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

Thu Aug 23 10:33:23 BST 2012

Thanks Ron, the one place I didn't think to look!

Simon - try the attached file (save yours first in case it causes any problems)

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of RonM
Sent: 23 August 2012 10:29
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank

Reading this offline (sort of) so no access to the files but if I remember correctly I think there's a call to kill popup in Nottingham.rlt

HTH
Ron

Sent from my iPhone

On 23 Aug 2012, at 10:13, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> The swf I sent before was from the Nottingham installation where it works but not working for Simon.
>
> There's only two frames of code in the XMLEngine fla but killPopUp isn't called in either of them - weird.  Not directly in button clips either.  Can't find it being called in any other file either.
>
> I'll find it somewhere...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 23 August 2012 10:03
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> 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
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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