[Xerte] Page Wizards (plus custom interface)

[Mary Ann Ahearn]

Bala,

Here's the link to the searchable archives.  It's 
a wonderful resource that I use all the time.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/community.htm


I also find the following link useful to get a 
feel for how the page wizards work:
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/development/xerte/tutorials/Menu_of_Page_Types/

This is for the online toolkits but that's what 
the page wizards are based on.  Doesn't have the 
newest pages but it might be helpful to you.

I echo Jonathan's enthusiasm for having access to 
the icon structure that the page wizards 
create.  Case in point:   we are using a custom 
interface that lives in the top 80 pixels of our 
learning objects, so we must move everything each 
page wizard creates down 80 pixels.  After 
struggling through editing several rlm files so 
that things would be placed where I thought they 
should be,  I had a "DUH!" moment.  I figured out 
that the best way to proceed is to use the wizard 
to create the page, then go into the icon 
structure and position things where I want them, 
and THEN go back and look at the rlm file that is 
created in the page's folder.  This file can 
replace the rlm file in the zipped (just change 
the extension from xcp to zip temporarily) wizard 
folder that lives in your xerte program files folder.


I'm passing this along in case it saves someone 
else the time it's saving me now as I finish 
adapting the wizards for use with our UI.


The page wizards are a fantastic resource, Jonathan. Thanks!
m.a.


At 07:19 PM 5/9/2010 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi Johnathan
>
>Sorry to bother you. I could not find a keyword search page for the
>list archives - I could only find a month-wise listing, further
>sub-divided as Thread/Subject/Author/Date. Can you give me the URL of
>the Search page? Thanks & best regards.
>
>Bala
>
>On 5/9/10, johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com <johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Hello Bala,
> >
> > I have not built anything into the mcq page wizard's form to allow the
> > selection of a font for any of the text icons.
> >
> > However one of the wonderful things about page wizards is that they expose
> > there icon structure. If you expand the mcq page's icon structure in the
> > left hand panel of xerte you can see all the icons that make up the page's
> > model.
> >
> > You will see that there are three text icons labelled Instruction, Question
> > and Feedback (feedback is a child of the 
> button icon). If you select any one
> > of these text icons in Xerte's left hand panel you can then look at the
> > icon's properties in Xerte's right hand panel. Look at the text icon's
> > optional properties (it is a drop down list). One of the text icon's
> > optional properties is textFont. If you 
> highlight this optional property and
> > click on the Add button you can add this property to the text icon. You can
> > then enter the name of a font and this font will be used whenever this text
> > icon is displayed.
> >
> > However don't be to adventurous in your selection of font, you need to
> > select a font that will be available on your users computer. For more
> > information about fonts open the Xerte help and search on textFont.
> >
> > Incidentally the list can be searched. The discussions on the list go back
> > to early versions of Xerte, so some answers, 
> though accurate when originally
> > given may have been superceded by more recent developments.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Johnathan
> >
> > ---- S Balachandran <sbciim73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Is it possible to specify the font  for the Options & Feedback text in
> >> the MCQ? Thanks, in anticipation.
> >>
> >> PS: Being new, I am not sure if the lists can be searched by keyword.
> >> If yes, newbies like me can perhaps avoid repeating questions already
> >> clarified.
> >>
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