eclass-users

[Eclass-users] EClass.Builder 2.5 Beta 3 release

[Kevin O. <ke...@tu...>]

Hi all,

Early next week I want to release EClass.Builder 2.5 b3 but I wanted to 
get some feedback to make sure it was running OK on other peoples' 
machines first. You can download it here:

http://www.eclass.net/Downloads/eclass-builder2.5b3.exe

I've added a few new features because they didn't take much work to put 
in and people were asking for them. =) These include:

- Theme Manager (Tools->Theme Manager): visually preview themes and set 
the theme for the current EClass
- Link Checker (Tools->Link Checker): Check your web hyperlinks for 
broken links (EClass checks internal links whenever you save or edit 
pages)
- Theme Refresh (File->Refresh Theme): If you make changes to your 
Theme, you can use this command to apply those changes to your EClass
- Cut/Copy/Paste: You can now cut, copy and paste the pages in your 
course to move them around. Drag and drop will likely make it into a 
future release, but it's a bit more complicated than I anticipated!
- Import File (Page->Import File...): This command lets you add a PDF 
file, PowerPoint file, Flash movie, or whatever as a page.

 From here, my focus will be on documenting this version, updating the 
program to use the new icon and splash screen (and possibly a couple 
other cosmetic changes), and developing an updated web site to announce 
the new version and to highlight some of the changes that have happened 
in the program over the last year.

Once all this has taken place, I will release a new version with a new 
tutorial and everything working as it should be, in English. I will 
also 'unveil' the web site on www.eclass.net. At this point, only bug 
fix changes will be made. Also at this point, if we have some folks who 
can do the translation work, I will submit all the new text introduced 
for French and Spanish translation. Once those changes have been made, 
and any remaining bugs resolved, I will release the new version as a 
final version.

BTW, for those Mac users out there, I needed to add some fixes to the 
Mac version of wxPython for Mozilla to work with it, and those changes 
will make it into the next version of wxPython, due out probably within 
a month. Shortly thereafter, with any luck, you will get a Mac version 
of EClass.Builder 2.5 that matches the entire featureset of the windows 
version. =)

Thanks,

Kevin

  
  

[Eclass-users] What is the difference between Karrigell.exe and httpservere.exe?

[BJ C. <ca...@tu...>]

Hi Kevin,

What is the difference between Karrigell.exe and the httpserver.exe? (btw I
am using 2.5b3 on a w2k machine)

I have noticed that the autorun.inf now points to Karrigell.exe and not
httpserver.exe. I have tried using the Karrigell.exe several times, but it
doesn't want to open the swish-e search page.

I am now getting python errors when using the Karrigell.exe. (attached)
Ideas? Comments? Also the httpserver now seems to be running rrrrreal slow.

Thanks,

BJ



William 'BJ' Cameron
Payson Center
Tulane University

Re: [Eclass-users] What is the difference between Karrigell.exe and httpservere.exe?

[Kevin O. <ke...@tu...>]

Hi BJ,

On Dec 8, 2003, at 2:57 AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> What is the difference between Karrigell.exe and the httpserver.exe? 
> (btw I
> am using 2.5b3 on a w2k machine)

Karrigell.exe is basically a new server program I'm using that lets me 
execute Python scripts on CD without making them executables. This will 
let me extend the features of the CD version without considerably 
bloating the overall size of the CD.

> I have noticed that the autorun.inf now points to Karrigell.exe and not
> httpserver.exe. I have tried using the Karrigell.exe several times, 
> but it
> doesn't want to open the swish-e search page.
>
> I am now getting python errors when using the Karrigell.exe. (attached)
> Ideas? Comments? Also the httpserver now seems to be running rrrrreal 
> slow.

httpserver should no longer be used, consider it an old version. As for 
the Karrigell problems, one thing I saw several times is that it was 
looking for FrontPage files that didn't exist, which was causing a 
'crash' in Python. This is really strange. The strange thing is that 
even though they don't exist, IE is requesting them so it must think 
that it exists for some reason. I can probably make a workaround so 
that this 'fails' more gracefully. (i.e. does not produce an error) It 
seems to always happen with DOC files.

Hmmm... This may explain the annoying problems that we have with Word 
asking for a name and password when you click to view a document. Maybe 
what is happening is that IE is programmed to, whenever you access a 
Word document (or office document) over the web, check the server to 
see if the document can be edited, and if so, provide the 
username/password prompt. Since this functionality would only work with 
FrontPage, it looks for a FrontPage information file which in this case 
doesn't exist.

In any case, I'll try and patch this up and get a fix out in the next 
couple days.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Eclass-users] Themes and templates Questions

[Barbara F. <vze...@ve...>]

Hello Kevin,

I can't figure out how to use themes and templates.
I've had a problem with my pages.  All pages are meant to have the same
look.  I've used a table, with three rows. You can see what I mean at
http://www.knowledgefordevelopment.com/Teaching/ICTen/ICTs-Intro/index.h
tm . The top and bottom rows are mainly for looks, they have a blue
background and the middle row is for the main body of the text of that
page.  When I make revisions, the top row has a tendency to disappear
for some reason.  If I edit the page and reinsert the top row, then the
next page loses its top row.  

I'm trying to find an effective way to have a consistent look for all
pages without using the table if that's creating a problem.  Is the
answer a template or a theme?  I don't understand how to use either. 

Barbara Fillip
Knowledge for Development, LLC
http://www.knowledgefordevelopment.com

[Eclass-users] RE: Hyperlinks vs. Hotlinks

[Barbara F. <bar...@ve...>]

Hello all,

I have come across a couple of differences between putting hyperlinks in
an eClass page using the html editor of your choice vs. using hotlinks
to create such links.  

1. You can't link to other eClass pages using your html editor.  You can
only do that with hotlinks. (??)  

2. When you create a link to a file (in the file folder)...
a. if you are using hotlinks, the file will open in a new window
b. if you are inserting a hyperlink using your html editor, the file
will open in the main content frame rather than a new window.  

Is this true in all cases or just the result of settings on my computer?
Barbara Fillip