Pick up where they left off?
ian
example if I build a huge lesson plan that could potentially take an
hour to go through, someone might want to "Pause" and come back to
it...any idea how I could accomplish this?
Ian
kjohn8888 tds.net
Sorry... That doesn't sound like a very good candidate for a mobile platform... If you proceed, I'd use a chapter format or stagger release in chunks. As a learner how would you like to take an hour of training on your phone? Just my thoughts... --kurt
Adam Blinkinsop
...
But if you *must* do something like this, you might work with HTML5's Local
Storage stuff (http://diveintohtml5.org/storage.html). This will only work
across a single device (we are providing no service to hold session state
for you) and browser, but it _should_ work.
The idea is that you store your current page and state in localStorage (a
variable), and reload it when someone starts your story.
In this example story, I store some random text in localStorage['foo'],
which will persist even if you refresh the page. To try it, click one of
the links to store text, and then refresh to see it retrieved.
http://breadcrumb.googlelabs.com/read?id=ag5nbGFiczIwLXBhdmxvdnIOCxIFU3RvcnkYs6q9AQw
Remember that the function go(page) will send the reader to any page in
your story, so if you start each page by storing where you are
(localStorage['page'] = '1', for example), you can start the first page by
returning there (if (localStorage['page']) { go(localStorage['page'] }).
Again, probably not a good deal to have an hour+ long story, but the
general concept of local storage is something I think might be useful to
Breadcrumbers on the list. :) Thanks for pushing the envelope!
MiketheChap
<%= (if (localStorage['foo']) { go(localStorage['foo'] }) %>
on a breadcrumb and it didn't work. This code
<%= localStorage['foo'] %>
does work. What am I doing wrong?
I have gotten it to save to localStorage but just can't get past this.
I am even trying to learn some javascript to get through this.
Any ideas? I am trying to use breadcrumbs to create a small quiz...
On Jan 13, 9:41 am, Adam Blinkinsop <bli...@google.com> wrote:
> I agree with Kurt, personally.
>
> ...
>
> But if you *must* do something like this, you might work with HTML5's Local
> Storage stuff (http://diveintohtml5.org/storage.html). This will only work
> across a single device (we are providing no service to hold session state
> for you) and browser, but it _should_ work.
>
> The idea is that you store your current page and state in localStorage (a
> variable), and reload it when someone starts your story.
>
> In this example story, I store some random text in localStorage['foo'],
> which will persist even if you refresh the page. To try it, click one of
> the links to store text, and then refresh to see it retrieved.
>
> Remember that the function go(page) will send the reader to any page in
> your story, so if you start each page by storing where you are
> (localStorage['page'] = '1', for example), you can start the first page by
> returning there (if (localStorage['page']) { go(localStorage['page'] }).
>
> Again, probably not a good deal to have an hour+ long story, but the
> general concept of local storage is something I think might be useful to
> Breadcrumbers on the list. :) Thanks for pushing the envelope!
>
Adam Blinkinsop
On 8:31 am, MiketheChap <miket...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried this code from the previous post
> on a breadcrumb and it didn't work. This code
> does work. What am I doing wrong?
> I have gotten it to save to localStorage but just can't get past this.
> I am even trying to learn some javascript to get through this.
> Any ideas? I am trying to use breadcrumbs to create a small quiz...
>> On Jan 13, 9:41 am, Adam Blinkinsop wrote:
>> > I agree with Kurt, personally.
MiketheChap
On Feb 18, 10:51 am, Adam Blinkinsop <bli...@google.com> wrote:
> What browser are you viewing it on?
>
Adam Blinkinsop
using Chrome myself.
I guess my next question would be: what do you need persistence for here?
MiketheChap
results, then total them up. I know there's other (probably better
ways) to do this, but just experimenting to see if I can do it. This
is where I'm at so far: http://breadcrumb.googleusercontent.com/view?id=ag5nbGFiczIwLXBhdmxvdnIOCxIFU3RvcnkY_o_GAQw
On Feb 18, 2:42 pm, Adam Blinkinsop <bli...@google.com> wrote:
> Odd. I'm just following [http://diveintohtml5.org/storage.html], and was
> using Chrome myself.
>
> I guess my next question would be: what do you need persistence for here?
>
Adam Blinkinsop
in a single session -- just store amounts in whatever variable you
like: "score = 4" for instance, or perhaps "score = []" at the start (to
create a list of scores), and then "score[3] = 10" if they scored 10 on the
question 4 (programmers start counting at 0).
MiketheChap
On Feb 18, 4:15 pm, Adam Blinkinsop <bli...@google.com> wrote:
> Ah, you can do this *without* local storage, if you expect them to finish
> in a single session -- just store amounts in whatever variable you
> like: "score = 4" for instance, or perhaps "score = []" at the start (to
> create a list of scores), and then "score[3] = 10" if they scored 10 on the
> question 4 (programmers start counting at 0).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I was using the localStorage to save individual quiz questions
> > results, then total them up. I know there's other (probably better
> > ways) to do this, but just experimenting to see if I can do it. This
> > is where I'm at so far:
MiketheChap
little bit in the process. Thanks for getting me started.