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

Mon May 16 15:23:30 BST 2011

My invoice in the post

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> Cheers and to confirm that fixes the issue on my test installations.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 16 May 2011 14:25
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
> versions?
>
> S'ok I've done it
>
> -----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 14:20
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and previous
> versions?
>
> New file attached = only changed 2 lines to add cdata wrapper.
>
> Could some one commit it.
>
> Ta
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> I'm not sure exactly where/how to do that. :-( However I did test a
>> few older syndicate.php files on my localhost version and the attached
>> from a much older install works in all 3 browsers.
>> Not sure what the differences are, of if that breaks anything else?
>> 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 13:34
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: problem with syndicate.php with XOT 1.6 and
>> previous versions?
>>
>> We did as a fix as the export and scorm links as dc:relation nodes a
>> while back.
>> The RSS feed validator says these pages have the issue.
>> The only fix is to cdata those nodes - but as I don't have an install
>> to play with thats my only suggestion (and it won't hurt to add it
>> anyways).
>>
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Ron Mitchell
>> <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> 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.bat
>> h.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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