Hi,
I've tried to make a freemind filter. I've used mediafilter as "template" as I'm very new to php. The idea is to have similar behavior as with mp3 and other media files. So freemind maps could get uploaded and simply used in web pages.
Unfortunatly code does not work. So I ask anyone to look at the code and give me some instructions.
Hi Janko,
I just discovered this thread
I had a quick look at your code, and after changing function mediaplugin_filter($courseid, $text) to function freemind_filter($courseid, $text), it worked about just fine
Since I'm not much of a programmer, I haven't managed to adjust the size of the java applet area. Even though your code sets width and height to 100%, the applet comes up rather small. I hardcoded it to 800x600 px to make it usable, but this definitely needs to be changed.
Thanks for sharing your code -- very useful for me
Markus
I just discovered this thread
I had a quick look at your code, and after changing function mediaplugin_filter($courseid, $text) to function freemind_filter($courseid, $text), it worked about just fine
Since I'm not much of a programmer, I haven't managed to adjust the size of the java applet area. Even though your code sets width and height to 100%, the applet comes up rather small. I hardcoded it to 800x600 px to make it usable, but this definitely needs to be changed.Thanks for sharing your code -- very useful for me
Markus
Adding to my previous posting: When you add width:100% to .generalbox in your theme's layout.css, the mindmap does use the full width 
I have no idea, however, how to increase the height of a mindmap without hardcoding it into filter/freemind/filter.php, so I set it to 500px for the moment, which should look acceptable on 1280x1024 and 1024x768. Also, in line 24, I changed to <br /> -- otherwise IE would cut off the right margin of the mindmap. Hope this helps.
Markus
I have no idea, however, how to increase the height of a mindmap without hardcoding it into filter/freemind/filter.php, so I set it to 500px for the moment, which should look acceptable on 1280x1024 and 1024x768. Also, in line 24, I changed to <br /> -- otherwise IE would cut off the right margin of the mindmap. Hope this helps.Markus
Hi,
being rather interested in MindMapping (working on it with my students), I would like to see this hack in action. Could you direct your interested public to a demo course or post a screen shot please ?
Thanks !
being rather interested in MindMapping (working on it with my students), I would like to see this hack in action. Could you direct your interested public to a demo course or post a screen shot please ?
Thanks !
Hello Brecht,
Thanks for your interest Attached is a screenshot of a mindmap (my students' associations with the term "research") that I created with Freemind. I uploaded the .mm file to my course, created a new resource ("compose a new web page"), and simply added a link from the web page resource to the .mm file. With the Freemind filter enabled, the mindmap is automatically rendered on the screen using a java applet. By clicking on the nodes you can fold/unfold the branches.
Cheers,
Markus
Thanks for your interest
Attached is a screenshot of a mindmap (my students' associations with the term "research") that I created with Freemind. I uploaded the .mm file to my course, created a new resource ("compose a new web page"), and simply added a link from the web page resource to the .mm file. With the Freemind filter enabled, the mindmap is automatically rendered on the screen using a java applet. By clicking on the nodes you can fold/unfold the branches.Cheers,
Markus
See this one, a beaty of simplicity/elegance: http://xebece.sourceforge.net/screenshots
Freemind filter works nice in Firefox, only the 100% does not work for the vertical direction. I use now fixed window size.
..but IE cannot find the .mm file? (old MS complaint)
JMol filter works under Firefox AND IE..
Freemind now also working under IE.
I love freemind! I can't wait to get this applet working on my site!
Some demos I made for my students of freemind:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=dennis+daniels+freemind
Some demos I made for my students of freemind:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=dennis+daniels+freemind
Could anyone kindly telling me how to download the freemind filter, please!!!thx!!!
Hi,
I could not find any information about a link for downloading the freemind-filter in this thread.
Please tell me, how to download the filter. Thank you very much.
Mirko
I could not find any information about a link for downloading the freemind-filter in this thread.
Please tell me, how to download the filter. Thank you very much.
Mirko
Hi,
I've changed the code as suggested and enabled the filter and still am not getting the applet to show up.
Other filters work fine so I'm not sure what to do next.
any suggestions anyone?
Roger
Where can one find the filter?
Can someone attach the Freemind filter here? I'd love to have a look at it but there are no attachments in this thread.
TIA,
Tim.
TIA,
Tim.
This sounds very cool, and I'm interested in the notion of using Freemind mindmaps to provide an alternative navigation around Moodle sites.
