Problems with uploading Articulate Presentations to Wordpress

Jun 03, 2011

Hiten Vyas
By Hiten Vyas

Dear All,

This is my first post here.

Everytime I use 'Add New Media' inside WordPress to upload a Articulate player.html file, the file gets uploaded to http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/player.html

Every file uploaded seems to follow such a path with a wp-content/uploads/year/month/file format.

However, is there anyway to change this so I can upload Articulate player.html to different folders?

I know you can do 'Settings' - 'Media' and then add your own folder in 'Store uploads in this folder' the text box.

However, doing this also changes the path of all the files I uploaded previously to the new path.

Can I upload a different Articulate player.html to folders of my choice inside WordPress?

It's just that everytime I add a new Articulate Presenter although it uploads, I can't view the new one. Only the first Articulate player.html file shows.

I know that with a typical Articulate Presenter Presentation 3 things are created - a folder called 'Player', and Folder called 'Data' (both of these contain lots of other files) and a player.html file.

Now I can change the name of player.html before using 'Add New Media' to upload it (to something such as player5.html). However, this file still needs to call the 'Player' folder and 'Data' folder, so I never see a new presentation that I've uploaded. It's always the first one. I've tried changing the names of the 'Player' folder and 'Data' folder but this still doesn't fix it.

Does anyone have any idea how I can sort this please?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best wishes,

Hiten

21 Replies
Hiten Vyas
almost 13 years ago06/03/11 at 1:19 pm (UTC)

Hi Brian,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Yes, I use the exact same method you suggested. The iFrame isn't the problem though. It's in the uploading Articulate player.html though 'Add New Media' in Wordpress.

I need to upload the player.html for each Articulate Presenter using 'Upload New Media' because this will allow me to protect player.html for the presentation using Wishlist Member. I'm creating a membership site, so its important I protect the content. People need to register before accessing the content.

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

H

Hiten Vyas
almost 13 years ago06/04/11 at 4:25 am (UTC)

Hi Brian,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I've tried doing what you say, but when I upload the file to Wordpress using 'Add New Media' it just uploads into 2011/05 not 2011/05/testpresentation.

I think this is a Wordpress issue. I've checked the forums and online but don't seem to be able to find a solution to how you can change the path that files are uploaded, so that you can still keep the same paths of previously uploaded files, but also change the path for new files you want upload.

Best,

H

Hiten Vyas
almost 13 years ago06/04/11 at 4:30 am (UTC)

Hi guys,

I just hand one more question please.

In a typical Articulate project a 'Data' folder, a 'Player' folder and a player.html file are created.

Now say I change the name of the 'Data' folder to say 'D' and the 'Player' folder to 'P', are they any files (e.g player.html?), which I have to change to call the new folders? ('D' and 'P')?

I'm thinking this might be a fix, but I'm not sure which files in an Articulate Project call the 'Data' folder and 'Player' folder.

Perhaps by changing some lines in the code to call the new named folders might do it?

Cheers,

H

Brian Batt
almost 13 years ago06/06/11 at 7:35 am (UTC)

Hi Hiten,

If you change the name of the player and data folders, the presentation won't work correctly.

Also, when you're uploading the Articulate presentation to the new folder, you shouldn't use the Add New Media feature as it will continue to upload to your default folder. Rather, you should upload the Articulate content manually to the new folder that you created via FTP.

If you continue to have issues, one option is to upload your content to Dropbox & then add it as an iframe to your Wordpress post:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/148898478

George Briggs
over 12 years ago09/08/11 at 3:07 pm (UTC)

Hey guys,

I appreciate the info here. I have a related question/issue.

I have the 3 pieces (Data, Player, & player.html) uploaded to a folder in thewp-content directory. I use an image on a wp page that links to the player.html file with: target="_blank" attribute.

When I click the linked image, a new window opens as expected. Then, a Presenter Player interface loads on thenew page(with the Corporate Communications template showing)...but my content never appears. I also have my file configured to use a different playertemplate than the one that appears.

I have this same configuration on a non-wordpress site and it works correctly...but not on the wordpress site. Any suggestions on how to get the content and correct template to load?

Any clues would be appreciated.

Geo

George Briggs
over 12 years ago09/09/11 at 8:59 am (UTC)

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the link. Setting FTP to binary upload worked. The content loads and plays correctly now.

One difference between the original site where my content worked and the Wordpress site where it didn't is the program I used to FTP the files. Old site uploaded from within Dreamweaver...new Wordpress site uploaded with FileZilla. The two programs must have different default settings that affect .xml file uploads.

Thanks again for the help.

Geo

David Anderson
12 years ago01/27/12 at 4:54 am (UTC)

Hi Pam,

WordPress has a default upload limit set at 2mbs. You can override this by modifying the php.ini files. I use MediaTemple hosting and found the process easy. Here's an article that shows you exactly what to do. Depending on your hosting company, you may have to go through slightly different steps. I'd recommend you also search your hosting company's knowledge base for their required steps. The .ini file may not be visible in your root directory so that's why you need to ask how your hosting company allows you to modify it.

I hope that helps. The process is easy--it's just a little different for each hosting company.

Jessica Gauhs
12 years ago02/06/12 at 2:57 pm (UTC)

Hi guys,

I love the plugin Brian created - thank you! But I cannot seem to upload my zip file (2.5MB). I read through all these forums and have tried the typical troubleshooting; updated my WordPress, reinstalled the plugin, republished my course to web,increased my upload limit as David instructed above (it's confirmedat 25MBmax upload)and yet I still cannot upload the zip file...I'm not even getting an error, it just continues to try... Any ideas?

Thank you,

Jessica

Jessica Gauhs
12 years ago02/08/12 at 8:53 am (UTC)

Brian Batt said:

As an FYI, I created a Wordpress plugin that makes it easy to upload and embed Articulate content. You can check it out here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress/

Hi Brian,I loveyour plugin - thank you! But when uploading my zip file onto a page, it just sits there thinking (>30 mins, with no error message). I read through all these forums and have tried the typical troubleshooting; reinstalled the plugin, republished my course to web... I'm using WordPress Version 3.3.1 and my max upload file size is25MB. My zip file is 2.5MB... Any ideas?

Thank you,

Jessica

Meaghan L
11 years ago03/20/13 at 10:17 am (UTC)

I used the plugin that you provided however when I upload and try to view my presentation, I get this error

You don't have permission to access /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/articulate_uploads/Lifeguard_and_the_Law/ on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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