[Xerte] Re: Hyperlinks in Xerte 1.17

[Kemp Johnathan]

Further to my earlier email regarding the Menu Connector page. I have now
added the facility to supply the page with a list of pageIDs that you want
listed in the menu. That way you could have a project set up as follows

Title page
Main menu - listing pages Introduction, Chapter 1 menu, Chapter 2 menu,
Chapter 3 menu etc.
Introduction
Chapter 1 menu - listing all the pages in chapter 1
Pages 1 - n of chapter 1
Chapter 2 menu - listing all the pages in chapter 2
Pages 1 - n of chapter 2
Chapter 3 menu

etc.

That should cover pretty much any project structure.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 30 March 2012 22:19, Panke, Stefanie <panke at sog.unc.edu> wrote:

> Hello!
> I am currently working on understanding / documenting the whole topic of
> hyperlinks in Xerte. Here is what I understood so far:
>
> - Standard external hyperlinks are pretty straightforward HTML (a
> href=""). Their formatting can be manipulated by a CSS stylesheet that is
> referenced in the learning object. This allows you to define the color and
> style for links, otherwise they will appear as plain text. However,
> advanced CSS features (e.g., setting icons for PDF, external links through
> CSS classes) do not work. I also found you do not need the target=blank
> attribute to force a new window ­ is there a reason to have it anyway?
>
> - Relative hyperlinks: To reference resources connected to your Xerte
> project, for example further reading material in PDF format, you may want
> to create a directory parallel to the "media" folder and address it with a
> relative link e.g., <a href="../pdf/story1.pdf"> to address
> my_xerte_project/pdf/story1.pdf. This does not seem to work, though people
> on the listserv said it would - am I doing something wrong?
>
> - Internal hyperlinks within a Xerte learning module: To address a
> specific node, you have to reference the node number, e.g., <a
> href="asfunction:_level0.pageLink,2"> will link to the second page in your
> current Xerte learning object.
>
> - Hyperlinks between Xerte Modules: I cannot find a way to link from one
> Xerte learning object to specific pages in another Xerte learning object.
> Is this possible? This point critical for me. For my current project, I am
> facing an impasse: The material comprises around 150 nodes that are
> organized into 8 chapters. My approach was to split the material and
> create one Xerte module for each chapter. However, there are
> cross-references between the chapters. So for instance module 1 links to
> module 3, page 5. This kind of cross-referencing seems like a very valid
> thing to have between different learning objects, but I do not know if and
> how Xerte can handle this.
>
> - Table of contents: Xerte automatically creates a navigation menu.
> Currently, there is only a one-level hierarchy possible for the table of
> contents menu. - Is this true? I would consider to create on large 150
> nodes learning module, if I could structure the navigation menu into
> chapter overviews and subpages.
>
>
> - Another way to create internal hyperlinks are decision paths, where
> users can continue from one page in different ways. This is currently
> achieved through page wizards "routed pages" and with Xerte 1.18 will be
> achieved through connector pages.
>
>
> - Glossary terms can be used to create pop-up windows with definitions.
> Currently, brackets and apostrophes cannot be part of a glossary term.
> Other options for creating pop-up windows are not possible.(is that true?)
>
>
> Best,
> Stefanie
>
>
>
> --
> Stefanie Panke, PhD
> Instructional Analyst
> School of Government
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> Campus Box 3330, Knapp-Sanders Building
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330
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