I wonder if it might be possible to adapt the filter to use the flash browser for freemind maps, which might get round some of the issues that seem to be associated with Java here?
The flash browsers described here, and here's an example for Using Moodle.
This an attempt to embed it using the flash filter, but it doesn't seem to work!
I wonder if it might be possible to adapt the filter to use the flash browser for freemind maps, which might get round some of the issues that seem to be associated with Java here?
The flash browsers described here, and here's an example for Using Moodle.
This an attempt to embed it using the flash filter, but it doesn't seem to work!
strange, your map works fine with the filter, In Firefox the html-page with tye nice embedded flash also works ok, but in IE loading never stops, if I push refresh the map opens, but never with the fonts..
Interesting; I hadn't tested it in IE (not much point these days ). It seems to be a difference between the way <object> and <embed> are handled, I think. I've played around with my blog copy, but the one I gave the address for above uses the bundled javascript to load the flash. As you'll have gathered Flash has been something of a mystery to me, but I tend to prefer it to java as it seems more commonly installed on my pupils' home computers, and the load times are significantly quicker, which would be important for a navigation system I think.
). It seems to be a difference between the way <object> and <embed> are handled, I think. I've played around with my blog copy, but the one I gave the address for above uses the bundled javascript to load the flash. As you'll have gathered Flash has been something of a mystery to me, but I tend to prefer it to java as it seems more commonly installed on my pupils' home computers, and the load times are significantly quicker, which would be important for a navigation system I think.
Have you had any more luck with this? I too would love to see the flash integration happening. Tried rewriting the filter myself, but like you can only get the flash file going and the freemindmap itself refuses to show.
Hi Julian,
Thanks for looking into it. I've not got round to playing with filter yet. By the sound of it, the issue is about passing the parameters to tell it which map to load - there's a javascript loader which comes with the download package, or it's possible to pass the starting map parameter as part of a <param> or <embed> tag. The latter seems to be a more reliable method, from my limited testing:
<embed src="http://stiveshaslemere.com/mgb/UsingMoodle/visorFreemind.swf" width="450" height="450" FlashVars="initLoadFile=http://stiveshaslemere.com/mgb/UsingMoodle/index.mm">
Thanks for looking into it. I've not got round to playing with filter yet. By the sound of it, the issue is about passing the parameters to tell it which map to load - there's a javascript loader which comes with the download package, or it's possible to pass the starting map parameter as part of a <param> or <embed> tag. The latter seems to be a more reliable method, from my limited testing:
<embed src="http://stiveshaslemere.com/mgb/UsingMoodle/visorFreemind.swf" width="450" height="450" FlashVars="initLoadFile=http://stiveshaslemere.com/mgb/UsingMoodle/index.mm">
Dear Mr. Berry,
I´d like to implement freemind flash browser in my Multimedia Pedagogical Practice final project course. Have you had success in adapt the filter to use the flash browser for freemind maps? Is there any tutorial about this module?
Abs,
Antônio Cordeiro
I´d like to implement freemind flash browser in my Multimedia Pedagogical Practice final project course. Have you had success in adapt the filter to use the flash browser for freemind maps? Is there any tutorial about this module?
Abs,
Antônio Cordeiro
Dear Julian,
Have you had success in flash integration with Free Mind Flash Browser? I´ve tried this during two months for my final project.
Thank You
Antônio Cordeiro.
Have you had success in flash integration with Free Mind Flash Browser? I´ve tried this during two months for my final project.
Thank You
Antônio Cordeiro.
Dear Antonio,
I have made a flash version of filer.php. I just modified the code a bit and it works so far. Take a look.
