Stuart, Thanks!
Thanks, Mark > On Aug 17, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Stuart Raeburn <raeb...@msu.edu> wrote: > > Mark, > >> I have a user who wants to save html files on LON-CAPA and be able to >> retrieve the original html file for editing outside LON-CAPA. >> >> Is there a way to do this either in a course or in construction space? >> > > A number of ways ... > > 1. Within a course, the user could use: > > Course Editor > Content Utilities > "Export contents to IMS Archive" > > and select the HTML file which is to be edited. LON-CAPA will create a zip > file, which can be saved to the user's laptop/desktop. If the contents are > extracted, the html file will be in a subdirectory within the resources > subdirectory within the ims archive folder. The html file can then be opened > and edited with a text editor on the user's computer. > > 2. Another way to do this would be for the user to display the uploaded HTML > file in a LON-CAPA course and click the Edit item in the gray Functions bar, > and then push the "Edit" button on the next page, the source of the HTML will > be displayed in a large textarea. > > If the user clicks within the text area and then uses right-click or > control-click (Mac OS) and chooses "Select All" from the menu, followed by > right-click or control-click and copy, the raw HTML will be copied to the > clipboard, from where it can be pasted into a new document opened in the > user's favorite editor on his/her computer. > > Note: if the editor in LON-CAPA opens the file in the Rich text editor, the > user can click the "Plain text" link to switch to plain text display. > > Note: if the file is in Authoring Space then option 2 (above) can also be > used, via the "Edit" link in the directory listing in Authoring Space. > > 3. A third way -- if the file is in Authoring Space, and (a) the user's > LON-CAPA library server/VM uses Apache/SSL, and (b) the domain coordinator > has not dis enabled webDAV access for authors -- is for the user to connect > to the Authoring Space with webDAV and then use the preferred editor on > his/her computer to open the file via a volume mounted via webDAV. > > The Authoring manual includes information about using webDAV. > > If webDAV is available in a particular domain, there will be am "About WebDAV > access" help item link at the top right of the directory listing for the top > level of an Authoring Space, which displays information about using webDAV. > > > Stuart Raeburn > LON-CAPA Academic Consortium > > Quoting "Lucas, Mark" <luc...@ohio.edu>: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a user who wants to save html files on LON-CAPA and be able to >> retrieve the original html file for editing outside LON-CAPA. Everything >> tried so far places the standard LC wrappers on the html when downloaded. >> >> Is there a way to do this either in a course or in construction space? >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Mark Lucas email: >> luc...@ohiou.edu >> 252D Clippinger Lab phone: >> (740)597-2984 >> Department of Physics and Astronomy fax: (740)593-0433 >> Ohio University >> Athens, OH 45701 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LON-CAPA-users mailing list >> LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mail.lon-2Dcapa.org_mailman_listinfo_lon-2Dcapa-2Dusers&d=DwICAg&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=VsGo3jOm8tGLd6f-KlhT-g&m=AldVj3jOFMiEU-IonP77N-RIStM86JZQ2HKJWZ7kE7A&s=_gW6epOTIW6-V2IYNWRBJnrU0IGUgDz-aGvSyaFe-9k&e= >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > LON-CAPA-users mailing list > LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org > http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users -- Mark Lucas email: luc...@ohiou.edu 252D Clippinger Lab phone: (740)597-2984 Department of Physics and Astronomy fax: (740)593-0433 Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 _______________________________________________ LON-CAPA-users mailing list LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users
