[Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs

Tue Jul 24 12:05:55 BST 2012

the SVN has been updated to fix the rogue html issue

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>wrote:

> ok****
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> when trying to import a zip which contains a parent folder****
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> both 1.8 and 1.7 result in a message about trying to unzip a folder name.
> Both result in a project appearing in the workspace but can't be previewed
> or edited.****
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> BTW****
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> when importing a zip without a parent folder both work ok but also give a
> message with rogue html****
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 24 July 2012 11:20
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs
> ****
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> Yes, I know, but that's what I wanted some one to test as it sounded like
> when Simon imported a zip made in that way it wasn't trapped by the import
> code.****
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> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:****
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> > that doesn't work and never has as far as I'm aware.****
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> > When you export from XOT or package from xerte it doesn't create a zip *
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> > with a parent folder inside it so this only really happens when people *
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> > zip manually and select the folder rather than the folder contents.****
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> > -----Original Message-----****
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> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk****
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> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> On Behalf Of Pat Lockley****
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> > Sent: 24 July 2012 11:01****
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> > To: Xerte discussion list****
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> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs****
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> >** **
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> > what happens if the root of the zip is a folder (which is what i think *
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> > Simon was suggesting)?****
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> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Ron Mitchell ****
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> > <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>****
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> > wrote:****
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> >> Not sure what you want tested Pat?****
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> >> Import works in 1.8 and 1.7 just fine as far as I can tell - as long **
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> >> as the rlt and xml files are in the root of the zip.****
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> >>** **
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> >> -----Original Message-----****
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> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk****
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> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> On Behalf Of Pat ****
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> >> Lockley****
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> >> Sent: 24 July 2012 09:48****
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> >> To: Xerte discussion list****
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> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs****
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> >>** **
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> >> hmmmm, but if the importer doesn't find an RLO it should fail (and it *
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> >> won't go looking in a subfolder)****
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> >>** **
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> >> Can some one test this?****
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> >> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Simon Wood <WoodSN2 at cardiff.ac.uk>
> wrote:****
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> >>> Aha!****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> Thanks Ron.****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> I had tried both ways with OSX's built in zipper. But either way ****
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> >>> produced****
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> >> the same result.****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> Following your email I thought: I'll give it a try dropping all the **
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> >>> files****
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> >> (not in a folder) onto Yemu.****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> It works!****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> Obviously OSX tried to be "clever" and automatically added an ****
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> >>> enclosing****
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> >> folder.****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> THANK YOU!****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> Simon****
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> >>>** **
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> >>> On 23 Jul 2012, at 19:43, Ron Mitchell wrote:****
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> >>>** **
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> >>>> Are you selecting the parent folder when zipping on the contents of *
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> >>>> the folder? Your learningobject.rlt and associated files needs to ***
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> >>>> be inside the root of the zip not inside a folder e.g. you need****
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> >>>>** **
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> >>>> \learningobject.rlt****
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> >>>> not****
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> >>>> \Making_multimedia_interactive_with_Xerte\learningobject.rlt****
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> >>>> -----Original Message-----****
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> >>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk****
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> On Behalf Of Simon ****
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> >>>> Wood****
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> >>>> Sent: 20 July 2012 14:41****
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> >>>> To: Xerte discussion list****
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> >>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Importing re-zipped LOs****
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> >>>>** **
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> >>>> Julian sent me the one he used (thanks Julian); it imports fine on **
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> >>>> our XOT install, think it may therefore be something to do with ****
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> >>>> zipping software I'm using rather than our XOT install...****
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> >>>>** **
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> >>>> On 20 Jul 2012, at 14:16, Julian Tenney wrote:****
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> >>>>** **
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> >>>>> I just tried that with the beta code for 1.8 and it works OK.****
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> >>>>> -----Original Message-----****
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> >>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk****
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> On Behalf Of Simon ****
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> >>>>> Wood****
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> >>>>> Sent: 20 July 2012 14:13****
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> >>>>> To: Xerte discussion list****
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> >>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Importing re-zipped LOs****
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> >>>>>** **
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> >>>>> Whilst I can import LOs into our XOT install now (thanks to Pat's **
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> >>>>> tireless****
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> >>>> efforts) I am encountering a problem with "re-zipped" LOs.****
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> >>>>>** **
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> >>>>> If I import a LO that I previously exported, no problem. However, **
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> >>>>> if I****
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> >>>> unzip that LO and then rezip it, it appears to import but when I ****
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> >>>> try to preview or edit it, it is "empty". On the server the ****
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> >>>> data.xml file is missing an the preview.xml file is 0B.****
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> >>>>>** **
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> >>>>> I've tried using the zip built into OS X 10.6, and YemuZip which ***
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> >>>>> can****
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> >>>> produce a "PC Zip" ie clean of OS X resource forks. Neither work.****
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> >>>>>** **
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> >>>>> Is anyone else having problem importing re-zipped learning objects?*
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> >>>>> The****
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> >>>> reason I ask is because I was sent to LOs zipped together and to ****
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> >>>> import them I need to split them out.****
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