[Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

Thu Nov 17 14:01:21 GMT 2011

Julian

I've often wondered if there should be a conditional that looks for
styles.css in media first before common. That way a single XOT installation
could have different styles for different LO's by the user uploading a
stylesheet via media and quota.

I think that would be quite popular.

Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 17 November 2011 13:03
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

That’s one way.

Basically the options are

- use the style sheet for colours etc;

- turn visuals off and either add your own content in the entry frame;

- turn visuals off and make your own swf to act as the interface

- modify XMLEngine.fla

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 17 November 2011 13:00
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

More likely the .rlt templates.

Set visuals to 0 and add the needed functionality in the LO entry frame.

That's my guess.

Dave

> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:48:04 +0000
> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> To: xt4mhz at yahoo.com; xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
> 
> I think you can alter the interface in the xwd file in modules/xerte (i
think)
> 
> 2011/11/17 José Gregorio Díaz Unda <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>:
> > Hi Andy.
> >
> > We were looking for a "guide" or something on the Internet but without
luck.
> >
> > Ron Mitchell has in his webpages some examples about customizations over
XOT LO look, but none of them change the look too much, so probably its not
an easy task.
> >
> > Yesterday, we downloaded the latest code from the google code svn of
xerte and xot. We're not sure what version is.
> >
> > Anyway, the plan is:
> >
> > 1. Install xot from xerteonlinetoolkits svn folder..
> > 2. Open with Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file from "xerte" svn
folder.
> > 3. Publish from Adobe Flash the "XMLEngine.fla" file to "XMLEngine.swf".
> > 4. Replace "XMLEngine.swf" in xerteonlinetoolkits for the new one.
> > 5. Test if XOT works.
> >
> > Lets see what happen.
> >
> > By the other hand, I think its important to document an example of
customization.
> >
> > If we succeed, we will publish it on Internet.
> >
> > Take care.
> >
> > José.
> >
> >
> > Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Davidson, Andrew" <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:37:08
> > To: Jose Diaz<xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion
list<xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
> >
> > Hi Jose - did you get anywhere with how to change the 'skin'? This is
where I need to go and so any hints would be welcome.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jose Diaz
> > Sent: 17 November 2011 01:36
> > To: XERTE XERTE
> > Subject: [Xerte] Customizing XOT Projects
> >
> > Hi everyone and thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > We're trying to customize "the look" of scorm packages built from XOT.
> >
> > We want to change how learning objects are shown: change logo, move
buttons (forward, backward, etc.) to the bottom of the screen, hide all
dropdown lists at the bottom of the screen, etc.
> >
> > We're take a look to "XMLEngine.fla" file, but we're not sure if we're
in the right path. When we open the "XMLEngine.fla" with Adobe Flash, it
shows a grayed rectangle with a lot of code. We just want to "drag and drop"
elements of the screen to new positions.
> >
> >
> > Attached to this message, we send an image of an example how much we
want to change the "skin" of the learning objects.
> >
> >
> > Any "step-by-step" guide to change this "look"?
> >
> > After changing the "look", we want to translate to spanish the XOT ...
but this is another history.
> >
> > Thanks a lot again.
> >
> > José.
> >
> > --
> > Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
> > Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
> > Tel.: 58.0412.5518085
> > Skype: xt4mhz
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