Creating content with links

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 12:26 — shasews

Not sure if this is the best forum for this, but here goes--I created a schedule for our Relief Society lessons. How would I go about linking Gospel Principles chapter 1 to Chapter 1 of the Gospel Principles file so that I could look at the schedule and then click on the appropriate lesson and it takes me there? I have a basic understanding of html, but maybe this is over my head. I think it might have something to do with the "HTML Bundle" post that is further on down in this forum, but I'm not sure I understand it.

If this is too complicated to explain to a layperson, just tell me. Otherwise, could someone explain how to do it in simple terms?

Thanks!

Sharon Hopkins

My Library

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 23:30 — tevans

It's actually pretty easy as

It's actually pretty easy as long as you know how to create an <a href=...> link

To link to the first lesson, just use the following:
<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/gospel_prin_2010/2">Lesson 1</a>

In our app, whenever we see a link that starts with: http://scriptures.lds.org/ we strip that part off and then navigate to the remaining part of the URL, gospel_prin_2010/2, in this case.

gospel_prin_2010 is our internal name for the book.
The "2" means the second chapter, which is lesson one because the introduction is chapter one in the book. So, for lesson 2, you'd use a /3 instead of the /2 and so on.

I hope that makes sense.

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 20:47 — goojam

I'm not sure if I'm

I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding this post, but I was excited to read we could make our own linkable files. The problem is I can't get it to work the way I understand this. This is what I did and you can tell me if I'm an idiot. I created a file called Test 1. I put in a description. Then I put this in the content box:
<~a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/2_ne/25/24-26#24">2 Nephi 25:24-26<~/a>(minus the ~s)
I uploaded the file to my library on the server and downloaded to my phone. I opened the file from my library on my phone, but it isn't linked, it displays the full html code as input. What am I doing wrong or what have I misunderstood?

Mon, 04/12/2010 - 12:44 — tevans

For the links to work the

For the links to work the html file needs to be encapsulated in a .bundle file.

Here's how you do it:

Create an index.html page with your links in it
Add the index.html file to a zip file
Rename the extension from .zip to .bundle
Upload the .bundle file

When it is transferred down to your device all of the html links should work correctly.

Tue, 01/12/2010 - 20:45 — shasews

That makes perfect

That makes perfect sense--thanks! And, that was the part I didn't know how to do--I didn't know what to call the other file. Thanks!

Sharon

Tue, 01/12/2010 - 21:03 — shasews

Okay--I got that to work!

Okay--I got that to work! Now, how would I reference other files, like a conference edition, or the 2010 old testament study guide? Is there a way we can find out what they are called?

Thanks!

Sharon Hopkins

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 01:18 — tevans

Of course! Here's the entire

Of course!

Here's the entire list with the scriptures removed as they're the same as on the LDS.org website:

aar_guide_1
aar_guide_2
aaronic1
aaronic2
aaronic3
apr2009
contents
duth_d
duty_p
duty_t
exalt
faith
faith_boys
faith_girls
fam_guide
fundamentals
gems
gospel_prin
gospel_prin_2010
heritage
hymn
jst
leaders
livingchrist
marriage
marriage_guide
nursery
oct2009
of_youth
preach
presidents
priesthooda
priesthoodb
primary_1
primary_2
primary_3
primary_4
primary_5
primary_6
primary_7
procfam
recover
songbook
str_fam
str_mar
strength_youth
study_bm
study_dc
study_nt
study_ot
teacher_bm
teacher_dc
teacher_nt
teacher_ot
teaching
temple_enter
temple_prep
tofjs
true_faith
wmn_guide_1
wmn_guide_2
womana
womanb
women1
women2
women3
women_progress

Most of those should be fairly obvious, but if you need clarification, let me know. Once you have the book, just add a /# where the # is essentially the chapter number into the book. A lot of times there's an introduction for a lesson manual, so the first lesson is actually chapter 2.

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 21:59 — shasews

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much! Now--what about the pictures in the conference files? (see my post following this one) Is it just me, or are they not there?

Sorry to be so naggy--I do really appreciate your help with the file names!

Sharon Hopkins

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 00:58 — tevans

Sharon, The conference talks,

Sharon,

The conference talks, and all of the Church magazines that are available through the My Library feature, have pictures in them, but the content that is integrated into the app does not due to size. The picture I posted was from the My Library version of the conference. I apologize if it caused confusion.