2009-12-30, 04:35
timdog82001 Wrote:question...if we don't include a slides.xml file in a folder, will the script assume that all slides contained within are G rated?Nuka can clarify, but my experience has been that slides in a folder with no slides.xml are played without consideration of rating, and are mixed into the slideshow randomly.
I did a little testing this afternoon and am really pleased with how the slideshow is functioning. I have several folders of still slides (with no slides.xml) and nearly a dozen folders of Q&A slides, each of these folders having their own slides.xml specifying the rating and the naming convention for slides within that folder.
I haven't tested the rating functionality, but I can confirm that for me the Q&A slides are always appearing properly paired, and I'm seeing random single slides mixed in exactly as I had hoped.
For now I've set rating="N/A" in all my slides.xml, which seemed to require a value. The rating will be really handy for the kids to ensure they receive trivia questions they'd find interesting and would be able to answer - but I'll still need to exclude inappropriate single slides. Since I have all subfolders named by theme it will be easy enough to move the inappropriate single slides out of the trivia path.
Here's a mockup of my folder structure for those unsure how to organize and mix Q&A pairs with still slides...