[Eclass-users] Re: more bugs with latest version

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

Hi BJ,

On Apr 8, 2004, at 8:41 AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Problems/bugs:
> 1.=A0 After you submit a quiz, nothing happens. Using Checkboxes =
huh?=A0It=20
> looks much better.

Actually, I didn't change anything in quiz yet... So the graphics don't=20=

appear? Do you get any script errors? I'm not seeing this here on XP or=20=

98.

> 2.=A0 When you preview/publish a new course (both search and non=20
> search), the menu (right frame) and joust menu (right bottom frame)=20
> are not created. The non-frames theme works fine.

I'm also not seeing this one... I know this used to be a problem a=20
while back, but it should be resolved.

> 3. I am getting this error when I search with Swish-e:
> http://payson.tulane.edu/staff/bjcameron/error.jpg
> I fixed the problem by copying Zlib.dll into the ...\EClass=20
> Projects\<my course>\cgi-bin\ directory.

Fixed. (Grrr, sorry this one keeps popping up... I think it should have=20=

everything it needs now. I'll test it on another machine when I make=20
the next build to be sure.)

> 4. If I am on the=A0search page (Swish-e, non-frames) and I click on =
the=20
> other pages from the JavaScript tree=A0menu. They are not found =
because=20
> the path is going to the cgi-bin.
> http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/New_Page_10.htm

Fixed.

> 5. Not a bug, but an observation. When I switch back to frames theme,=20=

> and refresh the theme, menu.htm and menucntrl.htm are created. yea!

Please upload your errlog.txt. It sounds like you're getting some error=20=

when trying to create a new course. It's getting far enough that it=20
creates it, but not so far that it applies the theme.

> 6. When using the Greenstone interface,=A0some media (especially =
video,=20
> audio and presentations) and pages=A0took forever to load. I realize=20=

> there is nothing you can do about this, but perhaps a warning to other=20=

> EClass users. Also Greenstone has difficulty using file names that=20
> have spaces.

Yes, these are a couple of the reasons I've worked hard to make SWISH-E=20=

a real alternative. I can make a note about this, but people using=20
Greenstone need to be familiar with it in order for things to work.=20
(And the problem with Greenstone sometimes picking up the wrong=20
computer name and failing to start is, IMHO, a more serious problem.)

> 7. When creating a hotword link to an eclass file, sometimes (vague=20
> enough for you?) it does not create the link. This is especially the=20=

> case if you insert media into the page editor for the newly=20
> created=A0hotword. I have thoroughly inspected the source code of the=20=

> file and I see nothing wrong with the word I want to link. I am still=20=

> working out the problem and I will send you more details. on another=20=

> note, it would be nice to be able to link to already existing eclass=20=

> page and not just a new one.
> >>later<< it might just be that one eclass page, I have deleted that=20=

> page and re-used the html file, and it works fine. I will keep an eye=20=

> on it.

I doubt we'll ever be able to make hotword problems totally disappear,=20=

unfortunately. Hotwords as they are implemented in Trainer and EClass=20
are somewhat flawed as they rely on the program being able to determine=20=

what should and should not be hotwords. With HTML, this can get really=20=

tricky because a word can have tags "inside it", such as "my=20
<b>hot</b>word". In that example, "my hotword" would not be=20
highlighted, and there's no way to make that example work without=20
making EClass do a LOT of work behind the scenes, which would slow down=20=

page updates, probably considerably so. This is one major reason I want=20=

to move towards visual HTML editing where the user can specify hotwords=20=

however they want to. Also, little errors like an extra space somewhere=20=

will fudge up the hotword engine, as it doesn't know whether or not you=20=

actually want that space. If you can track down the problem, however,=20
let me know and I'll see what I can do to fix it.

> 8.=A0 I am still getting the Server/Dr. Watson problems, it may be=20
> isolated to this computer as I have been crashing a lot lately. No it=20=

> is not Windows but a=A0hardware problem. Hopefully, a new computer is =
in=20
> the works.

Ok, let me know how things go!

Thanks,

Kevin