Usually, the title (top bar of the player) can be independent of the name the file (when publishing). The problem I am encountering is that when I change ttile in player the fie name changes and vice versa. I have a title in Turkish with symbols that causes some problems in the published version.. I want to make the title in Turkish and file name in English.
I haven't been able to reproduce this behavior, as you will see within the Screenr below. Can you please take a look and see if these steps work for you?
Hi Rich! Have you seen this documentation to change the title in your player:
Choosing sidebar behavior and the course title
In the Features area of the window, you can turn the course title on or off, and you can choose where to put the sidebar, if you're using one.
Title: Mark this checkbox if you want the course title to appear in the top left area of the player. The title defaults to the name of your Storyline file, but you can use a different title by editing the text in this field (if you do that, it won't change the name of your actual Storyline file; it'll only change the title that displays on the player.) You can also remove the title altogether if you prefer, by unmarking the box.
Hello. But here is the thing. It DOES change the folder name that is created when you publish. I have to use a Registered Mark in my title name. So when the folder publishes, it adds the symbol to the folder name. SO, will it break anything if I change the published folder name? For example...coursename with®...when you publish, it becomes folder name: coursename with® and scorm zip becomes coursename with®.zip
Thank you for your reply. But when I change the title in the publish dialog, it CHANGES it in the player. or are you saying to just edit the folder and zip file names and that should cause a problem?
Sorry, the publisher and player are more closely linked than I thought, but after publishing, you can change the names any way you want. Just don't change the names of any of the folders or files inside the main folders.
I'd be cautious of the symbol too, Denise - as we know that symbols in titles and file paths can cause issues as detailed here. so if you're able to remove it from the published output folder, give that a test. You could also look at not listing the title in the top of the player, but somewhere else on the first slide itself? Or even if the title is shorter - what about a custom player tab? You could even have that open to a lightbox slide or something where you shared more information about title, date created, author, copyrights, etc.
Glad you've got a method that'll work for you - and please keep us posted how it goes!
Just wanted to also give you a heads up that responding via email includes your signature here in ELH. You are welcome to visit the forum discussion and click on the "edit" below your post to remove that information. No worries on our part - just in case you don't want your information publicly!
Im going to try and remove the symbol after publishing. It's a requirement to have the full branding in the player. I will be sending a test to the customer probably early next week to see what happens. Unlike Captivate (thank goodness), Storyline doesn't name the real files by that file name. I mean to say, uses index.story and other publishing generated naming for the files within the folders. But I wanted to see what the consensus was.
I recently discovered this challenge because our LMS has a difficult time updating a course, unless the file is named something different than a previous version. As you can imagine during development, the course goes through several name changes to test the course in our system. I did not notice that the course title was being changed in the training until yesterday. Whomp, whomp, whomp. Am I understanding that the solution is to save the file as the name you want to appear in the course title and changing the file name after publishing?
Hi there, Michelle. Changing the course title in either the publishing window or the Player Properties window will update the title in the other window. You can change the name of the output folder, FileNameYouNeed - Storyline output, and those changes won't be reflected in the actual course.
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Good Morning Salim, and welcome to Heroes!
I haven't been able to reproduce this behavior, as you will see within the Screenr below. Can you please take a look and see if these steps work for you?
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Hi there,
I retried several things but definitively inserting symbols can cause bugs
Is there a way to edit the title (in top bar of the player) through the published files, may be Story.js?
Justin, I found a way to edit the title through the published files and this solution is working perfectly.
Thx for your help again.
Salim, how did you do this? Thank you!
Hi Rich! Have you seen this documentation to change the title in your player:
Choosing sidebar behavior and the course title
In the Features area of the window, you can turn the course title on or off, and you can choose where to put the sidebar, if you're using one.
You can read more about that here.
If you feel that you still need to reach out to Salim, you may need to send a private message as I'm not sure if they are subscribed to this thread.
Hello. But here is the thing. It DOES change the folder name that is created when you publish. I have to use a Registered Mark in my title name. So when the folder publishes, it adds the symbol to the folder name. SO, will it break anything if I change the published folder name? For example...coursename with®...when you publish, it becomes folder name: coursename with® and scorm zip becomes coursename with®.zip
Thanks
The title the user sees is taken from the title in the player. The folder takes its name from the title (top pane) in the publish dialog.
I change the coursename with® and coursename with®.zip frequently without problems.
Thank you for your reply. But when I change the title in the publish dialog, it CHANGES it in the player. or are you saying to just edit the folder and zip file names and that should cause a problem?
Sorry, the publisher and player are more closely linked than I thought, but after publishing, you can change the names any way you want. Just don't change the names of any of the folders or files inside the main folders.
THANKS...Im publishing for a customer's LMS and Im just leery of having a symbol in the zip file folder name. I appreciate it.
Denise
I would be, too.
:)
I'd be cautious of the symbol too, Denise - as we know that symbols in titles and file paths can cause issues as detailed here. so if you're able to remove it from the published output folder, give that a test. You could also look at not listing the title in the top of the player, but somewhere else on the first slide itself? Or even if the title is shorter - what about a custom player tab? You could even have that open to a lightbox slide or something where you shared more information about title, date created, author, copyrights, etc.
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Glad you've got a method that'll work for you - and please keep us posted how it goes!
Just wanted to also give you a heads up that responding via email includes your signature here in ELH. You are welcome to visit the forum discussion and click on the "edit" below your post to remove that information. No worries on our part - just in case you don't want your information publicly!
Im going to try and remove the symbol after publishing. It's a requirement to have the full branding in the player. I will be sending a test to the customer probably early next week to see what happens. Unlike Captivate (thank goodness), Storyline doesn't name the real files by that file name. I mean to say, uses index.story and other publishing generated naming for the files within the folders. But I wanted to see what the consensus was.
I will update when I test.
THANKS
Yeah I just saw it did that. So I deleted and reposted. OOPS....
No worries Denise. :-)
I recently discovered this challenge because our LMS has a difficult time updating a course, unless the file is named something different than a previous version. As you can imagine during development, the course goes through several name changes to test the course in our system. I did not notice that the course title was being changed in the training until yesterday. Whomp, whomp, whomp. Am I understanding that the solution is to save the file as the name you want to appear in the course title and changing the file name after publishing?
Hi there, Michelle. Changing the course title in either the publishing window or the Player Properties window will update the title in the other window. You can change the name of the output folder,
FileNameYouNeed - Storyline output, and those changes won't be reflected in the actual course.Does that answer your question?
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