What's this about eXe and html2wiki? Could eXe be the answer we are looking for regarding off line and GUI editor?
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Alison Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Randy > > I've just had a look at iWeb06 (i have a MacBook) and I'm not sure it > would be worthwhile (if I'm understanding correctly) to first iWeb it then > mod to WE. iWeb puts in an awful lot of inline styles which don't seem to > parse well through some of the tools I have (mostly web-based eg HTML Tidy > http://infohound.net/tidy/ or html2wiki > http://diberri.dyndns.org/wikipedia/html2wiki/index.html). > > I only had one file to work off and that was a photo gallery I did just > after I got the mac a few years ago (and the only one I did). It may work > better with other kinds of sites, but I'm not hopeful. I'll have a think > about what other apps (preferably FOSS) are available on the mac that would > better lend themselves to the process. > > *smack forehead* D'oh! Perfect solution. eXe is much simpler, more > suitable for developing learning resources and it does go through the two > sites and, even better, straight into the html2wiki generator. I haven't > yet tried putting eXe format straight into WE, but I'm lead to believe it > works. I do know it works on the Mac quite well. I'm pretty sure you could > use it for other page development as well, but so far, I haven't. > > If necessary, give your colleague my email and I can work directly with > her and find out what resources she already has and how best to progress > this. I'll also try to find time to develop a 'how-to' for this kind of > development from the mac. > > HTH > Alison > > > On 01/05/2008, wikirandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I've connected with a former prof. at a university in Hawaii who wants > > to donate and work on her materials in WikiEducator....she's working > > on a mac, and doesn't know how to get her materials into WikiEd ~ > > without a ton of inputting work. Any ideas for her? > > > > Here's her original email to me: > > > > "I am definitely interested in offering my teaching curriculum to the > > wikieducator universe. I have multiple lines of coursework > > developed, in art and design, and especially in the sewing/textile > > arts/vocational arts arena, but so much of that was hands-on > > training, I'm not so sure how to get that into a useful place via > > computer. But that's a problem for the future. > > > > What I'd like to know today, after having finally read through all of > > the links in your email and poked around a bit on the wikieducator > > website, is "Does the iWeb software in my iMac translate somehow to > > wikieducator formating?" I am pretty quick in learning computer > > software, but have no experience yet with website development. I > > need to get my own websites up and running and there is a template- > > based website software program inside this iMac I am expecting to > > practice on. Could I use it to make my curriculum content available > > to the wikieducator editing arena? I was just wondering if it will > > work that way, or might make my inputting job that much easier." > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > - Randy > > > > > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
