[Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates

[Pat Lockley]

It's Nottingham, not Mansfield

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Julian Tenney
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> It's that Southerner thing. To my old friends in London, a trip to Nottingham is like going to the moon. I reckon they worry they'll come back sporting a flat cap, putting gravy on their chips and fancying pigeons.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 28 June 2011 15:49
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
>
> 253 miles from Plymouth to Nottingham :)
>
> Though if you round 506 up to 1000 then fair enough
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Adam Read <aread at marjon.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Sounds interesting to me! But as I probably won't make the 1000 odd mile
>> round trip to be there I wonder if it will also be captured
>> digitally/disseminated?
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>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
>> Sent: 28 June 2011 15:35
>>
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
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>> Johnathan,
>>
>> Would this allow non techie people like me to add additional optional
>> elements to a page - for example to have a video clip in a page template
>> that currently hasn't got that option?
>>
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>>
>> Alistair
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>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
>> Sent: 28 June 2011 15:28
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
>>
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>> My thinking, in offering to do something in relation to Page Wizards was to
>> expect no previous experience other than use of Page Templates or On-line
>> toolkits and to get people to a point where they could
>>
>> install and use Page Wizards,
>> understand how the various files worked together
>> learn how they can leverage Page Wizards to build their Developer skill and
>> knowledge from simple beginnings to achieving the ability to create their
>> own new Page Wizards.
>>
>> This would include practical items such as
>>
>> Understanding the basic make up of a page (not a detailed review of  the
>> different icons)
>> Modifying properties to change the way a page looks.
>> Adding additional properties to a page's wizard form e.g. changing font size
>> or colour, adding dropShadows to images.
>> Saving a modified page as a new Page Wizard for future re-use.
>> Looking at some existing Page Wizards to see how you might re-purpose
>> elements from one page to a different use in a new Page Wizard.
>>
>> In other words not so much "what do you want to build" but "how can you gain
>> the knowledge you will need to build what you want to build".
>>
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>> You can't learn to be a Xerte developer in a day, but you can learn how to
>> use the resources that Xerte has to offer, so that you can manage your
>> learning in an effective, efficient and rewarding way that is practically
>> useful from Day 1.
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>> What form any input on my part may take would depend on the facilities
>> available and on what people wanted - e.g. informal discussion,
>> presentation, more formal training with opportunity to practice.
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>> I don't know how this fits with everyone else's expectations, but I hope it
>> peaks their interest.
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>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnathan
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>> On 28 June 2011 13:55, Davidson, Andrew <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
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>> I'd certainly be interested in this - work permitting. I had ignored it
>> since I knew it would be over my head.
>>
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>> I am still at the templates stage with no individualisation yet attempted
>> and so to access some form of a workshop to level up my skills would be very
>> welcome - I guess it all depends on what the baseline skill level is for
>> such an event - i.e. what would be the minimum experience with/usage of
>> Xerte you would require for a workshop to work?
>>
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>> If a baseline level is needed, the perhaps some pre-conference prep could be
>> organised which would bring attendees up to the level required for the event
>> in sept.
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>> If it doesn't happen for the event in sept then maybe another event
>> focussing on content authors and exploring the potential of XOT would be
>> most welcome.
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>>
>> andy
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>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>> Sent: 28 June 2011 13:15
>>
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
>>
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>>> Would you want to use part of this event to encourage and facilitate
>>> aspiring content authors to become some of the developers of tomorrow?
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>> Yes, very much so.
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>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
>> Sent: 28 June 2011 12:54
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
>>
>>
>>
>> "learn and share ideas..." "but not necessarily limited to developers as all
>> input is valuable"
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>> I am quoting this from the Doodle: Xerte Developer's Nonference page as it
>> may be that content authors who would like to learn how to develop pages may
>> feel that this Nonference is not appropriate for them.
>>
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>> Would you want to use part of this event to encourage and facilitate
>> aspiring content authors to become some of the developers of tomorrow?
>>
>>
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>> If you feel this would be an appropriate use of the time then I would be
>> willing, to provide some input on using Page Wizards to "build your
>> developer muscles". I have posted something to this effect on the Doodle
>> link page, but it occurred to me that content authors might not read the
>> Doodle page if they had already decided the event was perhaps going to be
>> 'over their heads'.
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>>
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>> I am not sure how many Xerte developers there are out there at present, but
>> a few more wouldn't hurt. :-)
>>
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>> I appreciate that you may feel that this idea may be inappropriate for the
>> event, or alternatively premature until issues of modularisation are
>> resolved.
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>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnathan
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>> On 27 June 2011 09:49, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> For those of you that missed this on Friday.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>> Sent: 24 June 2011 09:13
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte Develper Nonference: Suggested Dates
>>
>>
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>> We are looking to host a two or three day even in September for developers
>> to come together and work on some Xerte stuff, learn and share ideas. There
>> is some current community based work afoot to address internationalisation,
>> and those developers were looking to meet up to move some ideas forward.
>> There are some other ideas that could really do with prototyping, and would
>> benefit from some group discussion: mobile delivery, for example, and
>> Alistair has some accessibility areas he'd like to improve. Everyone always
>> has loads of ideas for new templates as well, it would be good to share some
>> knowledge about Xerte 3.0, and I'd welcome anything - anything at all - that
>> others would like to put on the agenda
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>> The event would be free, and fairly DIY. I'm happy to suggest Nottingham as
>> a venue, but also open to ideas for other venues that might be nice.
>> Attendees would pay travel and expenses, although there may be some booty
>> for people willing to take on certain developments. It's all quite
>> embryonic, but first off I need to get some idea of number of people who'd
>> like to get together, and dates that are suitable in the middle two weeks of
>> September: register your interest here:
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>> http://doodle.com/e9s9raax55ndsxga
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