You sure can use your own graphic elements to create buttons.
Begin by inserting the the normal state image, then add a new state for each state you want (normal, hover, down, etc). Here's a quick video on creating your own graphic buttons:
Just a side note: You can't integrate your own buttons into Storyline's button menu, but you can save your buttons as a .storytemplate file that will be available from Insert > New Slide > Templates.
On a totally different note, is it possible to create an Expiry Date for a project? If I want to sell my courses offline to a customer, I would want that they expire once the license expires. Is there any such way?
Regarding course expiration dates, there isn't anything like that out of the box. I imagine if you're delivering your course through a content or learning management system, it would be possible. But Storyline doesn't have a built-in feature.
I think that's how subscription training sites like Lynda.com, psdtuts.com and others do it. Seems like it's easier for them to manage the site subscription over the content subscription.
So if your'e using something like WordPress, you can use a membership plugin to manage your user accounts access. If I were doing a subscription site, I'd go with this one from WPMU DEV.
Site subscription is not possible for us, as we are not hosting the modules online. Had the expiry option been there, we could have managed both, the license-expiry and the unwanted distribution of the content.
So it seems, other options have to come into picture. The ideas you suggested really contribute. Thanks again!
Dharmesh - you can change the default value to another number, but you need some value.
You could make a graphic that looks like the input field, place it over the input field and assign a trigger to it that changes the state to hidden when the user mouses over. Hiding the stunt-double graphic would make the original numeric field visible and display the "0" when the user was ready to enter a value.
Please consider submitting a feature request if this is something you'd like to see changed.
@Dharmesh - you can submit without a serial number. Serials just help us follow up with reg'd users if we need to. For what it's worth, I added one as well.
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Hi Dharmesh,
You sure can use your own graphic elements to create buttons.
Begin by inserting the the normal state image, then add a new state for each state you want (normal, hover, down, etc). Here's a quick video on creating your own graphic buttons:
Just a side note: You can't integrate your own buttons into Storyline's button menu, but you can save your buttons as a .storytemplate file that will be available from Insert > New Slide > Templates.
Here's where you can learn more about using Storyline's templates.
Thanks a lot David! That absolutely helped!
On a totally different note, is it possible to create an Expiry Date for a project? If I want to sell my courses offline to a customer, I would want that they expire once the license expires. Is there any such way?
Oh right on! Glad to hear that.
Regarding course expiration dates, there isn't anything like that out of the box. I imagine if you're delivering your course through a content or learning management system, it would be possible. But Storyline doesn't have a built-in feature.
I think that's how subscription training sites like Lynda.com, psdtuts.com and others do it. Seems like it's easier for them to manage the site subscription over the content subscription.
So if your'e using something like WordPress, you can use a membership plugin to manage your user accounts access. If I were doing a subscription site, I'd go with this one from WPMU DEV.
Site subscription is not possible for us, as we are not hosting the modules online. Had the expiry option been there, we could have managed both, the license-expiry and the unwanted distribution of the content.
So it seems, other options have to come into picture. The ideas you suggested really contribute. Thanks again!
One more thing which is bugging me is the default '0' I get when I insert a Numeric Entry Box. How do I disable this (if possible)?
You can setup an expiration through a variable in a pinch. This isn't a perfect protection scheme but failing other methods could serve as a deterrent / indicator:
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/22626/124529.aspx#124529
Thanks, Steve.
Dharmesh - you can change the default value to another number, but you need some value.
You could make a graphic that looks like the input field, place it over the input field and assign a trigger to it that changes the state to hidden when the user mouses over. Hiding the stunt-double graphic would make the original numeric field visible and display the "0" when the user was ready to enter a value.
Please consider submitting a feature request if this is something you'd like to see changed.
@Steve: Thanks a lot, something better than nothing.
@David: Hmm, so the default '0' will exist anyway, which is quite undesirable in the project I am working on. Something else has to be worked upon.
Feature requests need a serial number, it seems. I am using the trial as of now.
@Dharmesh - you can submit without a serial number. Serials just help us follow up with reg'd users if we need to. For what it's worth, I added one as well.
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