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CrossSkins is a freeware tool
for showing crossword puzzles on the World Wide Web.
CrossSkins is a Flash-based
companion program to the JCross crossword puzzle maker that
comes with Hot
Potatoes, a free suite of activity-making tools for the
web.
You can download CrossSkins (version 1.1) here!
Features
CrossSkins supports most of the features found in JCross,
including:
- Unlimited grid sizes
- Letter and word hints
- Scoring
- Optional reading passages
- Modifiable color schemes
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CrossSkins also features:
- The ability to enter answers directly into the puzzle grid
- A single puzzle shell for ALL of your JCross puzzles.
- Hidden answers! All the clues and answers are kept on the server.
System requirements:
How does it work?
Wrapping your JCross puzzle in a Potato Skin is fairly straightforward.
Just follow these directions, and you will be on your way.
1. Create your JCross puzzles as usual. When you save your files,
use names with no spaces. (CrossSkins can read file names with
spaces, but some versions of Netscape have trouble seeing them!)
2. Place copies of the all the JCross files you want to use with
CrossSkins into the "skins" folder inside the CrossSkins folder.
3. Now, you need to tell CrossSkins which files you want to
use. Open the "options.jbc" file that comes in your "skins" folder.
This is a special JBC activity that CrossSkins reads to learn
the names of your puzzles. It has just one question. In the
question box, enter the title that you would like to have CrossSkins show for your activity center.
Next, for each puzzle you want to include, type a title
for the activity in an answer box, and the actual file name in
the
matching
feedback box. The file
name should not include the ".jcw" part.
4. Open your CrossSkins web page on your desktop to test it
out before uploading everything to the Internet.
5. Now, ftp the entire CrossSkins folder to your web site.
That's it!
How much?
CrossSkins is freeware. You are welcome to copy and distribute
it.
Note: Although CrossSkins is free, the source
code is copyrighted. For information on licensing the source code,
or to discuss customized versions of the program, please contact
Brian Nelson.
Support
If you use CrossSkins and find bugs, or think of something you
wish it could do that it doesn't, please let
me know. |
