[Using Sakai] Web page won't open in Sakai

Thu Jul 2 03:25:25 PDT 2009

In Resources, choose Actions > Edit details for the file in question,  
and take a look at the File Type at the bottom. What type is it? Do  
you really need the xhtml extension? Tidy and friendly markup can  
still be written as html and you can still use the XHTML Strict DTD.

Also, what version of Sakai (scroll right to the bottom and have a  
look in the footer, assuming that has been set correctly)

cheers,
Steve

On 2 Jul 2009, at 01:10, Marshall Feldman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem opening a web page in Sakai. I used the method  
> described on Putting Sakai to Work under "Customize the Home Page."  
> However, when I click on the tab for the page, instead of   
> displaying it Firefox (both versions 3.0 and 3.5) pops open a dialog  
> window asking whether to save the file or to open it in Firefox. If  
> I open it in Firefox its starts a new tab but the file does not  
> display properly, apparently since it left its support files on the  
> Sakai server. Can anyone explain why this may be happening or  
> suggest ways to correct Sakai's behavior?
>
> Thanks.
>
>     Marsh Feldman
>
> Additional Background
>
> The page works fine when I load it on my local system, so the  
> problem is the result of its interaction with Sakai.
>
> The page sits in a subdirectory of the worksite's Resources. The  
> subdirectory is called "Web" and itself contains five  
> subdirectories: boilerplate (for standardized page content), code  
> (for JavaScripts and other code), images (for graphics), styles (for  
> css), and templates (for web page templates).
>
> The page's Doctype is DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict, and its file type  
> (extension) is xhtml.
>
> In its <Head> section, the page loads five JavaScript libraries with  
> paths in the form of 'src="code/FILENAME.js"' (uppercase denotes  
> variable content):
> Boutell.com's client-side include JavaScript for including  
> boilerplate on the web page.
> The b9j JavaScript toolkit (for working with paths to make the page  
> and its children portable)
> jQuery (for the drop shadow plugin now and for customizing page  
> behaviors later)
> The jQuery drop shadow plugin (for cosmetic purposes)
> Simon Willison's JavaScript loading utilities (to coordinate loading  
> functions)
> In addition, the page has some JavaScript embedded in the page. This  
> script does a few things:
> Create a new "global" object that will hold various global  
> variables; it also initializes a few of these
> Include one piece of boilerplate html (a standard page footer)
> Add some code to the drop shadow plugin; the code rescales the drop  
> shadows when the current window is resized; eventually, this code  
> will be added to the plugin.
> Applies the dropshadow method to add drop shadows to all images on  
> the page with class="solidShadow"
> Assigns two functions (init and resized) as methods to the window  
> object (i.e., window.onload = init; and window.resize = resized;)
> The last thing in the <Head> section is a <link> statement loading a  
> css file. The link refers to 'src="styles/FILENAME.css"  
> media="screen".' The css code uses a few unusual (but way cool)  
> techniques. See:
> Perfect fluid width layout
> 100% fluid full main column layout
> Scalable figures with captions
> The <Body> section uses a liquid design. It uses lots of <div> and  
> <span> elements with class and id selectors.
>
> Other than this, the page is not unusual (unless Sakai has problems  
> with JavaScript and/or CSS).
>
> -- 
> Dr. Marshall Feldman, PhD
> Director of Research and Academic Affairs
>
> Center for Urban Studies and Research
> The University of Rhode Island
> email: marsh @ uri .edu (remove spaces)
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>
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