Re: [Eclass-users] New EClass beta for Windows!

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

Hi BJ,

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 05:32  AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
> =A0
> The new Eclass looks good, a few comments:
> =A0
> While publishing, I selected to rename my files to fit "the under 31=20=

> characters" (re: error message), however=A0it still asks me every I=20
> publish if I want to do this. A little annoying. Is it possible to=20
> make it automatic after the first time?

D'oh! Yes, will do this. =3D)

> I used Swish-e to index the e-class but it still says Greenstone when=20=

> indexing.

Thanks, I'll change this for the next beta.

> The search does not run when clicking on Frame.html or index.html, you=20=

> need to run httpserver.exe, some people may not know it. (it took me=20=

> several minutes.)

I'll autostart httpserver.exe when you preview, and also add this into=20=

the documentation later on. Another option would be to have EClass=20
generate two index pages, "index.html" and "index-server.html", and=20
only the latter contains the search function. This actually works=20
better for any platforms in which the search is not available or the CD=20=

cannot autostart, and would make me less nervous about adding more=20
'interactive' features like this in the future.

> I get the following error when I submit=A0 on the search page:

For some reason, the image did not come through (checked webmail too).=20=

Could you post it on the web? Sorry for the trouble.

> The Flash plugin works great=A0 The animation appears to have been=20
> re-sized, is there a default size?

No, I didn't specify any default size. I'll see if there's some way to=20=

turn the resizing off...

> When you publish a page with a quiz, on the initial quiz page the=20
> graphic on the left is missing. "Graphics/Quiz/blank.gif".

Will fix this in the next beta as well.

> Will send more comments as I work with it.

Thanks!

Kevin

> =A0
> William 'BJ' Cameron
> Payson Center
> Tulane University
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Ollivier" <ke...@tu...>
> To: <ecl...@li...>
> Cc: "Bill Bertrand" <web...@cs...>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:12 PM
> Subject: [Eclass-users] New EClass beta for Windows!
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wanted to let you know I have *finally* posted a new EClass=20
> beta.
> > In addition to some bug fixes for some problems people have been
> > encountering, it has the following new features:
> >
> > - DOC, RTF support for text formats (if OOo 1.1 beta 1 is installed)
> > - Spanish support
> > - New Quiz plugin - create auto-grading quizzes, and provide =
feedback
> > on correct and incorrect answers
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 (select =
Page->Add New->Quiz from the main menu)
> > - Flash support - Add Flash videos and presentations into your =
EClass
> > pages
> > - Improved Search support - Greenstone is no longer required for
> > full-text indexing
> > (to turn on searching support, select File->Project Settings, select
> > the Search tab, and check the "Enable search support" box. =3D)
> > - EClass.Server - resolves issues with Windows Media files and =
allows
> > authors to add CGI scripts to EClasses
> > - More on the way... =3D)
> >
> > Here's the link:
> >
> > http://www.eclass.net/Downloads/windows-beta.html
> >
> > Please read the notes, try it out, and let me know what you think!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
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