Back in Challenge #112, I had an issue with the arrows not appearing after a layer was visited. Heather Willis was kind enough to help me out. It actually did work at one time but for some reason did not seem stable. I was reviewing some of my work and noticed I had not posted it to my website or my Articulate profile. When I tried it again, the arrows did not appear. Can someone please take a look at my .story file?
OMG. Changing the initial state to hidden was all it took? It makes so much sense. I was thinking a trigger was needed to do that. I now recall seeing a tutorial somewhere for something like this. I guess the more I work with this the more I remember. Thank you so much Wendy!
Strange things keep happening. When I posted it to my Articulate profile, the videos cut out and the arrows don't work. The arrows work in preview in SL file but of course I can't test the video in SL. When I double click on the videos in SL file, it says these are Rick Steves videos and can only be viewed in You Tube. I was sure these videos worked when I first posted my file to the challenge.
Can you check if the videos work at your end? I will put it in my Articulate profile again.
Have you tried creating a new project file and importing the slides in one at a time and testing. There must be something corrupt that is making it so temperamental.
Sorry about the greyed out comments - it can happen when you post a number of replies or new posts very quickly. It's set up that way to filter out spam, but sometimes it catches real users who are just quick typers! You should be all set now.
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Hi Daniela
the arrow triggers are both set to 'hide' when the timeline starts - that's why they don't appear.
What do you want to happen?
Should they actually hide when the markers are clicked?
Update: Sorry Daniela - when I first opened your file there were no triggers on any of the layers - so I closed and reopened and there they were!
I had a play around and have managed to get the first arrow to display but now Marker 2 is not working - still checking it out
Hi Daniela
I have updated your file and it now appears to be working
Changed the initial state of the arrows to 'hidden'
Moved them below the markers on the timeline
OMG. Changing the initial state to hidden was all it took? It makes so much sense. I was thinking a trigger was needed to do that. I now recall seeing a tutorial somewhere for something like this. I guess the more I work with this the more I remember. Thank you so much Wendy!
No worries Daniela ...it's normally the little things that trip us up.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane back to Italy ;-)
Strange things keep happening. When I posted it to my Articulate profile, the videos cut out and the arrows don't work. The arrows work in preview in SL file but of course I can't test the video in SL. When I double click on the videos in SL file, it says these are Rick Steves videos and can only be viewed in You Tube. I was sure these videos worked when I first posted my file to the challenge.
Can you check if the videos work at your end? I will put it in my Articulate profile again.
Actually, the 3rd video does work.
I had to upload to my webserver to get the videos to play and they did - no worries at all. Web objects don't work in preview
I just checked the timing on the two videos. They were short but when I right clicked it read Show Always. Did not give option to show til end.
My comments are grayed out except this one. I added:
I played the videos in my profile, not preview.
I played them in my profile, not in preview.
My comments are grayed out here. I think I need to go to bed and get some sleep. I'm seeing things now. LOL.
Ok, so I deselected Show Always and it selected Show until End. It worked.
I've just tested again
Video one starts - then cuts out
Video two starts - then cuts out
Video three plays
No arrows appear!!
Have you tried creating a new project file and importing the slides in one at a time and testing. There must be something corrupt that is making it so temperamental.
Thanks for all your help Wendy! I'm heading to bed now. It's Sunday night 12:20am. It's already Monday 4:19pm for you!
3.19 I'm in Queenland ;-) - nite nite
Hi Daniela,
Sorry about the greyed out comments - it can happen when you post a number of replies or new posts very quickly. It's set up that way to filter out spam, but sometimes it catches real users who are just quick typers! You should be all set now.
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