[Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation

[Pat Lockley]

Hello

For localhost to work on a PC you'll need to have installed XAMPP as well.
Then add the XOT zip to c:\xampp\htdocs\xertetoolkits

You can run XAMPP on a PC without it affecting it, but

1) It turns your PC Into a mini web server
2) It runs as a process in the background so takes up CPU and Memory

Pat

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Ray Tolley <rjt at maximise-ict.co.uk> wrote:
> Alistair, thanks for reminding me.  I posted the following some time ago and
> only got one blunt reply,
>
>
>
> “Sirs,
>
>
>
> I’ve been trying for several days to learn more of Xerte.  I have followed
> the demos on your site and signed up to the list but so far have not had a
> reply.
>
>
>
> I want to explore the Xerte toolkit with the hope of developing materials
> for mainstream education.
>
>
>
> I was so impressed with the blurb about Xerte so have tried to install on a
> local PC.  Everything appears to download and extract, but when I follow the
> instruction as below:
>
>
>
> “In a web browser, go to : http://localhost/xertetoolkits/setup/ and click
> on the for XAMPP people button.”
>
>
>
> I get the error message, ‘Page not found’.  Should I have configured
> something for ‘localhost’?  Will any such configuration disrupt the normal
> functioning of my PC?
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>
>
> I am reasonably confident in html but do not know php etc.
>
>
>
> Am I missing something obvious or is this tool not as easy as the blurb
> suggests?
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>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Ray Tolley
>
> Maximise ICT Ltd
>
> P: http://raytolley.efolioworld.com/
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> W: http://www.maximise-ict.co.uk/
>
> B: http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/
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> I: http://issuu.com/efoliouk/docs
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> S: http://www.slideshare.net/maximise/slideshows
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>
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> Principal: Pr22v6
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> http://pr22v6.org.uk
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> http://www.scoop.it/t/eportfolios-examples
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:11
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
> installation
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs in here so
> any ideas? I’ll ask Oli to ensure he’s subscribed in here to pick up the
> answers.
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> From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits
> [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Oliver Haslam
> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:05
> To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation
>
>
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> We finally have our own installation of XOT and I’d like to transfer the LOs
> I’ve made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I’m having a few
> problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!
>
>
>
> I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward “zip export” without any
> problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version of XOT okay but
> when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an error message saying
> “ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t” and it won’t play.
>
>
>
> So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to see if that
> works. When I try to export as a “Zip (local) export” or as a “SCORM +
> metadata export” I am immediately logged out of the sandpit and taken to the
> login page:  http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/
>
>
>
> I can export from the sandpit as a “Scorm export” but when I try to import
> the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying “Upload checkFile transfer
> has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported.” And can go no
> further.
>
>
>
> Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured correctly? But it
> seems the sandpit is not happy either...
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>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Oli
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