I can't create a new Content (Drag & Drop) even though I have an account.

Submitted by OLwObJC on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 23:33
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Content creation

Hello everyone, 

I think Ineed help... I am having trouble creating new content and i don't understand why. When i type "create new content" on my account (which i have had for three and a half years) H5P only presents 6 Contents to me, the other exercises are not offered. I cannot find the "Drag and Drop" exercise (or "Column", "Presentation" etc...). It's been a long time since i came to work on H5P, so has anything changed ? Have our rights been reduced? If anyone can answer me...

Thank you very much.

Céline.

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BV52

Tue, 10/26/2021 - 18:26

Hi Céline,

To provide a best possible experience for new users and to ensure that people use H5P.org only for trying out H5P (we've had more traffic than our server can handle lately, ref also the warnings when you create content, embed content and view the content) there are limited content types that are available.

 

Check the getting started page for information on how you can use all the content types and use H5P for real. We unfortunately are not able to provide free hosting, only free software :) Hopefully you'll consider supporting the H5P Core Team by using H5P.com.

-BV

OLwObJC

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 00:00

Hi BV, 

Thank you for your return.

I'm not sure I understand everything you're saying (I'm french and I'm not sure I fully understand the "technical answer" you replied).

There are still a year and a half I was able to use all the exercises of H5P, but now there only 5 exercises are offered to me. Does this mean that my account has been limited and that the offer has been restricted ? I don't understand what is going on ?

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otacke

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 08:14

Hi Céline!

The offer that you got on h5p.org was always about giving you an opportunity to test the software. The site was never intended to provide everyone with free hosting. There are many hints to this fact, most notably the message that you see on top of every content that you create:

H5P.org provides a free service for trying out H5P before installing it on your own site or signing up for H5P.com. Be aware that all test content created on H5P.org is publicly available.

Still, many people exploited this offer and used h5p.org for lots of "real" content in classes, etc. The H5P core team felt obligated to therefore reduce the number of content types that can be created on h5p.org. If you want to use all of them, you have multiple options, e.g. install H5P on your own server for free, find someone who offers you to create H5P content on his/her server for free, use the commercial service h5p.com.

Best,
Oliver