[Xerte] Re: White Screen Of Dead

David Goodwin david at palepurple.co.uk
Tue Dec 6 17:35:21 GMT 2011 

Yes, it makes sense. I suspect switch.txt (and some of the other .txt files) are just a bit out of date.

David.


On 6 Dec 2011, at 17:30, Jose Diaz wrote:

> Hey David.
> 
> I just downloaded the SVN version from Google Code, enabled the "switch.txt" and edited it:
> 
> 121             //include $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
> 122             require_once $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
> 
> No visual glitches reported and I was able to login.
> 
> Does it make sense if we ask to Pat include this change in "switch.txt" ?
> 
> Pat ... what do you think?
> 
> José.
>  
> --
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> Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
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> De: Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>
> Para: XERTE XERTE <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> Enviado: Martes, 6 de diciembre, 2011 12:27:33
> Asunto: [Xerte] Re: White Screen Of Dead
> 
> Hi David.
> 
> I just changed to "require_once" sentence.
> 
> About the XOT version, I'm using the published here:
> 
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xertetoolkits.zip
> 
> It's published at the main webpage.
> 
> Do I have to use another version? 
> 
> Thanks for all this help.
> 
> José.
>  
> --
> Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
> Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
> Tel.: 58.0412.5518085
> Skype: xt4mhz
> Web: www.usb.ve - jgdu.blogspot.com
> De: David Goodwin <david at palepurple.co.uk>
> Para: Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> Enviado: Martes, 6 de diciembre, 2011 11:25:09
> Asunto: Re: [Xerte] White Screen Of Dead
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> I did: root at pc06074-linux:/var/www/xot# grep -r database_library.php *
>> 
>> And the results:
>> 
>> config.php:    require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/website_code/php/database_library.php');
>> index.php:            include $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
>> integration.txt:    include $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
>> moodle_config.txt:    require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/website_code/php/database_library.php');
>> webctlink.txt:    include $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
>> 
>> As I can see, the "index.php" file (before switch.txt) is including "database_library.php". So, I commented and now I can log in but with some visual glitches:
>> 
> 
> 
> Don't comment it out - just change include's to require_once's.
> 
> e.g.    require_once $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php";
> 
> 
>> 1.jpg : Log in page. There is some info missing under the "Sign In" button.
>> 2.jpg and 3.jpg : After success login. the Projects and Templates are at the bottom of the page.
>> 4.jpg : After log out. Again, there is some info missing under the "Sign In" button.
>> 5.jpg : I tried to log in with any not existent user and the info under the "Sign In" button came up. No "notice" message at the upper left corner of the page.
>> 
>> Is this solution acceptable? ... I mean, commenting that line?
> 
> 
> I suspect there's a PHP error taking place (within the html source?) which is screwing up the rendering/layout.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Why could be happening about visual mismatch of the page?
> 
> See above.
> 
> What version of toolkits are you using? I thought the latest version didn't have these problems.
> 
> David.
> 
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