[Xerte] Re: Problem Getting Started with Page Wizards - for attention of JK

[Kemp Johnathan]

OK Deborah,

It's interesting when you write a set of instructions that some times the
message you seek to convey is not always the one that is received :-)

Let me take you through using a page wizard and hopefully explain at the
same time why things are not currently working out for you.

1. Installing the page wizards - I am not sure from the picture you have
enclosed that they have been installed in the correct place, so let's just
check. After you unzip the page wizard download you need to place the page
wizard folders in the wizard folder of your xerte installation, usually this
is c:\program files\xerte\wizards\

so in this folder you would have new folders a) Text, b) Media etc.

You can check if the wizards are installed correctly by opening Xerte and
then pointing at the Templates menu. If the wizards are installed correctly
you should see the folders listed in the drop down menu.

2. Using the page wizards - first use Windows Explorer or My Computer to
create a folder for your new project. Then in that folder create a folder
called "Pages".

Now open xerte and create a new project by using Project / New, create the
project in the project folder you just created.

To create a page using a Page Wizard select the project's interface icon.
With the projects interface icon as the current icon click on the Templates
menu, point at one of the page wizard menus and then click on one of the
page wizards. When the Browse for computer dialogue opens scroll down to
your project folder (it should be highlighted), expand the folder and click
on the Pages folder. Now with the pages folder selected click on the "Create
new folder" button. Create a folder with a name relevant to the page you are
creating e.g. TitlePage - then click OK.

You can open the wizard when prompted, personally I don't as I like to
change the name and add a title before I open the wizard by Double clicking
on the page icon.

The reason your wizard does not open is that the templateData path is
incorrect. This value should be set by xerte automatically when you follow
the above procedure and you should never need to change it.

Give that a try and let me know how you get on.

Kind regards

Johnathan

This should create the folder

On 1 March 2011 18:58, Deborah Delin <admin at strivney.com> wrote:

> Hi again Jonathan,
>
> Thank you for explaining how to access the Page Wizard instruction file and
> for the obviously huge amount of work that you have put into the wizard
> project.  From your explanation it sounds like the perfect vehicle to enable
> a non-coder like me to get exactly what I want out of Xerte.
>
> Despite repeating the instructions several times, I have been unable to
> open a wizard (I think) and I am not sure if there is a bug in my
> installation or I am just being dense (most likely).
>
> I followed the instructions for  "*Starting a Xerte project that will use
> Page Wizard*" but when I get to *Open the Wizard>Yes* the rlo flies down
> to the minimize tray and is impossible to maximise.
>
> In the instructions for editing Page Wizards you say:
>
> *1. Double click on the page icon to open the Wizard interface for any
> Page Wizard*
> *
> *
> Sorry, but how do I open a Wizard once it has been closed?  What exactly is
> the *page icon*?  Where is it?  In the file I have created or in the Xerte
> project screen?  Is it the object with the piece of green jigsaw puzzle
> circled in screenshot below?  When I double click on this I get the
> standard Xerte screen with data already in it (top pic of screenshot), but
> from your description I understood that the Wizards work from the simplified
> screen used in the Page Templates or On-line Toolkits?
>
> So sorry to be so confused.  I would really like to master this and thank
> you very much in advance for your patience.
>
> Deborah
>
>
>
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