[Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Fri Sep 4 17:56:57 BST 2009

Oh, there is also a mime.types file in the conf folder in Apache, but
I'm not sure what syntax you would use there.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:50 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

In Apache, there is a configuration file called httpd.conf, which you
should find in Apache's conf folder. Somewhere in the httpd.conf file,
you should find a section titled <IfModule mime_module>. You will see
examples of other mime-types there. I didn't have to add anything for
Xerte, but if you do, I imagine it would be something on the order of:

AddType text/xml .rlo

AddType text/xml .rlt

Would that be correct, Patrick?

Cheers all,

Paul

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of RonM
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:40 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Pete

The mime types aren't a moodle setting they're a web server setting. On
a windows server these are set with admin access via the IIS management
console. I'm not sure the same applies on a Linux server but I'm sure
this has been discussed on the list before so a quick search of the
archives should reveal the solution.

Regards

Ron

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
Pretorius
Sent: 04 September 2009 16:33
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Subject: Re: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Ron,

Just curious.  Adding the mime types (.rlo and .rlt) on the server.  Do
you know if that can be done from within Moodle (as an Administrator),
or is that a backend task?

I've been trying to use Xerte desktop to create packages for Moodle
without success.

Thanks,

Pete

On 9/4/09, RonM <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote: 

Hi Thomas

as far as I know it makes no difference to Moodle whether the file is an
.rlo or a .rlt as long as both are added as mime types on the server.

Regards

Ron

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rochford,
Thomas
Sent: 04 September 2009 13:15 

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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Please forgive my ignorance, but perhaps you could save the file twice,
once as a .rlo (e.g. for Moodle) and one as a .rlt (for Xerte)?

Kindest Regards,

Thomas

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 04 September 2009 12:30
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

the option is look for version and foldername as i would guess they mean
it must have been from a template (i guess template data doesn't have
to, but same deal), but even then its still a bit let's hope.

I assume the logic would be, if the RLO is with a xwd and xml that might
work as well. 

We've changed it since we released toolkits, it originally did the RLT
approach, i think the problem is if you open the RLT in desktop xerte
you don't get the nice screen?

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Fri 04/09/2009 11:57
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

For it to be any use it would have to be...

Check the templateData property?

I think we ought to change it to send out .rlt, and make the
corresponding change to the filename in the htm. We probably didn't
anticipate the roundtripping so much when we made that call, and xpert
was only a glint in our eyes, and .rlt can still be edited locally in
Xerte. 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:50 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Some people wanted it to export as RLO, so we set it to do that.

I haven't had time to work out how to decide whether an RLO coming in is
a template or not.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Fri 04/09/2009 09:03
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Should it export it as .rlt? The roundtrip ought to be seamless.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:22 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

rename the rlo to an rlt

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Rochford, Thomas
Sent: Thu 03/09/2009 21:27
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

Hi Patrick,

There seems to be a problem with the scorm exports/imports from the
online toolkits v. 1.0.2 into the latest version 1.5.

I have exported a module created with 1.0.2. as a scorm.zip file on one
laptop and tried to import it into 1.5 on another and I get the
following error message.

'File transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently
imported'

I have also tried exporting a Test file from v. 1.5 and re-importing it
using the same laptop and I get the same error message. 

I have attached the Test file exported under 1.5 for you to examine.

Kindest Regards,

Thomas

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rochford,
Thomas
Sent: 03 September 2009 17:19
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte Online Toolkits 1.5 Localhost Installation

HI Everyone,

I've just managed to get Xerte Online toolkits v. 1.5 installed on a
memory stick and will be releasing MAXOS 150 as soon as I've completed
testing. I need to check that the import feature works OK amongst other
things.

However I thought I'ld document some bugs I cam across while doing the
Install.

1)      Copying the new toolkits across didn't work I got errors trying
to edit a file. The application claimed it couldn't find 'edit.php',
although it seemed to be there.

2)      I emptied the existing toolkits directory and used phpMyAdmin to
remove the old toolkits database and then ran the setup. I also ran into
quite a lot of problems, and had to edit the folowing files.

a.       page2.php. I had to edit lines 94 through 96 to make the
str_replace function use the same tags as are in 'database.txt'. The
three lines now read as follows:

$buffer = str_replace("database_host",$_POST['host'],$buffer);

$buffer = str_replace("database_name",$_POST['database_name'],$buffer);

$buffer = str_replace("",$_POST['database_prefix'],$buffer);

b.      database.php. I had to edit lines 15,20,25,30 and 35 to overcome
a parsing error in the original on line 35. The 5 lines now read as
follows

$xerte_toolkits_site->localhost = "localhost";
...

$xerte_toolkits_site->database_username ="root";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_password ="";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_name ="toolkits";
...
$xerte_toolkits_site->database_table_prefix ="";

I now seem to have a clean install - I used the 'full install' option in
the end. I did try the XAMPP option but that didn't work either and I
remembered that Patrick had earlier advised me to use the 'Full Install'

I've documented this just in case anyone else runs into a similar
problem when working under windows. I now need to see if I can manage to
import the randomised quiz from the standalone version into my
'on-a-stick' version as I note that it isn't in the current release. Any
ideas on how this can be done would be very welcome.

Kindest Regards,

Thomas

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 03 September 2009 15:43
To: Xerte discussion list; Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] RE: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

if you install an xampp version and choose the xampp version then
demo.php doesn't exist as it is renamed to index.

But i wouldn't put that on a webserver.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Thu 03/09/2009 15:39
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] RE: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

Uninstall xampp and all its databases, make sure there is no trace of it
left.

Then start again. To install it on a local machine is this simple:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/manual/installingToolkits.swf

To install it on a web server will need the help of the admin.

Also, your emails are bouncing. Are you subscribed to the list?

-----Original Message-----
From: pieter-dirk [mailto:pd at stinkmedia.co.za]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:34 PM
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: Need help with Xerte toolkit instalation

Please look at the attachment we need help please.  We are struggling to
install this program as well as xampp.  Please come back to us please

Thank You

Pieter-Dirk Jacobs
(South Africa)

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