01 November 2013, 6:13

Hi, We are on v. 1.6, php 5.3.10, mysql 5.1.54

When I try to embed a google doc using the Embed External Content block:

I share the google doc, and mark it public. I publish it to the web, and copy the embed code.

I paste the embed code into the External Content block, and save.

This is the result:

I have not had any success with google docs, but I can get google calendar and maps to work. Any ideas?

01 November 2013, 10:42

Hi Marylena,

There are a couple of things to check:

1. If you're embedding it using the External Content block rather than the Google Apps block, make sure that "docs.google.com" is in your list of allowed iframe sources ( http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.6/administration/extensions.html#index-12 )

2. This one's kind of unlikely, but if the embed code uses a scheme-relative iframe URL (i.e. "//docs.google.com" rather than "http://docs.google.com") you'll need to make sure you've got Mahara 1.6.7 or later installed. But I think Google Doc's embed codes are still scheme-specific, so this wouldn't happen unless you manually made the URL scheme-relative.

Cheers,

Aaron

02 November 2013, 3:23

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for your reply. I checked the extensions and it seems that I didn't have exactly that one entered, so I added it to the list. But, now it looks like this:

http://www.plymouth.edu/webapp/mahara/view/view.php?t=kjauYosLxZAhcrqit8dT   

Any idea why the formatting would be funky?

Best,
Marylena

02 November 2013, 4:41

Okay, I adjusted the height and width in the iframe and now it looks about right. I've got all kinds of google docs in there now!

Thanks for your help!

Marylena

11 November 2013, 15:41

I'm glad to see you got it working.

Cheers,

Aaron