New in eXeLearning 2.4

← Last version news

  • Python libraries:
    • Upgrade BeautifulSoup to version 4.
    • Remove old dependency.
  • Preferences:
    • New preference to add a search box (Properties – Export).
    • New preference to export the elp file (see the new iDevice and read the TinyMCE news too).
    • Remove the compatibility with old versions checkbox (#382).
    • Check the new properties (export elp and add search box) when opening an elp.
  • Exports:
    • ePub: No license or page footer in any page but the first and the last ones.
    • SCORM 2004 in Moodle: No blank elements in the navigation menu now (#394).
    • Fix errors when exporting and elp generated with a previous version.
    • Fix error when export after changing the package language (#388).
    • Fix error when exporting package with non-unicode symbols in path (#380).
  • Import:
    • Fixed error when importing a SCORM package.
  • Styles:
    • New Styles: INTEF, CEDEC, Docs.
    • Base Style: The print button is hidden (you can show it deleting the Advanced CSS tab content).
    • Kids Style: New icons by Francisco Javier Pulido Cuadrado.
    • The SimplePoint Style is now called Presentation.
    • Styles revision: Version (it depends on the year) and compatibility with the new options.
    • Some Styles are removed, but they are still in the “Styles repository”.
    • Some Styles are editable.
    • Create and edit Styles from the “Style manager” panel.
    • Handle “Styles repository” connection error (#399).
    • “Styles repository” presentation revision.
    • Style Designer: Icon navigation responsive design problems fixed.
    • Style Designer: The current page link has the same color as the other pages’s hover color.
    • Style Designer: Compatibility with the page counter and the new search bar option.
  • Toolbar and menu:
    • The Style Designer is no longer in the toolbar. It’s in the “Style manager” panel now.
    • New “Preview” button.
    • The “Advanced user” option is now on the right.
    • The Merge options are now part of Import and Export.
    • Import menu: “HTML Files” instead of “HTML Course”.
    • Import/Export node literals revision to improve usability.
  • Left panel:
    • New button to hide/show the left panel.
    • New iDevices categories. There are less categories now.
    • The first category is open by default and the Text iDevice is always in the first place.
    • More iDevices are hidden by default. Use the “Edit iDevices” button to add them.
  • iDevices:
    • New “Interactive video” iDevice.
    • New “Download source file” iDevice. An easy way to add a “Download elp” link and some information about the project (title, author, license…).
    • New “Text” iDevice. Icon, title and feedback are optional.
    • The “ABP Tasks” iDevice is now called “Task”.
    • The experimental iDevices are now hidden. You can edit them but you can’t add new ones (#401).
    • JavaScript iDevices: Common classes for HTML elements and common JavaScript functionality.
    • JavaScript iDevices: Presentation revision (title and icon selector).
    • Python iDevices: Edition common code (CSS class names). In progress.
    • Show javascript iDevices even if the “export” folder does not exist.
  • Edition:
    • When editing an iDevice, the others are minified and less visible.
    • Better preview while editing (just like IMS or SCORM): The buttons to edit an iDevice are hidden until you hover it.
    • Nice notification instead of an alert when saving an elp.
    • The save reminder message is not modal, so no data will be lost if you keep typing (#402).
    • Dismissible message for the empty pages: Click on the elements of the left panel to add content.
    • The “Authoring” tab is now called “Content”.
  • TinyMCE:
    • The editor version preference is hidden. TinyMCE 4 is always the default editor.
    • “Do not mix http and https when using iframes” warning (#397).
    • No enable/disable editor link when there’s more than one TinyMCE. To review.
    • Add a link to the elp with the Link plugin. It will export the elp (see Preferences and iDevices news).
  • Other:
    • Licenses revision and legal notes update.
    • Resources report: Duplicated resources (#398).
    • Resources Report. New column: Resource Size.
    • “A new version of eXeLearning is available” message. You’ll have to wait to see it.
    • Minor bug fixes.
    • Escape character that breaks the translations (#389).
    • Fix saving process when a JavaScript iDevice has been edited. No data loss.
  • Translations:
    • Headers, PO preparation, spell check and full revision by Juan Rafael Fernández García.
    • New full Spanish translation, by Juan Rafael Fernández García.
    • New full Basque translation, by Joxemi Andonegi.
    • New full French translation, by Jesús Miguel Domínguez.
    • New full Valencian translation, by Pilar Embid Giner.
    • New full Catalan translation, by Carles Ferrando García.
    • New full Russian translation, by Alexey Loginov.
    • New full Italian translation, by Andrea Primiani.
    • New Polish translation, by Waldemar Stoczkowski (with the help of Andrey Loginov).
    • New full Portuguese translation, by Dionisio Martínez Soler.
    • New full Galician translation, by Pablo Nimo.
    • New Traditional Chinese translation, by Franklin Weng.