[Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Mon Oct 24 17:05:08 BST 2011

Sorry Dave, getting a bit of lag with these emails.  Thanks for pointing
out the Xerte Help file.  I always forget to check help files these days
and opt for Google.   Not sure what that says about my psychology...

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 October 2011 16:28
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Could very well be. I've not seen it or used it.
Because of the aforementioned comm issues, I have always just set
visuals to 0 and built my own interface.

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:21:30 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Cool, cheers Dave.  I may in fact be able to achieve at least a v1
interface with just scripting in and out certain features! Unfortunately
I'm by no means a scripting expert, but I'll give it a shot.

Extending another email I sent a few minutes ago about XOT's "Custom
Interface" property, would this file be suitable to create the swf:
http://code.google.com/p/xerte/source/browse/trunk/runtime/templates/fra
meworks/frameworkTemplate.fla?r=253 ?

I've seen on a few archived Xerte lists that people have been using it
as a base to customise the UI.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 October 2011 16:08
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

>For future reference, I assume there is no online documentation about
skin/template creation?

Correct.
If you are already hiding/disabling buttons with script, and now you
know how to defeat the existing interface and where to add the new
stuff, it's pretty much standard "add a background, add some swf based
buttons" etc.

Just for chuckles, think about reading in some parameters and using
those to define the bg, button, button position etc.
That's the way I set up so I can "brand" the same content with multiple
look/feel/function layouts.

rom: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett

Sent: 24 October 2011 15:35
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Look at the properties of the Interface icon.
Set visuals to 0
Run.

Now right click the Interface icon and choose Add Entry Frame.
In that entry frame you start building your new interface.
Add a background, add a few buttons etc

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:24:38 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

Hi Dave, it's probably best if I explain what I'd like to achieve.
Basically, I'd like to change the look of the skin, without really
changing the interface as such. I assume this would just be a new
"skin"?

However, I'd also be interested in a much simplified interface which
just had a "back" and "forward" button.  I've got this set up in the
default Xerte skin and removed sections with certain scripts.  Would
this still be possible in a new skin?  Or would I need to create an
entire new template which simply had "back" and "forward"?

Thanks for any help,

Phil

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 24 October 2011 15:16
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Customising the Xerte UI

".. a new flash interface .." 

What exactly would you like to do?
There is a difference between creating a new interface and replacing the
interface.

The main point being if you want to truly *replace* the existing
interface with a swf, it means establishing communication between that
swf and the LO.

If you just want to create a new "skin" to appear in place of the
default interface, that is relatively easy.

Dave

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:31:15 +0100
From: Phil at environmental-academy.co.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Customising the Xerte UI

Hello everyone, is there any guidance available anywhere on how to
create a new flash interface for Xerte?

I've been looking with google for a while for still no luck.

Thanks,

Phil

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