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

Thu Aug 23 10:03:12 BST 2012

I only did the JS stuff

I assume the call is an external Interface somewhere in the forward
and back buttons in the xmlengine? closePage maybe?

If it works on the sandbox - use that swf?

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> I thought the call to the killPopUp function was in the XMLEngine swf but I've just looked and I can't find it.  Can't seem to find where this is called anywhere... have you got any idea Pat?
>
> Although I did do some of the work on the pages that use iframes I think Julian did the original code for it and I can't find where this is called from.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Wood
> Sent: 23 August 2012 09:22
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> I used Firebug to put a break point in the killPopUp function.
>
> It's not being called.
>
> Simon
>
> On 22 Aug 2012, at 16:19, Pat Lockley wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What does a "view source" of the blank page show?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IE or FF or Chrome or?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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