Post Append makes it easy to add custom content to the bottom of all WordPress posts. == Installation == 1. Download post-append.zip 2. Upload the ‘post-append.zip’ file by selecting the ‘Add New” button from your WordPress dashboard -> Plugins option. 3. Activate the plugin after install or from the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 4. From the WordPress Settings -> POST…
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Minimize Tracking Issues with the Internet Connection Detection Plugin for Articulate Presenter
When hosting Articulate Presenter content on the Internet, it’s not always clear to the end user if they have become disconnected. This can result in a loss of progress when exiting a course. Although some Learning Management Systems and even Articulate Online will issue a popup warning when disconnected, this warning might occur later or after the end user has…
How to publish a stubborn Articulate Presenter project
Although this article refers specifically to lengthy presentations, this should also allow you to publish right-to-left languages! To skip the ugly detail and get right to the solution, click here. It’s not uncommon for presentations with a large number of slides to take longer to publish than a presentation with fewer slides. However, on occasion you might notice some slides…
Fix PowerPoint Text Spacing Issues With Ease
There is a known issue where extra spaces appear in between words when publishing from Articulate Presenter. A sample of this is shown in the image below. As can be seen in the highlighted text above, there’s additional spacing introduced after publishing. Articulate is aware of this issue and has developed a great workaround. By adding .1 pt character spacing…
How to add HTML formatted text to an Articulate Presenter’s Bio
With Articulate Presenter, you are given the option to add and/or include a course presenter in the published player. This is a great way to personalize the presentation by providing viewers with the course presenter’s Name, Email, Photo and Bio. More on these settings are outlined here. Because Articulate Presenter ’09 does not support HTML encoding in the presenter bio…
Dynamically adjust the audio level for Articulate Presenter slides
Did you know Articulate Presenter has an option to add background music seamlessly and across multiple slides? By creating Playlists and configuring Slide Properties in Articulate Presenter, authors can include a sound track in their presentations; this can add another dynamic, helping to draw viewers in. When combining multiple audio files or ambient music into multiple playlists, this can extend…
Make Quizmaker slides Automatically Advance
With the power of branching inside of Articulate Quizmaker ’09 you can develop media-rich, interactions that guide users to specific outcomes based on their responses. In Tom Kuhlmann’s Tutorial he demonstrates how this can be done. Although Tom’s method is great when branching to static or specific slides, this isn’t ideal when attempting to branch to a Group of Randomized…
This is a great way for the learner to interact with dry content
This is a great way for the learner to interact with dry content and I use this interaction frequently. Is there a way to delete the title bar from this interaction? (view entire comment) …
Make the center area of a Quizmaker quiz 100% transparent when published inside Presenter
Tom Kuhlmann has a great tutorial here on how to make the Quizmaker player transparent when publishing inside of Presenter. But did you know there’s not an option to make the center or question area transparent? By replacing a single file in your Presenter published output, you can now have your PowerPoint backgrounds show through and behind your questions. This…
Project Beacon for Articulate Presenter ’09
If you find yourself losing track of the Quizmaker and Engage files for your Articulate presentations, you might be interested in the PowerPoint 2007/2010 Add-In called “Project Beacon”. I developed this PowerPoint Add-In to assist Articulate Presenter Users with keeping their projects linked and organized. Before I dive right into the Project Beacon and its usage, I feel it’s important…