[Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

Thu Nov 17 14:12:27 GMT 2011

Store?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 17 November 2011 14:05
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects

Sorry, Ron.

Alistair gave away the store a couple weeks ago.

;-)

> From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:57:36 +0000
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
> 
> Those examples on my site are really just a few basic examples and mostly
> just style changes.
> You can obviously do a lot of customisation using XMLEngine.fla but be
aware
> that you are then out of sync with the official downloads and may need to
> merge future changes/additions with your customisations.
> 
> Also as we've said on this list before one of the main strengths of Xerte
> and XOT is its built-in accessibility and it worries me every time I hear
> people say they want to remove the drop down menus at the bottom of the
> screen. These play a large part of the accessibility - please think
> carefully before removing these just for aesthetic reasons. If you really
> need to hide those options please consider adding a button so that users
can
> still access those features.
> 
> Ron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of José Gregorio
> Díaz Unda
> Sent: 17 November 2011 12:43
> To: Xerte Discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customizing XOT Projects
> 
> 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.
>  
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