[Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous versions?

[Ron Mitchell]

Hi Pat
thanks but I'm not just trying to fix my own problem with an installation
here. It seems that something has changed since a previous version which is
stopping the syndication functionality from working properly. I guess this
only crops up for those wishing to share their syndication feed and
therefore isn't widely reported as a problem but that same feed makes it
easy for individuals to share LO's for download even if their organisation
isn't plugging that feed into xpert so I think it's worth resolving whatever
is causing the problem and happy to test/troubleshoot/feedback.
HTH
Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
Sent: 16 May 2011 12:58
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
versions?

It's an RSS Feed issue -
http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmultimedia.bath.ac.u
k%2Fxerte%2Fsyndicate.php

put cdata around the relation node in syndicate.php and see what happens.

I'd also recommend replacing "Put your institution name here" with
your favourite Mr Man.

I always go with Mr Tickle.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> thought it would be better to send this as a separate topic/thread rather
> than confuse the separate thread about problems with MainPreloader.swf...
>
>
>
> Just been testing the same clean installs as well as a previous beta
install
> and it seems syndicate.php doesn't work on either. However there seems to
be
> different results with different browsers and XOT versions...
>
>
>
> With the latest versions and versions dating back to at least March if I
> visit http://localhost/xerte16/syndicate.php using IE I get a blank
browser
> window and via Firefox I get the  feed heading but no projects e.g.
>
>
>
> Xerte Online Toolkits RSS Feed
>
> This RSS feed contains a list of all the syndicated content from the Xerte
> Online Toolkits installation at Put your institution's name here
>
>
>
> However If I visit with Safari I get the heading and projects as expected
so
> all works fine with Safari.
>
>
>
> In Firefox I get the above info but I don't see any project links even
> though I've made a couple of test projects part of the export and
> syndication feeds. In IE I just get a blank browser window and in Safari
it
> works as it should. http://localhost/xerte16/rss.php works fine in all
> browsers and Fiddler doesn't show any errors with
> http://localhost/xerte16/syndicate.php in IE or Firefox.
>
>
>
> I've tried some previous installs dating back to March and syndicate.php
> doesn't seem to work on them either and what prompted testing this was a
> message from Susan Parnell on the xerteforteachers list where Bath's
> installation doesn't display syndicate.php either. This may be specific to
> my laptop but I get the same results with the bath link e.g.
> http://multimedia.bath.ac.uk/xerte/syndicate.php works in Safari but not
IE
> or Firefox with the latter only showing the feed heading.
>
>
>
> However I have older installs e.g.
> http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/syndication/ which works in all
> browsers.
>
>
>
> So would be good if others could confirm as follows:
>
>
>
> 1. does http://multimedia.bath.ac.uk/xerte/syndicate.php work for you in
all
> browsers and if not what works and what doesn't?
>
> 2. Likewise does http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/syndication/ work
in
> all browsers.
>
> 3. Where does the problem lie?
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
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