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20978
Hi Annelies, first of all "dank u" for appreciating my work. If you need a sample exercise, feel free to use it as you like. It will cost you only a beer and a...
Paolo Cutini
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Apr 1, 2009
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20979
Hi all, I know.... This is not a site for video/dvd enthusiasts, but I'm using Adobe Encore DVD for an educational purpose, so I hope you'll be lenient... Is...
aemstel
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Apr 1, 2009
12:17 pm
20980
I am trying to make sure that students can't use their browsers autocomplete function to give them hints when they do exercises more than one time. I was...
Carly J. Born
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Apr 2, 2009
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20981
Hi there! I've just downloaded the beta version for Mac OS X, I created a crossword and a multiple choice, but I can't open the files to modify them. When it...
lifeincolour
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Apr 3, 2009
8:51 am
20982
Hi, Its impossible to open a Hot Potatoes file via the finder and then choose the option "Open with". All it does then is open the application...
leendersg
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Apr 3, 2009
9:11 am
20983
Hi, Does anybody have a suggestion? In my continuing quest to make my quizzes friendly for non-readers, I need to replace the "check answer" caption with a...
Deborah
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Apr 3, 2009
2:40 pm
20984
Guido's right. You need to start JCross first and then use the Open button or menu item in JCross to select your data file to open. I've tried a couple of...
Stewart Arneil
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Apr 3, 2009
4:10 pm
20985
Hi Deborah, The config screen does allow you to add an image for the Check Answer field. Go to Buttons, insert your cursor in the Check Answer field and then...
Bernard Dyer
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Apr 3, 2009
10:21 pm
20986
Hi Bernard Yes it does allow you to insert an image but the image doesn't come out. I cannot upload an example as I am having a problem uploading to...
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 4, 2009
7:07 am
20987
Hi again, I would be so grateful if you could have a look at http://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/39503/HKMSMOKI.php It is a nonsense exercise as I was having a...
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 4, 2009
7:19 am
20988
Hi Deborah and Martin and all I've tried it myself and I get different reactions depending on the browsers I use: http://users.prof2000.pt/mfr/test.html In IE,...
Fernanda Rodrigues
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Apr 4, 2009
8:34 am
20989
Oh I see - thank you for identifying it as a browser problem Fernanda. Odd thing is that images in other captions, such as "try again", work fine in the most...
Deborah
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Apr 4, 2009
11:56 am
20990
Hi Fernanda and Deborah, try to delete the double quotes in the .gif file name. Ciao, Paolo...
Paolo Cutini
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Apr 4, 2009
12:04 pm
20991
Hi Paolo It works! I didn't delete the double quotes, I replaced &quot; by " in the gif name, width and height, because in IE the real size of the image didn't...
Fernanda Rodrigues
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Apr 4, 2009
1:46 pm
20992
Hi Deborah, Can you send us the URL of an exercise which has the Unicode check and cross? These generally work fine in Internet Explorer, I think. Cheers, ...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 4, 2009
9:02 pm
20993
Hi Carly, I don't know of any way to do this; it's part of the browser's own system, under the user's control rather than the Web page creator as far as I...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 4, 2009
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20994
Hi Deborah, What code is actually in the configuration screen in this exercise? It looks like there are quotes around the filename, which are not being ...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 4, 2009
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20995
I see the image just fine in Safari, Opera, Firefox and IE. Cheers, Martin ... -- Martin Holmes Half-Baked Software, Inc. mholmes@......
Martin Holmes
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Apr 4, 2009
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20996
I think there's probably a good reason why it's doing that; perhaps originally that caption was being put into an attribute value (perhaps the "value"...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 4, 2009
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20997
Martin, According to my research and a little bit of testing, if you add the attribute autocomplete="off" to the <Input> tag, then this overrides the browsers...
Carly J. Born
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Apr 4, 2009
11:39 pm
20998
Hi Martin and Everyone The picture doesn't come out in the "check answer" button on my local browser either. Unicode worked fine on IE but Moodle doesn't like...
Deborah
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Apr 5, 2009
2:38 pm
20999
Hi there, I think autocomplete is an attribute invented by Microsoft, and it's not part of XHTML, so we couldn't add it to HotPot because it would make the ...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 5, 2009
6:58 pm
21000
Hi Deborah, I'm amazed to hear that Moodle has problems with Unicode characters; that seems to me to be a major Moodle bug, which should be reported. Can you...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 5, 2009
7:29 pm
21001
Hi Martin The Unicode on the buttons shows up in Moodle when viewed with Firefox, but not with IE. On the forum they generally agreed that IE is a problem....
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 6, 2009
10:59 am
21002
Hi Martin The Unicode on the buttons shows up in Moodle when viewed with Firefox, but not with IE. On the forum they generally agreed that IE is a problem....
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 6, 2009
11:02 am
21003
Hi Deborah, This is why I'd like to see the exercises with Unicode captions in IE -- I'm not sure that IE is the problem here. Could you post an example? ...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 6, 2009
11:54 am
21004
Martin, I am having trouble uploading anything to HPnet at the moment. I will revert and then post the exercises. Thank you....
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 6, 2009
8:17 pm
21005
Hi, Here is my problem: - To create a working HTML file on my computer's browser which shows images in the "OK" and "Check answer" caption buttons, I need to...
Deborah
deborahdelin
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Apr 8, 2009
8:50 am
21006
Hi Deborah, I'm aware of the problem and I'm looking at a solution. I can't really rush out a change to Hot Potatoes for the sake of one user, without making...
Martin Holmes
martindholmes
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Apr 8, 2009
12:19 pm
21007
Actually, I've just done some testing, and a simple temporary solution would be to use the standard output format instead of drag-drop; that works fine. ...
Martin Holmes
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Apr 8, 2009
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