Web Objects in Articulate Presenter
May 09, 2012
HELP!!
I have tried several times to publish a module with multiple web objects (built in Captivate 5.5), but it wll not work.
I have watched the tutorial on how to create web objects several times. I created a folder and an index.html for each web object (12 now, maybe more added).
When I insert the web object and click Test Link, it just points to the files. I have to click the file to make it run. So already, it does not function like the tutorial, because in the tutorial, the file launches when the instructor clicks Test Link.
So, I move forward and publish and view it locally. Again, the files display in the location: I click the files and they run. However, when I publish to my LMS (proprietary), it displays the "Interet Explorer cannot launch the file" message.
I feel I am just a few steps away from making this work, so I am desparate to know what I am missing? Is it a set up in Articulate I need to change?
BTW, I am running Articulate 9, Captivate 5.5, and Windows 7.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
7 Replies
Hi Adrienne.
Are you testing the content in your LMS? A web object will only work if the presentation is being viewed as a user in your LMS, not outside of an LMS.
Me again!
Also, when I publish the module, the web objects are not in the data folder (I read somewhere they should be there after publishing).
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
Yes, I am testing as a "user". I post as an adminstrator, then I go out and register as a user
Are you following the steps here?
http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=ap9&id=tzihj5cssoi0
Yes (I am VERY familiar with this video). J
I followed every step. The difference I saw automatically is that when I go to insert Web Object and click Test Link, it goes to the path of the swf file and the index.html. It does not automatically launch the video (as in this and other videos I have watched).
When you add a local web object you are adding a folder, not a file. In the video he does not use the Test Link function in Presenter for this reason. Here is the screencast you should reference:
Sorry if this is taking me a while to get this: this is new to me:
I have 12 swf files. I created 12 folders (web object 1,2,etc.) and in each folder I created the .html and inserted the swf filefolder. I placed the 12 folders in the directory with the other pieces of the module . I uploaded a copy.
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