Tim Shelton
Tim Shelton
Senior Designer at Mind Click LTD
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    Tim Shelton

    As of 2012 full time Storyline developer/builder creating completely custom courses for FTSE 100 companies. I am also a fully qualified Graphic Designer and so all my courses are branded to the client and feature completely bespoke graphics, interactions, videos and games. My portfolio: htt...
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Creating a trigger on one shape is getting added to the rest of the shapes on the slide
"Without seeing the file this is hard to diagnose my friend. "
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 2:54 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Variables are not retain if Slide created from .storytemplate
"As a rule we never bother with using the template function, it is far easier to build a set of master templates as a file. This way you s..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 2:52 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Using sliders to change a bar chart
"Eureka!!! I have done it... cant believe I didnt think of resetting the total variable before calculating each time. Its actually quite ..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 2:10 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Positioning multiple stops at the same location when using motion path
"NP :)"
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 1:57 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Positioning multiple stops at the same location when using motion path
"Right click on the path or the nodes and choose the bottom option i forget what it says but it switched the edit mode."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 1:46 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Using sliders to change a bar chart
"Ah there is an issue with JS working locally unless you go through the annoying steps to get it set up in Chrome... best to host the cour..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 1:45 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Hebrew fonts
"Storyline does not handle symbols well in various fonts. I am confused as to why it would change on preview or export if it can display t..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Using sliders to change a bar chart
"I have given this some thought. You can find articles which will explain adding two variables together into a 3rd, however most of these ..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 11:48 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Submit button toggle on Input text entry
"You can do this using variables using Variable Changes. Have the Text entry use its standard trigger: Set 'Variable1' equal to the typed..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 10:31 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Working with Text and Numeric Variables
"You may need to be more specific...  So I assume you are tracking the answers in a range by having the text entry change a variable whic..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 9:54 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Articulate Mobile Player just a black screen
"The HTML5 output is slower loading than the Flash equivalent both on PC and on tablet, you can test this for yourself by changing the URL..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 9:42 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Freeform feedback options > 4
"Hi Kai,  So after a sleep I figured out why my design wasnt working but I also found a simpler way for you to execute this multiple feed..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/25/15 at 9:30 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Articulate Mobile Player just a black screen
"In terms of building courses myself and my colleagues never use the player its buggy and doesnt allow reporting to LMSs etc. Although the..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 9:25 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Freeform feedback options > 4
"After trying this sound logic in Storyline itself for some reason it defaults to the standard feedback template even when its content has..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 9:19 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Positioning multiple stops at the same location when using motion path
"So after having a play with your file an motion paths... I can say that no there is not a simple way to define start and end points, by n..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 4:49 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Custom Photographic Characters
"Hi Alan,  As a graphic designer I do this all the time in SL courses. You cannot add packs of characters as far as I am aware. If you wa..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 4:21 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Video from website in placeholder on feedback master
"Chris,  You can use the embed code of a video from a website in a web object which is sort of the same as importing a video from a websi..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 4:08 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Editing data entry info from a previous slide
"So this is a bit complex so forgive me I have misunderstood you. So text entry A adjusts text variable DescribeIdea_Entry this content i..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 3:59 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Freeform feedback options > 4
"So the only way I can think to solve this is have variables controlling what shows on your incorrect feedback layer. Firstly you need a ..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/24/15 at 3:47 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Text Font is Changed When Variable is Set in Text Box - HTML5 Output.
"Yes this happens with non standard fonts, I run into this issue regularly. Variables written in custom fonts will default to something st..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/23/15 at 6:08 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Well apparently Superscript doesn't work all that well...
"Yer superscript doesn't work. Only thing i can suggest is using Articulate font instead of Arial."
  • almost 9 years ago05/23/15 at 6:06 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Drag n Drop correct checkmarks not working
"No problem, happy to help."
  • almost 9 years ago05/22/15 at 8:57 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Advance an imported PowerPoint Slide bullet point by bullet point when user clicks mouse button?
"No this would have to be done manually although once done you can copy the slide aver and over. Its not really a presentation tool in th..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/22/15 at 8:56 am (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Articulate Mobile Player with password protected content
"Offline completions are harder to accomplish as you have to use javascript calls and a maybe wrapper to detect when your online and send ..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/21/15 at 9:31 pm (UTC)
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Tim Shelton replied to the discussion Articulate Mobile Player with password protected content
"Using an LMS you can launch courses and you can still have them set to use the player and the download options. Although the AMP cannot s..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/21/15 at 9:29 pm (UTC)