[Xerte] Re: Transferring files to remote server

Fri Oct 7 09:50:04 BST 2011

Did you publish it before exporting it?

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
> Maybe someone has more insights. Here is a summary of the problem.
> (a) I created and zipped a very simple learning object on my local PC. I
> uploaded it to my server where I unzipped it. I tried running the lesson but
> the Flash player seemed to load and then nothing happened.
> (b) I received some kind help from three people on the list: to the effect
> that I needed to define the mime types. I did that but there was no change.
> (c) I then installed the zip file on my Windows PC (where I had generated it
> - new xampp installation - apparently no problem in making lesson). It froze
> there too in exactly the same way as on my remote server.
> (d) The preview worked perfectly on my local machine.
> I am even more lost than previously. Any help would be most welcome.
> Thank you
> Andrew
> --
> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
> School of English
> Institute of Social Technology
> Suranaree University of Technology
> 111 University Avenue
> Muang District
> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>
> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
> (Max Planck)
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 02:25, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com> wrote:
>>
>> Let me rephrase that. It works fine in preview mode. I have not played it
>> in normal mode. I guess that is the next step.
>>
>> cheers
>> andrew
>>
>>
>> --
>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>> School of English
>> Institute of Social Technology
>> Suranaree University of Technology
>> 111 University Avenue
>> Muang District
>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>
>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
>> (Max Planck)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 01:48, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> yes it does
>>>
>>> --
>>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>>> School of English
>>> Institute of Social Technology
>>> Suranaree University of Technology
>>> 111 University Avenue
>>> Muang District
>>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>>
>>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
>>> (Max Planck)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 22:45, Julian Tenney
>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The piece runs when you run the html file locally?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of A-P. Lian
>>>> Sent: 04 October 2011 16:13
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Transferring files to remote server
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well...
>>>>
>>>> .htaccess is active but I set the mime types through cpanel.on my server
>>>>
>>>> First I tried Tom's solution of text/plain rlo .rlo etc
>>>> Then I tried application/xml rlo .rlo etc
>>>>
>>>> Neither worked. I also uploaded the lesson as a SCORM package installed
>>>> through moodle. Same problem. I wonder where next to look. Maybe I will
>>>> start afresh in the next couple of days.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>>>> School of English
>>>> Institute of Social Technology
>>>> Suranaree University of Technology
>>>> 111 University Avenue
>>>> Muang District
>>>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>>>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>>>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>>>
>>>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>>>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>>>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
>>>> change (Max Planck)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 20:35, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Great - thank you
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>>>> School of English
>>>> Institute of Social Technology
>>>> Suranaree University of Technology
>>>> 111 University Avenue
>>>> Muang District
>>>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>>>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>>>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>>>
>>>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>>>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>>>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
>>>> change (Max Planck)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 20:17, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That should read:
>>>>
>>>> AddType text/plain  .rlo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If this doesn't work, check if the .htaccess files are enabled.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> Citeren "A-P. Lian" <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Julian,
>>>>
>>>> the server does not seem set  up to serve these mime types.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to add the types using .htaccess in the local directory as
>>>> follows:
>>>>
>>>> AddType application/rlo xml -- same for rlm and rlt
>>>>
>>>> As I really have no experience in doing this, I suspect that I got
>>>> everything wrong. I was guessing about "application" "rlo" etc...
>>>>
>>>> Any clues you can give me as to how I should declare the types in
>>>> .htaccess
>>>> would be very welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>>>> School of English
>>>> Institute of Social Technology
>>>> Suranaree University of Technology
>>>> 111 University Avenue
>>>> Muang District
>>>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>>>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>>>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>>>
>>>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>>>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>>>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
>>>> change
>>>> (Max Planck)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:25, Julian Tenney
>>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like mime types on the server. Check the archives. The server
>>>> needs
>>>>
>>>> to be able to serve .rlo, .rlm, .rlt (all of which are .xml)****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>>>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *A-P. Lian
>>>> *Sent:* 04 October 2011 08:06
>>>> *To:* list, Xerte discussion
>>>> *Subject:* [Xerte] Transferring files to remote server****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> At the risk of filling the listserver with trivia, I have a third
>>>> question
>>>> today.
>>>>
>>>> I made a short lesson today using the onlinetoolkit in my PC under
>>>> xampp.
>>>> Works fine.
>>>>
>>>> I zipped it using the built-in facility then FTPd it to my remote
>>>> server.
>>>> It unzipped correctly, the media are in the right place and all seems
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> I connect to the site, the blue progress bar appears and it says that it
>>>> has finished loading and to wait. I wait but nothing happens. The
>>>> progress
>>>> bar is about 80% across. I then refresh the screen. The progress bar
>>>> fills
>>>> completely and then nothing. Any clues???
>>>>
>>>> I am working from Thailand with a relatively slow connection but I do
>>>> not
>>>> think that this should matter for the amount of traffic involved. My
>>>> server
>>>> is in the US. I have not checked the versions of php and mysql but
>>>> believe
>>>> that they are likely to be ok.
>>>>
>>>> Advice would be greatly welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>>>> School of English
>>>> Institute of Social Technology
>>>> Suranaree University of Technology
>>>> 111 University Avenue
>>>> Muang District
>>>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>>>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>>>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>>>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>>>
>>>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>>>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>>>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
>>>> change
>>>>
>>>> (Max Planck)****
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