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function freemind_filter($courseid, $text) {
global $CFG;
// 1 2 4 4
// pre basename inner post
$pattern = '(.+)<a .*href=\"(.+)\.mm.*>(.*)</a>(.*)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$pre = $regs[1];
$basename = $regs[2];
$discarded = $regs[3];
$post = $regs[4];
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, matching text = <![CDATA[" . $text . "]]>";
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, pre = " . $pre;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, basename = " . $basename;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, discarded = " . $discarded;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, post = " . $post;
//
$width = '100%';
$height = '100%';
//
// See if a width parameter has been specified
//
$pattern = 'width=([0-9]+)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$width=$regs[1];
// print "<br/>width = " . $width;
}
//
// See if a height parameter has been specified
//
$pattern = 'height=([0-9]+)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$height=$regs[1];
// print "<br/>height = " . $height;
}
$text = $pre.'<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="'. $CFG->wwwroot . '/filter/freemind/visorFreemind.swf" width="XXXXXX" height="YYYYYY">';
$text .='<param name="movie" value="'. $CFG->wwwroot . 'filter/freemind/visorFreemind.swf" />';
$text .='<param name="quality" value="high" />';
$text .='<param name="flashvars" value="initLoadFile='.'ZZZZZZ.mm&openUrl=_blank&startCollapsedToLevel=3&maxNodeWidth=200&mainNodeShape=elipse&justMap=false&defaultToolTipWordWrap=200&offsetX=left&offsetY=top&buttonsPos=top&min_alpha_buttons=20&max_alpha_buttons=100&scaleTooltips=false&bgcolor=0xF8FBFC" />';
$text .='</object>'. $post;
//
// Finally, make all replacements
//
$search = array();
$search[0] = "/XXXXXX/";
$search[1] = "/YYYYYY/";
$search[2] = "/ZZZZZZ/";
$replace = array();
$replace[0] = $width;
$replace[1] = $height;
$replace[2] = $basename;
$text = preg_replace($search, $replace, $text);
}
return $text;
}
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I have made a flash version of filer.php. I just modified the code a bit and it works so far. Take a look.
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function freemind_filter($courseid, $text) {
global $CFG;
// 1 2 4 4
// pre basename inner post
$pattern = '(.+)<a .*href=\"(.+)\.mm.*>(.*)</a>(.*)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$pre = $regs[1];
$basename = $regs[2];
$discarded = $regs[3];
$post = $regs[4];
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, matching text = <![CDATA[" . $text . "]]>";
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, pre = " . $pre;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, basename = " . $basename;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, discarded = " . $discarded;
// print "<br/>in freemind_filter, post = " . $post;
//
$width = '100%';
$height = '100%';
//
// See if a width parameter has been specified
//
$pattern = 'width=([0-9]+)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$width=$regs[1];
// print "<br/>width = " . $width;
}
//
// See if a height parameter has been specified
//
$pattern = 'height=([0-9]+)';
$match = ereg($pattern,$text,$regs);
if($match){
$height=$regs[1];
// print "<br/>height = " . $height;
}
$text = $pre.'<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="'. $CFG->wwwroot . '/filter/freemind/visorFreemind.swf" width="XXXXXX" height="YYYYYY">';
$text .='<param name="movie" value="'. $CFG->wwwroot . 'filter/freemind/visorFreemind.swf" />';
$text .='<param name="quality" value="high" />';
$text .='<param name="flashvars" value="initLoadFile='.'ZZZZZZ.mm&openUrl=_blank&startCollapsedToLevel=3&maxNodeWidth=200&mainNodeShape=elipse&justMap=false&defaultToolTipWordWrap=200&offsetX=left&offsetY=top&buttonsPos=top&min_alpha_buttons=20&max_alpha_buttons=100&scaleTooltips=false&bgcolor=0xF8FBFC" />';
$text .='</object>'. $post;
//
// Finally, make all replacements
//
$search = array();
$search[0] = "/XXXXXX/";
$search[1] = "/YYYYYY/";
$search[2] = "/ZZZZZZ/";
$replace = array();
$replace[0] = $width;
$replace[1] = $height;
$replace[2] = $basename;
$text = preg_replace($search, $replace, $text);
}
return $text;
}
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This little Flash tool is obviously not nearly as robust or useful as Freemind or Cmap, but it is free, simple, and it just works - http://dmc.umn.edu/activities/mindmap/
Play with it. You may decide to download it and put it on your server.
Thank you to the U of M Digital Media Center for this cool resource.
Now, how might Ulrike and I use this in our upcoming exchange? Hmmmm....
-- Art
Play with it. You may decide to download it and put it on your server.
Thank you to the U of M Digital Media Center for this cool resource.
Now, how might Ulrike and I use this in our upcoming exchange? Hmmmm....
-- Art
Hi Janko.
Have you had any luck getting this to work?
Would love to give it a try - could you send me a download link please?
Cheers
Mark
Have you had any luck getting this to work?
Would love to give it a try - could you send me a download link please?
Cheers
Mark
There's a new freemind filter in the Modules and Plugins database. You can read about it in this discussion.