[Xerte] Re: plain text connector page problem in XOT

[Kemp Johnathan]

In principle it is possible to add this functionality to any page that has
a text block.

However this raises the question of when is a connector page not a
connector page. For you could end up potentially with a list of connector
pages that duplicated most of the existing pages. I would be personally
inclined to treat the ability to link from text as in the Plain Text
Connector Page as something that is not really a "Connector Page" if we
ever went down the route of making this facility available to all text
blocks. Almost all the other Connector pages offer facilities to control
the navigation options of the destination page, a feature not offered when
making a text based connection.

I think the concept of connector pages is still in its infancy. There is a
bit of tidying up that I am working with Julian on, to improve the options
regarding navigation and setting navigation for destination pages. Then I
think it will be worth waiting a while and seeing what the take up of the
Connector pages is and getting a feel for how people use them.

There is also the major issue of HTML5. Until I am clearer about the
implications of converting existing Connector pages to HTML5 I am rather
loathe to expand the range of Connector pages available.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 26 October 2012 16:32, Davidson, Andrew <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>wrote:

>  Thanks Johnathan – very helpful. Yes, it was a very simple solution –
> Dave showed me that I wasn’t inserting a page id where it was needed. Makes
> sense now but in the instruction I only could see about copying and pasting
> text with the page id – anyway, it’s a great addition for Xerte Online
> Toolkits and I wonder if it will be possible to add this function to other
> page types in XOT such as a page with graphics and text or a page with
> video and text.
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 26 October 2012 16:27
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
>
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: plain text connector page problem in XOT
>
>
>
> You have two ways to use the Page Models in Xerte 2.18 desktop. I hope
> that soon we will be able to improve the File / New menu so that all the
> options for creating a the different project types are listed there.
> However currently...
>
>
>
> If you want a page templates type project i.e. a toolkits style project
> then do
>
>   Pages / Create Template Project from Pages.
>
>
>
> Add pages in the same way as normal for Page Templates or XOT projects.
>
>
>
> If you want to use the new Pages type project that gives full access to
> the page models and also the editing environment then do
>
>
>
> Pages / Create New Page Project
>
>
>
> Add pages by selecting the "Interface" element in the project tree and
> then select the page type that you want to add from the range of page type
> folders that you will find off the Pages Menu.
>
>
>
> As to how to duplicate the problem that Andrew is experiencing, I am not
> sure since I am not sure what the cause of the problem is. It may be as
> simple as not having specified a page ID for the destination page.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 25 October 2012 17:19, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Johnathan, how would one go about recreating Andy's situation in 2.18
> desktop?
>
>
>
> Thnx,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:13:52 +0100
>
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
>
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: plain text connector page problem in XOT
>
>
>
> The link to your project is not much help as I can't access the values you
> have entered into the form for the page.
>
>
>
> If you take a look at the learning object you should find it has an
> optional property of "Add Author Support". Add this attribute to your
> learning object and ensure the check box is ticked. Then play your project
> once more and try your hyperlink. You should see a message displayed "Page
> ID: somePageID could not be found in this project"
>
>
>
> Where "somePageID" will be the pageID you have specified in your link.
>
>
>
> Then check the destination page to ensure that you have given it an
> optional attribute of "Page ID" and that you have set the Page ID attribute
> to the value you have used in your link.
>
>
>
> That should sort it.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
> On 25 October 2012 15:34, Davidson, Andrew <Andrew.Davidson at warwick.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use the plain text connector page in XOT but for some
> reason I can’t get the link to work – http://xerte.warwick.ac.uk/play_116
>
> it highlights as a link on page 3 but does not link back to page 2. Here
> is the code I entered as a hyperlink
>
> asfunction:_level0.engine.fnTextCon,page2
>
> any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
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