Was just testing out some links on lightbox slides, and found that they didn't work... On hover-over, the mouse icon changes as it should indicating a hot spot, but upon-click, nothing happens. At least in Chrome.
And, yet, when I copy the link out of the Jump to URL field and into the browser, the URL works fine.
Have you tried uploading the project to a server? When I run a testfile LOCALLY in Chrome, I'm seeing the same issue you reported (works fine in IE and Firefox). When running the same file in Chrome from a server (see here: ), it works.http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/LinksLightbox/story.html
I know that, in Chrome (or at least the most recent version of it), when it detects potentially harmful script, it stops the action and displays a small shield at the end of the URL line; click the shield and it asks you if you want to proceed.
We run into this when were playing SL Lessons on our LMS, Canvas.
Pain in the butt, because you're never warned; the browser just stops, looking like is stalled out...
Hey, Michael. Nope, didn't get a message. Went into the settings and poked around. Only thing that looked worth trying was allowing pop-ups, but that didn't work (unless you need to reboot for it to take effect. I exited Chrome, but didn't reboot).
Glad that you got everything working here Michael, and we always recommend testing within the intended environment to prevent any security restrictions from the computer, web browser, Flash Player, and network that'll cause various features of your content to fail.
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And here's a screenshot of the lightbox...
Have you tried uploading the project to a server? When I run a testfile LOCALLY in Chrome, I'm seeing the same issue you reported (works fine in IE and Firefox). When running the same file in Chrome from a server (see here: ), it works.http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/LinksLightbox/story.html
Hi Michael and Michael,
MF, confirming what MH said. My trials publishing locally:
Firefox (26): worked first try
Internet Explorer (11): prompted me it was blocking some content, did I want to unblock. I said yes, good to go.
Chrome (31) nothing. Link was "dead."
Didn't upload to a server, since MH has already done that as well. Wondering if there's some setting I can change in Chrome...hmmm
Well, I'll be darned... It worked on the server.
Been using SL since the first beta, and never noticed that the links didn't work locally...
Yet another Well Duh moment.
Thanks for the tip Michael!
Hi Becky,
Small world...
I know that, in Chrome (or at least the most recent version of it), when it detects potentially harmful script, it stops the action and displays a small shield at the end of the URL line; click the shield and it asks you if you want to proceed.
We run into this when were playing SL Lessons on our LMS, Canvas.
Pain in the butt, because you're never warned; the browser just stops, looking like is stalled out...
Thanks for the verification Becky...
M
Hey, Michael. Nope, didn't get a message. Went into the settings and poked around. Only thing that looked worth trying was allowing pop-ups, but that didn't work (unless you need to reboot for it to take effect. I exited Chrome, but didn't reboot).
Glad it worked on the server.
Yeah, me too! Esp. where the course starts in a few weeks...
Michael
Glad that you got everything working here Michael, and we always recommend testing within the intended environment to prevent any security restrictions from the computer, web browser, Flash Player, and network that'll cause various features of your content to fail.
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