[Xerte] Internal hyperlinks in Xerte Online Toolkit
johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
Wed Apr 7 22:37:41 BST 2010
Hello Peter,
Sorry things have been a bit quiet on the page wizards front, I was offered the opportunity to retire early a couple of weeks ago and took it, so I am not at the computer from 9 till 5 from Monday to Thursday any more.
I will still be working on the page wizards, and monitoring the mail list, but response times will inevitably be slower.
Projects based on page wizards still store the page names and titles in the .rlo file, so if the code Ron supplied works for ordinary pages then it should also locate pages based on page wizards.
I have not had time to test it but I am guessing that to use the script that Ron has listed you might need to add a Entry Frame icon to your project and then add a script icon to that entry frame.
The script icon would have the following properties
isFunc = 1
name = navToPage
Then enter in the script section of the script icon
for (i = 0; i < extXML.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
if (extXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.name == args[0]) {
rootIcon.gotoPage(i);
}
}
As an afterthought. Whilst adding an entryFrame icon to your project should make the navToPage code available to all pages (not sure about pages nested in a framework icon), it may throw out the gotoPage(i) bit. You may need to try
rootIcon.gotoPage(i - 1);
I hope this helps. As soon as I get a chance I will try it out, but this will not be for a day or two. With my new found freedom, I am showing some friends around Nottingham and West Bridgford tomorrow :-)
I hope to make the new routed tab navigation page available in a week or so. This will enable the production of tabbed navigator pages that can include radio buttons that take the user to specified pages in the project.
Kind regards
Johnathan
---- Peter Snowball <southman at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Hi Ron
>
> Tried to add the fumction (My first attempt at a function) - just
> freezes the player. I cannot figure out how to change/ add or use the
> Nottingham page template in xerte 2.1
> Attached a screen shot of my menu - using buttons for background info
>
> On 5/04/2010 6:13 AM, RonM wrote:
> >
> > If you're using page wizards rather than the Nottingham page template
> > I'm not sure this will work.
> >
> > If you're just using the Nottingham page template first of all I would
> > try adding the following to one of your accordion pages (in the text
> > field of the form), changing yourpagetitle to one of your page titles
> > (case sensitive) and see if it works.
> >
> > <a href="asfunction:_level0.engine.navToPage,yourpagetitle">Click here
> > or some other wording</a>
> >
> > If you are just using the Nottingham page template and that doesn't
> > work try backing up your existing .rlo or .rlt and using the
> > previously attached .rlt instead. (It looks for template.xml so if
> > yours is using data.xml you'll need to change that)
> >
> > The function in the .rlt that makes the above code work is as follows
> > and begins on line 72:
> >
> > <SCR isFunc="1" name="navToPage"><![CDATA[for (i = 0; i <
> > extXML.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++)
> >
> > {
> >
> > if (extXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.name == args[0])
> >
> > {
> >
> > rootIcon.gotoPage(i);
> >
> > }
> >
> > }]]></SCR>
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Peter
> > Snowball
> > *Sent:* 02 April 2010 01:32
> > *To:* Xerte discussion list
> > *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] Internal hyperlinks in Xerte Online Toolkit
> >
> > Fantastic , the example is exactly what I was after. As I am trying
> > to stick to the page wizards and add script (very newbie stuff) only
> > when needed i am not sure how to incorporate the rlt template files
> > into my XERTE rlo. have looked athe help files and the wiki but XERTE
> > seems to be after an xwd file
> >
> > To answer the question why. Its really about non linear navigation.
> > I have main menu with "lots of buttons" located over a graphic as a
> > replacement for an old HTML menu
> > Its too crowded so I now need sub menu pages etc and the whole thing
> > is just too complex.
> >
> > An accordion is a nice way around that access everything from the one
> > page etc.. and can have text graphic explanation etc. Originally I
> > was going to load urls a series of external rlo files. I also thought
> > that it should then be the main menu for the external rlo so its all
> > consistent etc. which was the basis of the post. If you extend this a
> > bit further you would have an accordion as a TOC which you can display
> > on each page (part of a frame work etc) this will give you nested non
> > linear navigation - not unlike Ispring(power point to swf ) which has
> > 2 levels.
> >
> > Peter
> > Dept Of Economic Development
> > Tasmania
> >
> >
> > On 2/04/2010 1:06 AM, RonM wrote:
> >
> > Pat
> > It is possible here's an example
> > http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/moodle/xertetoolkits/play.php?template_id=100
> >
> > It uses something like<a
> > href="asfunction:_level0.engine.navToPage,yourpagetitle">Click here or some
> > other wording</a>
> >
> > I discussed this with Julian previously and Julian posted a tweaked file to
> > the list. I think it was the attached .rlt but I'm not sure if anything has
> > changed in the Nottingham.rlt since or if the functionality is in the
> > current download.
> >
> > Peter give that a try but backup the existing file first.
> >
> > HTH
> > Ron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
> > Sent: 01 April 2010 13:57
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] Internal hyperlinks in Xerte Online Toolkit
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > It's not possible at present. It is for previewing though.
> >
> > Maybe could be added to playing?
> >
> > Opinions
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter
> > Snowball
> > Sent: 01 April 2010 13:27
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > Subject: [Xerte] Internal hyperlinks in Xerte Online Toolkit
> >
> > I would like to add some hyperlinks to other Xerte pages in the same
> > rlo (internal links) in an accordion navigator page generated by the
> > page template
> > The mailing list has this topic in the archive from 2009 but its not
> > clear to me how to it can be accomplished.
> > Is a simple example available.
> >
> > Peter Snowball
> > Dept Of Economic Development
> > Tasmania
> >
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