I am trying to remix a textbook (introductory statistics) and then go to the individual pages and add content to a page.  Could someone please explain how to do this?  My goal is to take the static book and bring in multimedia and interactivity.  It is important that I work on a remixed copy rather than on the actual book.  I am pretty sure that this is possible in remixer 2.0's Forker, but I am not even sure if that is up yet as the default.
Thanks,
Larry

The remixer v1.0 is a one time thing. The edits are done afterward. The remixer 2.0 will allow for adding new pages/chapters into existing books, but to edit the pages, you need to do it manually.

It depends on what you are doing.

Delmar

I confess I’ve been cutting and pasting—is this completely no-no or is it just more time efficient to use the remixer for small jobs?

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 8:55 PM Delmar Larsen via Groups.Io <dlarsen=libretexts.org@groups.io> wrote:

The reremixer will allow you to edit your existing text and remix (i.e., bring in) existing content into your book. It will be showcased next week, but my not be ready for primetime for non-admins since it is ...very powerful. That is, one can delete the entire library, so we need to careful look at permissions.

However, that doesn't mean I cannot do it for you (or with you) for now.

Delmar

On 10/24/2019 8:47 PM, Anna Mills wrote:

Very cool!  Thanks!  Can this be used to bring chapters into my existing book from another book?

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Ont the topic of Remixing. We have been teasing the release of the
Remixer v2.0 for the past month. We can now share a demo version for
mixologists to work with. The more powerful re-remixing capability will
be ready to showcase @ #OpenEd19 on Tuesday (for admins only). You can
check out Henry's magnus opus here:

https://chem.libretexts.org/Under_Construction/Sandboxes/Henry/Preview_Remixer

I am sure he will love to get feedback so feel free to try to break it.

Delmar

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The reremixer will allow you to edit your existing text and remix (i.e., bring in) existing content into your book. It will be showcased next week, but my not be ready for primetime for non-admins since it is ...very powerful. That is, one can delete the entire library, so we need to careful look at permissions.

However, that doesn't mean I cannot do it for you (or with you) for now.

Delmar

Very cool!  Thanks!  Can this be used to bring chapters into my existing book from another book?

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Subject: Re: [Libretexts-ConstructionForum] #remix

 

Ont the topic of Remixing. We have been teasing the release of the
Remixer v2.0 for the past month. We can now share a demo version for
mixologists to work with. The more powerful re-remixing capability will
be ready to showcase @ #OpenEd19 on Tuesday (for admins only). You can
check out Henry's magnus opus here:

https://chem.libretexts.org/Under_Construction/Sandboxes/Henry/Preview_Remixer

I am sure he will love to get feedback so feel free to try to break it.

Delmar

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Ont the topic of Remixing. We have been teasing the release of the Remixer v2.0 for the past month. We can now share a demo version for mixologists to work with. The more powerful re-remixing capability will be ready to showcase @ #OpenEd19 on Tuesday (for admins only). You can check out Henry's magnus opus here:

https://chem.libretexts.org/Under_Construction/Sandboxes/Henry/Preview_Remixer

I am sure he will love to get feedback so feel free to try to break it.

Delmar

The Remix is stored in your cookies, it is not associated with your account. The new version of the remixer that will be released very soon (it is in beta right now) allows you to save your remix and a file so you can share it between computers and with other people.

I have a Remix in progress that I started on Tuesday, which saves on my office computer. But if I log in to LibreTexts on another computer (my laptop), the Remix does not appear (just shows as a default Remixer with Chapters 1-5). I have tried repeatedly logging in/out of both computers. I am guessing there is a setting somewhere that I need to adjust, but I'm at a loss for what that could be!

Thanks,
Stefanie

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The remixing maps are stored in the computer's cookies and do not transfer if one jumps to a different computer. They are not lost. Now, we will release a demo version of v2.0 today or tomorrow that you can use to save remixing maps (and distribute as you see fit). There are more powers to this new remixer.

Stay tuned.

I have a Remix in progress that I started on Tuesday, which saves on my office computer. But if I log in to LibreTexts on another computer (my laptop), the Remix does not appear (just shows as a default Remixer with Chapters 1-5). I have tried repeatedly logging in/out of both computers. I am guessing there is a setting somewhere that I need to adjust, but I'm at a loss for what that could be!

Thanks,
Stefanie

The UALR page didn't have the {{template.ShowCategory()}}, it was just an empty page (not sure why). It is fixed now.

Dorte

I used the Remixer to combine some content and it shows up here:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/BIOL3300_Genetics

But... if you are in the Biology Library and follow the links:
--Course Shells
--UALR
No courses are listed.
Is there another step to linking my course? I've already checked that the page settings are public. Anything else to check?

I have been asked to explain the significance (impact) of the "new <figure> system" that some of you have noticed on the platform recently.

The <figure> system is the HTML5 code (read that as new/future standard) for semantic representation of images. This allows us to tie in the figure caption to the figure so that they cannot be broken (e.g., by a page break in printing PDFs), which is the primary reason we adopted it. It has several pluses too. It acts as a <div> that we can control over the entire site via CSS which allows for a standardization - this applies to the <figcaption> text that is tied to the <figure> code. It also provides a semantic background for the image so that google and others can tie the figcaption to the figure. We have something similar for each attachment, but this is in the html code directly. That means it is good for SEO and it is where the future lies with online publishing (i.e., most of the web).

I added a modify version of this text with images to the Construction Guide:

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Remixer_University/Construction_Guide/3%3A_Advanced_Editing/3.5%3A_Typesetting_Standards

I have many of the same issues with various tables.  Among other things being able to control the vertical height, separately being able to set all borders on a table cell (top, bottom, right left) would all be handy.

I don't see a problem with the figure?

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Bob:

We need to apply a table style to do this. I will get back to you with something soon. Also, please add the caption to the table via the table settings and not as a separate line of text.

Delmar

I wish to make this table here (table 6.5.1) have borders around the cells, and can't seem to do that.  Any advice?

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/Chem_1402%3A_General_Chemistry_1_(Belford)/Text/6%3A_The_Structure_of_Atoms/6.5%3A_The_Modern_View_of_Electronic_Structure#Naming_Orbitals

It is not in the construction guide

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Remixer_University/Construction_Guide/2%3A_Basic_Editing/2.05%3A_Adding_Tables 

 

thanks,
Bob

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Thanks for pointing this out. When students transfer material numbering of references, figure numbers, and similar often end up being hard coded in as in this text. In your edited page you can simply change "28" to "1" so it doesn't look so strange.

I remixed a text using books from OpenStax and a couple of other books. I forked it for editing. I have superscripts that refer to references, and those reference links were retained but with the old numbering system. It's not a problem for now, but is something that eventually needs attention. 

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