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Hi,

I'm new to the Xerte community and was looking to download some of the recipes as examples. Trying to following the pdf instructions however I'm not able to save as a zip file, despite the fact the instructions say right click to save. I've tried in IE8,Firefox and Chrome.

Any suggestions how I can save these recipes so I can import them?

many thanks

Alison

Hi Alison,

Sorry to hear that you are having problems. It is probably the instructions that are wrong...

I just tried the Mars one and it downloaded fine. I just had to left-click the link and it takes a few seconds, depending on your connection speed and then a zip should appear. I have attached that one here for you. Hmm it won't let me attach it... might be too big.

Can you give the others a try and report back with how you get on and have the instructions changed to reflect this...

Regards

John

Hi John,

Thanks for replying. Unfortunately I have no option to save as a zip file. If I right click on a xerte recipe I can save as html or all files. I've tried this on Win 7 and Win xp (both have 7-zip installed) without success. I'm just going to the xerte recipe page, is there another location to download as a zip file? I don't normally have this much hassle saving zip files.

Any other suggestions welcome.

Thanks
Alison

Hi Alison,

Apologies, I don't think I made it clear enough what I did...

I left clicked on the Mars one and when it opened I navigated through to page 6. On that page there are 2 download links, both vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/export_139

I simply left clicked on one of the links and within a few seconds a zip download appeared in my browser downloads bar at the bottom...

Once it had finished downloading, I went to my xerte install, selected Workspace, presses the Properties button and chose the Import tab. I thing browsed to the zip file that just downloaded and after a few seconds the Mars LO was imported into my xerte install for me to edit.

Please try these instructions and see if you can manage to download..> I can't attach a zip here as i'm not a Moderator in this section of the Forum...

Regards,

John

Got it! I had only looked at the first few pages of each of the recipes so hadn't see the zip reference.

Thanks very much

Alison

Your welcome. Glad we got it sorted.

John