[Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS Server
Patrick Lockley
Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk
Mon Feb 15 16:57:31 GMT 2010
We don't use any pear, so unlikely
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Hallam
Sent: 15 February 2010 16:56
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Subject: Re: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
Server
Just noticed where is it getting the php string from as it looks like
it is looking for c:\php5\pear my install is just c:\php\pear is this
the problem?
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On 15 Feb 2010, at 04:27 PM, "Patrick Lockley"
<Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk
> wrote:
> This seems to be the critical bit
>
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 56 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Warning: include(): Failed
> opening 'modules/xerte/new_template.php' for inclusion
> (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 56 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined
> function create_new_template() in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 58
>
> You might need to go into
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> , and replace the call to modules/Xerte/new_template.php with one to a
> full path.
>
> This is a new error, so I am guessing.
>
> -----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 16:07
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
> Server
>
> well i have now noticed that it does not create any items in the
> user-files folder on the server, and i have seen some infomation in
> the
> php error log below when i try to create any template:
>
>
> [15-Feb-2010 15:59:37] PHP Fatal error: Can't use function return
> value
> in write context in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\logout.php on line 17
> [15-Feb-2010 15:59:37] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: form_string in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 39 [15-Feb-2010
> 15:59:42]
> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: session_id in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 111 [15-Feb-2010
> 15:59:42] PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant givenname - assumed
> 'givenname' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 120
> [15-Feb-2010 15:59:42] PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant sn -
> assumed 'sn' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 122
> [15-Feb-2010 15:59:42] PHP Notice: Undefined variable:
> database_fail in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\database_library.php on
> line 49 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:42] PHP Notice: Undefined index:
> toolkits_logon_username in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\database_library.php on
> line 57 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:42] PHP Warning: date(): It is not safe to
> rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the
> date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In
> case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
> warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We
> selected
> 'Europe/London' for '0.0/no DST' instead in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\user_library.php on line
> 210 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Notice: Undefined variable:
> database_fail in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\database_library.php on
> line 49 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Notice: Undefined variable:
> query_reponse in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\template_library.php on
> line 21 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Warning: date(): It is not safe to
> rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the
> date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In
> case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
> warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We
> selected
> 'Europe/London' for '0.0/no DST' instead in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 46 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Warning: date(): It is not safe
> to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use
> the
> date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In
> case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
> warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We
> selected
> 'Europe/London' for '0.0/no DST' instead in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 46 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Warning:
> include(modules/xerte/new_template.php): failed to open stream: No
> such
> file or directory in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 56 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Warning: include(): Failed
> opening 'modules/xerte/new_template.php' for inclusion
> (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 56 [15-Feb-2010 15:59:50] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined
> function create_new_template() in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\templates
> \new_template.php
> on line 58 [15-Feb-2010 16:00:06] Mismatched tag at line 8, column 7
> [15-Feb-2010 16:05:07] Mismatched tag at line 8, column 7 [15-Feb-2010
> 16:06:40] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: session_id in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 111 [15-Feb-2010
> 16:06:40] PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant givenname - assumed
> 'givenname' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 120
> [15-Feb-2010 16:06:40] PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant sn -
> assumed 'sn' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\index.php on line 122
> [15-Feb-2010 16:06:40] PHP Notice: Undefined variable:
> database_fail in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\database_library.php on
> line 49 [15-Feb-2010 16:06:40] PHP Warning: date(): It is not safe to
> rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the
> date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In
> case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
> warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We
> selected
> 'Europe/London' for '0.0/no DST' instead in
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VLE\Xerte\website_code\php\user_library.php on line
> 210 [15-Feb-2010 16:10:06] Mismatched tag at line 8, column 7
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick
> Lockley
> Sent: Mon 15/02/2010 15:49
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Installing Xerte Online Toolkits on a Windows IIS
> Server
>
>
>
> After you've created a file, or just generally.
>
> i.e. when does the JS error appear?
>
> -----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 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>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Patrick
> Lockley
> Sent: Mon 15/02/2010 14:41
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> 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?
>
> -----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 14:40
> To: Xerte discussion list
> 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:///> <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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