I have a page set up in Blackboard with several sections with anchor names defined, e.g. <a name="1"> <a name="2"> <a name="3"> etc.
I have a basic 'contents' block which will jump to these anchors: e.g. <a href="#1">Topic 1</a> <a href="#2">Topic 2</a> <a href="#3">Topic 3</a>
I have a storyline object that I would like to embed at the top of that page, using iframe, and then have text within that storyline jump, like the contents block does, to the topic.
I have tried adding a hyperlink, both with #1 and https://.......#1 (the full URL with #1 at the end. but neither work. The latter wouldn't work anyway, as the latest version of Blackboard utilises frames, and no page within a course has a unique URL.
Is there a 'trick' to making a hyperlink within storyline that achieves the same as: <a href="#1">Topic 1</a> ...or a way, in Dreamweaver, for example, of manually adding this HTML to text on a slide layer after export?
Thank you, Michael. That certainly appears to provide a solution. Thanks for the offer for help. I may need it. First, I will investigate whether I can source the HTML I need to edit once exported.
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. If I try to hyperlink to the parent frame, the entire page is refeshing/changing. Have you looked at the code behind the Blackboard page to see if the frame has a name that you can reference directly?
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There are two possible solutions to this here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14947986/opening-anchor-tag-from-iframe-in-parent-frame
Let me know if you need any help.
Thank you, Michael. That certainly appears to provide a solution.
Thanks for the offer for help. I may need it. First, I will investigate whether I can source the HTML I need to edit once exported.
I have created two dummy links on a storyline. I have exported the project, and when searching, the only results are in a javascript file:
[{"kind":"open_url","url":"http://www.dummyurl1.com","window":"_blank","windowsize":"default","width":100,"height":100,"usedefaultcontrols":true,"status":true,"toolbar":true,"location":true,"menubar":true,"scrollbars":true,"resizable":true}]}]},
[{"kind":"open_url","url":"http://www.dummyurl2.com","window":"_blank","windowsize":"default","width":100,"height":100,"usedefaultcontrols":true,"status":true,"toolbar":true,"location":true,"menubar":true,"scrollbars":true,"resizable":true}]}]},
The javasctipt syntax is completely different to the HTML. Do you have any idea how to edit this popup javascript into a 'target'?
Are you able to post a project file with a sample slide that I could work with to troubleshoot for you?
Thank you. Here is the storyline I have been testing with. The two test hyperlinks are on '1965'
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. If I try to hyperlink to the parent frame, the entire page is refeshing/changing. Have you looked at the code behind the Blackboard page to see if the frame has a name that you can reference directly?
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