[Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS Server

Mon Feb 15 15:49:01 GMT 2010

After you've created a file, or just generally.

i.e. when does the JS error appear?

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Hallam
Sent: 15 February 2010 15:14
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
Server

on the main page i am getting javascript errors once logged into xerte
and they are :

Message: 'drag_manager.last_selected.id' is null or not an object
Line: 930
Char: 4
Code: 0
URI: http://vle.grantham.ac.uk/xerte/website_code/scripts/file_system.js

Message: 'drag_manager.last_selected.id' is null or not an object
Line: 930
Char: 4
Code: 0
URI: http://vle.grantham.ac.uk/xerte/website_code/scripts/file_system.js

on the preview side i cannot view source in IE8 as it does open a Flash
Player windows but the load bar appears in the centre but notting else.
If i view it in firefox that does not have the flast plugin installed i
can get the source code which is the  i get the following :
<!--

University of Nottingham Xerte Online Toolkits

HTML to use at the top of the Xerte preview and play windows Version 1.0

-->

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html style="width:100%; height:100%; min-height:100%;"> <head>
<title>Interactive Learning Content</title> <script
type="text/javascript"> function enableTTS(){
  if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1){
    VoiceObj = new ActiveXObject("Sapi.SpVoice");
  }
}
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src = "rloObject.js
<view-source:http://vle.grantham.ac.uk/xerte/rloObject.js> "></script>
</head>

<body style="margin:0; width:100%; height:100%; min-height:100%;">

<!--<div style="margin:0px auto;">-->
<div style="min-height:100%; width:100%; height:100%;">

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">myRLO = new
rloObject('800','600','modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/Notting
ham.rlt','USER-FILES/18-dhallam-Nottingham/',
'USER-FILES/18-dhallam-Nottingham/preview.xml?time=1266246782',
'http://vle.grantham.ac.uk/xerte/' , '')</script></div></body></html>

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick Lockley
Sent: Mon 15/02/2010 14:41
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
Server

If you right click on it and view source do you see anything?

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Hallam
Sent: 15 February 2010 14:40
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Subject: Re: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
Server

No it appears with a loading screen then goes blank

Sent from my iPhone

On 15 Feb 2010, at 02:16 PM, "Patrick Lockley"
<Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk
 > wrote:

> The reason the page won't refresh is probably a javascript error?
>
> Does the blank window produce any source code?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David 
> Hallam
> Sent: 15 February 2010 14:00
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS

> Server
>
> Hi I hve just done an install on my moodle server that has the latest 
> mysql and php. I have added the mime types and looked through the php 
> settings but iam having a few problems.
> I have ldap working and can log onto the server but when creating 
> anything nothing appears in the list on the left until you refresh the

> page then it appears in the list Also when you click on any of the 
> created items the new windo opens bit just displays a blank window
>
> Does anyone have any ideas could it be php related or mysql
>
> My moodle install works fine
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 13 Feb 2010, at 11:03 AM, "Hartley, Peter"
> <peter.hartley at kedst.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Below I have listed the tasks needed to be done by myself to get 
>> Xerte working on IIS, I hope this helps others and I wonder if there 
>> are any extras that need to be done or if there are mistakes. I am 
>> not going to use ldap so I have not delved into that.
>> Installation of Xerte on an IIS server
>>
>> 1.  The server should be running MySQL and PHP - the usual set up for

>> something like Moodle should suffice 2.  Create a database on the 
>> server using MySQL called xerte 3.  Create a user called xerte and 
>> give them all schema privileges to the database, choose a suitable 
>> password 4.  Create a folder in the server web site called 
>> xertetoolkits 5.  Give Everyone modify access rights to this folder 
>> 6.  In IIS Manager right click on the folder and go to properties
>>   *   In Directory Security make the folder Anonymous Access
>>   *   In HTTP headers select MIME Types and add
>>      *   Extension: .rlm and MIMEtype: text/plain
>>      *   Extension: .rlo and MIMEtype: text/plain
>>      *   Extension: .rlt and MIMEtype: text/plain
>> 7.  Download the Xerte Online Toolkits from
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/
>> 8.  Extract the zip file to another folder 9.  Rename the file 
>> index.php as index1.php 10. Rename the file switch.txt as index.php 
>> 11. Look at the index.php file and find the line which says switch 
>> ($_POST["login"]){
>>   *   Below that line is a set of users and passwords, you will
>> need to use one of these for testing
>> 12. Now copy all the files from the extracted folder into the xerte 
>> folder on the web site 13. On the server itself load a web browser 
>> and run http:// <http:///>
>>
>
(yourserver)/xertetoolkits/setup<http://%28yourserver%29/xertetoolkits/s
> etup
>>> and click on 'For a full install'
>> 14. On Page 1 enter the following:
>>   *   Please start by typing in the name of the host where you'd
>> like the toolkits database to be created on. People following the 
>> XAMPP path / or testing locally should type in localhost. - localhost
>>   *   Please enter the username for a MySQL account that has Create
>> and Insert rights on this host from this location. People following 
>> the XAMPP path / or testing locally should type in root. - xerte as 
>> above
>>   *   Please enter the password for this account (optional). People
>> following the XAMPP path / or testing locally should leave this field

>> blank. - xerte password as above
>>   *   Please enter the name for the database if it already exists,
>> or the name of the new database if you'd like one creating. - xerte 
>> as above
>>   *   If you'd like to prefix the tables installed with a word to
>> help house keeping, please type it in below (optional). - leave blank

>> 15. On Page 2 enter the following:
>>   *   Database account name for users of the site. People following
>> the XAMPP path / or testing locally should type in root. - xerte as 
>> above
>>   *   Database password for the account above. People following the
>> XAMPP path / or testing locally should leave this field blank. - 
>> xerte password as above 16. On page 3 enter the following:
>>   *   The site url is (This is the URL of the site - changing this
>> will not change the URL) -
> http://(yourserver)/xertetoolkits<http://%28yourserver%29/
> xertetoolkits
>>>
>>   *   The admin username is - xerteadmin
>>   *   The admin password is - suitable password
>>   *   Leave the rest to edit later
>> 17. The installation should now finish 18. Leave the server and go to

>> the web site on a local computer at
>>
>
http://(yourserver)/xertetoolkits/management.php<http://%28yourserver%29
> /xertetoolkits/management.php
>>> and logon as the xerteadmin
>>   *   From here you can edit the details you missed out on page 3
>> 19. Now logout and go to
>
http://(yourserver)/xertetoolkits/<http://%28yourserver%29/xertetoolkits
> /
>>> using the user and password you noted from the switch.txt which
>> you renamed index.php
>> 20. Test Xerte to see if it works
>> 21. Add more users to index.php for testing or change the users 
>> already there 22. To use ldap edit the ldap settings, rename 
>> index.php as switch.txt and rename index1.php as index.php
>>   *   This process can be reversed if ldap does not work
>>
>>
>> Peter Hartley
>> peter.hartley at kedst.ac.uk<mailto:peter.hartley at kedst.ac.uk>
>>
>>> From my MacBook
>>
>>
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