[Xerte] Re: pagewizards

Tue Apr 19 14:47:15 BST 2011

thank you, i think i understand how it works
the problem with page wizards, i try to use them with xerte 2.15, but it didn't work, i install xerte 2.1 and it works, i put the folders in xerte/wizards both times

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De: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] En nombre de Kemp Johnathan
Enviado el: martes, 19 de abril de 2011 14:54
Para: Xerte discussion list
Asunto: [Xerte] Re: pagewizards

Just before I try to clarify for you the differences between project wide templates and Page Wizards can you let me know what exactly you are describing when you say "Page Wizards don't work"? As far as I know they work reliably, and are being used by a number of developers, so if you have found a fault or problem with them I would appreciate as much detail as possible so that I can correct the problem.

The desktop version of Xerte has a number of project wide templates these are Case Study, Media Interactions, Menu, Page Templates, Presentation. Project wide templates provide an easy to use interface for none technical users, very similar to that provided in Xerte On-line toolkits. However project wide templates take over the Xerte interface by providing their own project wizard in which you select build a project by selecting page templates from those available in that particular project template.

As a result of the above you can use the desk top version of Xerte to make separate projects based on different project templates but you cannot combine pages from different project templates in to one project. Nor can you access the pages in a project template from the xerte icon based page building interface that you are presented with when Xerte first opens.

Page Wizards are an attempt to overcome some of these restrictions so that users who would like to learn more about how Xerte works can develop projects in the default icon based page building environment whilst also having access to a large number of pre-built page templates. The Page Wizards at present only include pages that exist in the Page Templates project wide template, plus some additional page templates that are unique to the Page Wizards.

I hope at some future time to be able to include additional pages from some of the other project wide templates e.g. Media Interactions though my main focus is to keep the Page Wizards up to date with developments in the Page Templates project wide template.

One problem in introducing new pages from other project wide templates is that whilst most of the time the code to enable a page to work is stored in the .rlm file, it can be that code that might be used by several different pages might be built into the project file (effectively the .rlt file that you get when you first create a project based on a project wide template and before you add any pages to it). An example of this is the code that supports the narration feature in the Page Templates project wide template. This is resolved when using Page Wizards by adding the narration.rlm model file to the Page Wizards project. This is discussed further in the Xerte Wiki.

If you want to have projects that contain pages from different project wide templates then you have the following options.

1. Create several separate projects each using a different project wide template.
2. Get used to using the Page Wizards, learn how the various files (.xwd, .xml and .rlm files) work together to deliver a page wizard. To get you started look at a simple page such as a title page.
3. Try building your own Page Wizard for a page that you would like to have. Creating your own page wizards is discussed in the documentation I have produced for page wizards, down-loadable from the xerte wiki. Remember you can use this email list to ask questions to help you in your learning.

I will do my best to help you to understand how Page Wizards work and how to go about creating your own Page Wizards from existing project wide template pages.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 19 April 2011 12:11, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

	You can use the media interaction template in Xerte. It's in the latest version on the website.

	From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Goñi Corral, Leire
	Sent: 19 April 2011 11:52
	To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
	Subject: [Xerte] pagewizards

	hello, i'm bad with english so sorry for the faults. i found page wizards for xerte, i saw that they are like xerte online toolkit, i would like to know if they are some like media interactions, or if i can use somehow the code i found in the source code with the name media interactions

	i'm using xerte 2.1, with the latest version page wizars don't work

	thank you very much

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