessing the
template that goes out with the installer has changed. Best bet is to
take the RLT off your toolkits server, and replace it with the one in
the folder before you zip it up.

Pat

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Watson, Owen
Sent: Fri 24/07/2009 15:42
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hi Pat,

Thanks for your quick reply, however I still don't understand what
exactly I'm supposed to be doing to make it work.

I have tried creating a new project leaving the default settings, saving
it as an RLT, zipping it and then uploading it and I still get an error
about no corresponding templates.

In standalone Xerte there is no option to add 'folderName' to the
learning object properties. I tried adding this attribute to the RLT
using XML Notepad, (and manually), and setting the value to be
'Nottingham' which, as far as I can tell, is the name of one of the two
templates installed by default in Xerte Online Toolkits.

This is a bit of a show stopper ATM as we have quite a few learning
objects which have been created in the standalone version of Xerte using
the default template supplied which we can't import.

Again, any help you can provide would be much appreciated, as this is
proving to be a major headache.

Thanks,

Owen

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 24 July 2009 14:49
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits

Hello,

Can't be certain as I am not near the code at the moment, but as long as
you rename the rlo to be an rlt, it should work.

The only reason you get a no corresponding template error is if the
folderName attribute in the learning object node of the rlt is not equal
to a template you have installed on the system.

Offline and online versions of Page templates, should be identical.

The wizards and the editor are also the same.

Pat

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Watson, Owen
Sent: Fri 24/07/2009 13:28
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Importing projects to Xerte On-line Toolkits
Hi,

I'm working on Bolton's implementation of Xerte, (which should be going
live soon), and have run into a problem importing projects created in
Xerte v2.5.7 into Xerte Online Toolkits v1.0.2.

Initially I thought you did this from Workspace -> Properties -> Import,
however uploading *any* zip file, be it a project or a template results
in the error "You can only import Zip files."

After discovering that this only seems to be a problem in Firefox 3.5.1,
I then discovered this method is seemingly only for importing templates.

However, after creating a basic project with a fresh download of Xerte
2.5.7 and saving a 'new' project as a template, I was then presented
with a message saying that no corresponding templates could be found.

So my questions are...
1) How do you import projects into Xerte Online Toolkits which were
created in the standalone version of Xerte?
2) What templates (if any?) are common between the two 'versions' of
Xerte?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Owen Watson

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