Hi Alison, Rose and Randy -- If Rose has been using Word on her Mac -- we have a pretty easy migration path as Leigh has suggested.
We can easily convert the word files using open office, see: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Editing_using_open_office It may need a little tiding up -- but from experience know that this will be far cleaner than using the Word to html export. For some reason Word likes to insert a ton of irrelevant garbage in their html exports that doesn't work well in this environment. Cheers Wayne On May 1, 3:28 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Randy, Rose > > Welcome to the Wiki Way, Rose. > > I have just put some info in WikiEducator about the process, but I was > wondering how your materials were stored. If they are traditional > (ubiquitous) word documents, you can start the process by using word's built > in HTML saving functions. However, that method creates what we call 'ugly > code'. But I just found this page, which may be of interest to others on > this list. > > http://www.timeatlas.com/mos/5_Minute_Tips/Chunkers/Resources_for_Con... > > The output of this process could then be used with the other process I've > briefly outline > herehttp://wikieducator.org/User:AlisonRuth/HTML_to_Wiki_process. (This needs > more work.) > > Rose, if you need help working your way through any of this, please email > me. > > The processes of getting established resources into WikiEducator is fiddly, > but probably quicker than hand coding it all. > > Alison > > On 01/05/2008, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Alison, > > > Thanks - this is really helpful. I've cc'd Rose here, so that the two of > > you can be in direct communication. Her name is Rose (I'm not sure if she's > > subscribed to our list just yet ~ I'm still trying to figure out Gmail!). In > > any case, I really appreciate your support. > > > Thanks, > > > - Randy > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:40 AM, 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 > > > -- > > ________________ > > Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change & Improving Performance - for People, > > Communities, and Organizations > >http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy > > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.hirerandy.com > > > Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
