[Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Wed Aug 22 16:19:12 BST 2012


one of the JS functions will be delete something or style.display =none

put an alert in that function

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Simon Wood <WoodSN2 at cardiff.ac.uk> wrote:
> I cleared the cache after updating the XMLEngine.swf.
>
> I'm not sure how to tell if a function is being called - I presume I use
> Firebug, but I'm not sure how I see it.
>
> Again - thanks for all your help today!
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:58, Fay Cross wrote:
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> Is the killPopUp function in preview_xerte_top being called?
>
> Clear cache now new XMLEngine.swf is being used?
>
> I’m off home in a sec so we might have to finish sorting this tomorrow.
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 22 August 2012 15:54
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> It doesn't do anything odd (as far as I can see) but, alas, it doesn't fix
> the problem either.
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:43, Fay Cross wrote:
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> I think you need a more up to date version of XMLEngine.swf – I think this
> is where the killPopUp() function is called from on page change.
>
> I’ve attached a file for you to try – make sure you back up the version
> you’re using now before trying this in case it does anything really odd.
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 22 August 2012 15:36
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> I may have spoken a little too soon... It *is* loading up the embed content,
> and that's great. However, once you hit a page with embedded content on it,
> if you go back to other pages the embedded content stays visible! It stays
> there, hiding everything on any other pages in the LO, until you get to
> another embed content page.
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:21, Fay Cross wrote:
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>
> Oh good, I’d run out of ideas after that J
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 22 August 2012 15:20
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> WE HAVE IGNITION!
>
> You are an absolute star, Fay. Many, many thanks for your patient help!
>
> Simon
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:10, Fay Cross wrote:
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> Ok, check your play/preview.php files – the popup_parent div should be
> before the </body> tag
>
> I’ve attached a version of play.php with it in
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 22 August 2012 15:03
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> The body contains a div containing the swf but does not appear to contain
> popup_parent.
>
> I'm getting an error "parent is null" on the last line (
> parent.appendChild(create_div); ) of makePopUp()
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 14:33, Fay Cross wrote:
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> Your file seems the same as ours which is working.
>
> Is makePopUp() being called?  If not, try the attached embedDiv.rlm to see
> if it makes a difference.
>
> Have a look at the html for the page in Firebug.  The body tag should
> contain a div containing the swf and a div called popup_parent. The
> popup_parent should have an iframe in it.  Is your popup_parent div empty?
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 22 August 2012 14:04
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> The source of the page is here: http://pastebin.com/KT2viTAL
>
> I've installed Firebug for Firefox on Pat's advice when he was helping me
> with a separate problem, but it's not showing anything.
>
> Simon
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 13:51, Dave Burnett wrote:
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> What does a "view source" of the blank page show?
>
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>
> ________________________________
> From: WoodSN2 at cardiff.ac.uk
> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:41:51 +0100
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> Safari 5 and Firefox 14 on OS X Snow Leopard.
>
> I created an embed page on the Sandpit, just to check it would work in my
> browser, and it does.
>
> Simon
>
> On 21 Aug 2012, at 16:46, Dave Burnett wrote:
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> IE or FF or Chrome or?
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>> From: WoodSN2 at cardiff.ac.uk
>> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:32:04 +0100
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] "Embed Content" Page is blank
>>
>> Using our Xerte Online Toolkits install, when I create an "embed content"
>> page and preview/publish it, it is blank (title, no errors, but no content).
>>
>> I think this has come up before so I've tried to follow how it was
>> resolved - in particular I've updated
>> modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/models/embedDiv.rlm to the latest
>> version - but I haven't had any success. "Embed content" stays blank.
>>
>> Is there anything else I should have updated or looked for?
>>
>> Simon
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