[Xerte] Re: Glossar

Sat Feb 4 11:24:50 GMT 2012

Hello Stefanie,

The page wizards were implemented to provide access to both the full Xerte
desktop editing environment and all the pages that were available in
pageTemplates based projects. There are even a few pages that are not
currently available in pageTemplates e.g. the routed pages that let you
define one or more destinations that the learner can be taken to when they
exit the page.

Page Wizards were never part of the official Xerte release.

Page Wizards are a great way to learn more about how to create your own
Xerte page designs, but you might want to hold back from creating any live
projects with them as they will become effectively obsolete with the next
release of Xerte. If you have created any Page Wizard based projects they
will continue to work. But the next release of Xerte will include
individual page templates, as well as all the features you are already used
to, Effectively the Page Wizard approach is being incorporated into desktop
Xerte. This will offer significant improvements to the ease of use of the
current Page Wizards - automatic folder creation, thumbnails and hints to
help with page selection etc.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 3 February 2012 18:12, Panke, Stefanie <panke at sog.unc.edu> wrote:

>  Hello Ya’ll,
>
> First of all: I am liking Xerte more and more every day – especially since
> this morning, finally, I discovered the “wizard page package” that allows
> me to combine template convenience with the editing functionality which the
> general Xerte provides. Pretty cool.
>
> Anyone new to Xerte should definitely review the following two pages in
> the wiki:
>
>
> http://wiki.xerte.net/index.php5?title=Image:Guide_to_installing_and_using_Page_Wizards.pdf(note that the current version is a dead link, any of the other files open
> fine).
>
> http://wiki.xerte.net/index.php5?title=Image:JK_PageWizards.zip
>
> I still have not figured out the printing yet, so any input on how to
> place a print button, ideally on each page, would be greatly appreciated.
> Can I include a button in the interface background image? Or should I add
> an image, position it and add the script to it on every page? Do I need to
> use an event handler for that?
>
> As for the screen size, on the published Web site / Xerte player, I can
> change the screen size from default, to large, larger, full screen and fill
> window. When I export my learning object as a Web page, I get the following
> results:
>
> Default: everything is fine.
>
> Full screen: a grey bar appears below the module.
>
> Fill window: no change, stays default size.
>
> Large resp. larger: Resizes content area so that the controls and parts of
> the content disappear from view. User has to reload the page to return to
> the default view.
>
> So my thought was that I have a faulty setting for the learning object or
> interface. All the other accessibility features (i.e., font and color
> changes) work fine.  The Sherwood Forest Learning Object has the same issue:
>
>
> http://equella.nottingham.ac.uk/uon/items/140dba30-9f66-0853-7252-f47bb62cbae6/1/ViewIMS.jsp(choose screen size large or larger).
>
> Best,
>
> Stefanie
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Friday, February 03, 2012 5:11 AM
>
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Glossar
>
>
>
> Add you print code to a button on an interaction and have the suer hit the
> utton to print the page.
>
>
>
> Dave Burnett has some knowledge / code to share for getting the printing
> to work nicely: I seem to remember it being a bit tricky.
>
>
>
> >Screen Size: The player offers several screen size options; however, they
> do not work with my module
>
> What’s not working / what happens?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Panke,
> Stefanie
> *Sent:* 02 February 2012 22:02
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Glossar
>
>
>
> Julian,
>
> Thank you very much! The example was very helpful and I was able to create
> the standard glossary AND include the University logo following the same
> logic. I just did not pay enough attention on how to do the scripting in
> the help file.
>
> I have two more critical issues I hope this list can help me to resolve,
> before I can hopefully start a XERTE project for UNC School of Government.
> Both have impacts on accessibility / user friendliness:
>
> 1.       Printing: How can I use rootIcon.printScreen(); to offer users
> the option to print individual pages? When I add it as a script to a single
> page, it automatically launches the default printer while, or rather
> before, loading the page. I am apparently doing something wrong there… Any
> hints?
>
> 2.       Screen Size: The player offers several screen size options;
> however, they do not work with my module. I also tried other Xerte modules
> like the “Sherwood Forest” and it’s the same problem. What am I doing wrong
> so that this very useful feature gets disabled?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stefanie
>
> P.S. I will work on the interview guide and get it to you sometime next
> week!
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:24 AM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Glossar
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> There is a built in Glossary. It needs to be enabled before you can use
> it, and then you can add words to it, with definitions:
>
>
>
> Glossry.enabled = true;
>
> Glossary.addTerm(‘word’, ‘definition’);
>
>
>
> Then, whenever those words are displayed, they are clickable and the
> definition is shown. See attached example.
>
>
>
> If that’s not quite the way you want it you could build a custom glossary:
> I might need to add some events for you to listen to, then you could handle
> those events and show the terms using your own code.
>
>
>
> I’d be very happy to help with your email interview!
>
>
>
> Julian
>
>
>
>
>
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