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

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Thu Aug 23 10:53:22 BST 2012 

the other time I had to unfix Simon's play page, or was that some one
else. I get confused these days.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> The rlt I sent was the one from the current Nottingham installation.  We've not upgraded yet so it's still 1.7.  I haven't sent any 1.8 stuff.  Not sure what's different between 1.6 and 1.7
>
> -----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 10:44
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: "Embed Content" Page is blank
>
> but this way madness lies as Simon's install is part 1.6, part 1.7, part 1.8
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:29 AM, RonM <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>>>
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