[Xerte] Re: Xerte import error

[Shirley Crawford]

Dave

 

Yes this has worked, did not realise there was somewhere you can view
the file size and delete unwanted files.

 

All sorted now.

 

Thanks

Shirley

 

Shirley Crawford 
E-Learning Teaching Mentor

(Room J453 Tel:external <tel:external> : 01726 226755 ext 2755)
Cornwall College - St Austell 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 12 December 2011 12:04
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte import error

 

 

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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:50:12 +0000
From: shirley.crawford at st-austell.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte import error

Hiya

Thanks for your reply but need to clarify:

When using media - images, video etc. - during the creation of an LO,
Xerte uploads these files from my local machine and stores them in a
file area that I cannot see on the Xerte Server.

 

In a folder called media in the specific project folder:

{project_area}/media/the_media_files 

 

 

After creating a Xerte Zip export and downloading it to my local
machine, I realised that the file size was larger than expected. When I
unzipped the file I saw that a couple of video clips - each about 5MB in
size were still within the zip even though they are no longer used in
the LO. They had been used but I subsequently deleted the pages where I
deployed them.

 

 

Highlight the project, choose Properties >   Media and quota tab.

Then use the red X to delete the unused files.

 

I deleted the two video files from the zip folder and then rezipped the
rest.

After uploading the modified zip file back to the sandpit, it creates
the "Message from Webpage" which I included in my first email. Again,
the LO appears to have imported but nothing appears on preview.

 

Try doing the deletions above, then export.

Manually deleting media from the zip may screw the manifest up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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