General Hints
Script Templates
For each add-on script there are:
- Example pages (Hot Potatoes: Output 5 and/or 6)
- the necessary files for download (Zip-Format)
- a detailed documentation (pdf-Format)
- Paolo Cutini has translated all the documentation files into
Italian (for Hot Potatoes v5.5 and v6).
I'd like to thank him very much for this very kind work!
On his site
www.cyberteacher.it in the sub-category
Educational Resources you will find one file for download containing all the translations.
- Paolo has also provided special interface files for Hot Potatoes to make it easier to create modified exercises:
Browser Support
For all add-ons for
Hot Potatoes v5 and
Textoys there is a similar
browser table like the following below which illustrates the browser support for each layout type
(
Output 5 or
Output 6 ). You should use at least one of the mentioned browsers to get the
full exercise functionality.
For browser support of add-ons for
Hot Potatoes v6 see the Hot Potatoes' help file.
For example according to the table below both exercise layouts (5 and 6) are supported by Internet Explorer 5.5 and
above.
Please note that there may be other browsers, which also support these add-ons but are not mentioned in the
appropriate table. If you know such a browser let me know so I can update the information here. | | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla | Phoenix | K-Meleon |
| Output 5 | 5.5 + | 6.x | 7.x | 1.x | 0.5 + | 0.7 + |
| Output 6 | 5.5 + | 6.x | 7.x | 1.x | 0.5 + | 0.7 + |
Hot Potatoes Mac Version

The
Mac version of Hot Potatoes v5 do not have a similar feature for switching between
different source file locations.
To use the scripts offered on this site follow the advice of
Stewart Arneil one of the Hot Pot programmers:
"[...] The only way on the Mac to change the source files used by the program is to copy
the source files you want into a folder called Source in the Hot Potatoes folder. The best way to do
this is to have a folder called SourceOne with one set of source files, another folder called SourceTwo
with the second set of source files [containing e. g. the scripts from Teaching Tools] and then to
copy whichever one you want into the Hot Potatoes folder and call it Source. This ensures that you
always have a complete copy of each set of source files. I admit it's not elegant.
For version 6,
I [Stewart Arneil] will include functionality similar to what already exists in the windows package."