Correct Button States

Hi Tracy,

Any chance you can share the project's .story file here, so I can take a quick look? I'm thinking it's an issue with the triggers (either firing incorrectly or possibly the order), but without looking it's difficult to say.

Thanks!

I have it attached.  Thanks for taking a look.

Hi Tracy!

Thanks very much for the file. First, I have to say I was very impressed. You did a great job with this. 

I took a look and I have to admit I made quite a few changes to get this to work. First, I removed all of the variables.. I'm sorry, variables make my eyes cross What I did was add triggers. The triggers I added fire when the buttons change to the "visited" state. So, when the users click on the first button, that button will change to visited. I set the next button down to change to "normal" when that first button is set to "visited". I did this down the line (very easily by just copying and pasting the trigger on to the next button/object) for each button.

I published the modified version here, if you'd like to test it. I'm also attaching the modified version, just in case you want to take a look at how I set up the triggers.

I know I made a lot of changes, but hopefully this will work for you!

Hi Christine, Thanks for all you help, I tested the file on my iPad last night and the buttons do not go to their normal state on the iPad?  That is why I changed mine to the variable which I got to work except for the visited state thing.  Any ideas why that would happen?

Hi Tracy,

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware you would be using this on the iPad. That's a shame, it works so well outside of mobile. 

Update:

Actually, I just took a look on my iPad 2 and it's working quite well for me through the Articulate Mobile Player app. Strange. Are you using the link above? 

Here's a shorter link, just in case: http://bit.ly/YBQrcm

Can you take a look and see if it works for you now? If not, can you tell me what version of the iPad you're using, or how it's launching for you (through the app or Safari, etc.), please?

Thanks!

Okay, I am lauching it from our LMS (SumTotal Maestro).  How do I get it into the library on the Articulate app?

You'd have to upload the file that I attached to the LMS. But first, I would try just accessing it with the link I provided. I have it uploaded to Articulate Online. If it works for you there, on your iPad, but doesn't after uploading the new file to the LMS, it may have something to do with how they handle the content. 

Let me know how it goes

Yes, it did work when I lauched it from the link.  I took the file and published for LMS last night, uploaded to the LMS, and it didn't work.

I still need to learn how to go from the LMS to the Articulate player or do we have to publish to Articulate online to get it to work?  Question would be how do I get it to my Sales team...

Thanks for all your help.

Awesome, ok - that's good to know At least I know it'll work from there for you, that's a good start. 

When you're uploading it to the LMS, are you overwriting the original file? Maybe that's the problem, if so. You might want to rename the file and upload it as a fresh course. Then, when you're on the iPad, you'll need to visit the link for the course - this should automatically launch the app. I'm not sure how it would work on your LMS, but you should just need to navigate to the story.html file. Once you launch it, it will add it to the library. 

Note:  If your LMS requires that you identify a single launch file once you've uploaded your content, the file to point to is index_lms.html.

I don't think you'll have to use Articulate Online, this is just where I upload all of my content for testing. If you do want to try it out, though, you may want to try the free trial. 

Let me know if you make any progress. This is really a fantastic course, hopefully we'll be able to get it all set up for you.

Thanks Christine, I did load the new file as a new course so I didn't have the old version issue.  I am testing it in my sandbox so I wonder if that has anything to do with it.  I will try our production site and see what happens.  If it still doesn't work, it sounds like I need to go to the LMS vendor for help. Would it be an HTML5 limitation?

Thanks again!

Hi Tracy,

That may very well be the cause. Let me know how it works out after you upload it to the production site. 

I don't believe this is related to HTML5, since you're running it through the app.

Good luck! I'll keep my fingers (and toes) crossed

Christine