[Xerte] Toolits templates for Desktop Xerte?

[jventola at verizon.net]

Suberb.  Thanks so much for this detailed help.

Date sent:      	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:11:10 +0000
From:           	"Johnathan Kemp" <johnathan.kemp at cxstaffs.co.uk>
Subject:        	RE: [Xerte] Toolits templates for Desktop Xerte?
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> If you open Xerte and click on the Templates menu, then select Page
> Templates, you will create a template based project that offers you an
> interface virtually identical to that used in Xerte On-line toolkits.
> However you will not be able to combine the use of the template driven
> pages with access to the desktop Xerte interface for the creation of
> bespoke pages.
> 
> However there is an alternative, you can use page wizards.
> 
> You can download the page wizards from the Xerte wiki's page wizards
> page.
> 
> After downloading the file unzip it and place the folders in the
> wizard folder of your Xerte installation (normally c:\program
> files\xerte\wizards)
> 
> Now when you open Xerte you will see under the Templates menu some
> more options, grouped under menu headings that are prefixed a), b),
> etc.
> 
> To use a page wizard you select the interface icon of your project and
> then click on the Templates menu. Select the page wizard that you want
> to use and when prompted create a folder within your project folder
> for the wizard files to be saved to.
> 
> You will now have a new page in your Xerte project, with a circle
> shape showing on the page icon. This indicates the page is wizard
> based. Double click on the page icon and the wizard interface will
> open, to give the same type of form you get in Xerte On-line toolkits.
> By using wizards you retain the access to the icon level interface
> whilst also having the benefits of wizard driven pages. You can also
> see the underlying icon structure of the pages and the action script
> that drives them. So page wizards are a good way of learning more
> about how xerte pages are constructed.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Johnathan
> 
> 
> Johnathan Kemp
> ICT Development Coordinator
> Connexions Staffordshire
> www.cxstaffs.co.uk
> 01785 355714
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jventola at verizon.net [mailto:jventola at verizon.net] 
> Sent: 15 March 2010 17:46
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Toolits templates for Desktop Xerte?
> 
> Can I install the templates that come with Toolkits for use on my
> standalone Xerte application?  If so, are there instructions?  Thanks.
> 
> 
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