Hi Helen
That's exactly what I tried.
Code snipet from lib/filelib.php (red line = new line):
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'm' => array ('type'=>'text/plain', 'icon'=>'text.gif'),
'mdb' => array ('type'=>'application/vnd.ms-access', 'icon'=>'access.gif'),
'mov' => array ('type'=>'video/quicktime', 'icon'=>'video.gif'),
...
and naturally I added the icon "access.gif" to pix/f.
But it doesn't work! Even if I change any 'icon'=> - statement in lib/filelib.php it doesn't cause any effect on the file icons shown in my courses. eg:
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'doc' => array ('type'=>'application/msword', 'icon'=>'text.gif'),
...
and my word documents keep showing their nice word icon. What could be wrong?
Ok, I found the answer by myself:
As long as I didn't make any changes to my course, my course resources kept showing the old icons. As soon as I added another resource to my course, all icons were renewed!
There must be any cache, maybe on my PC, maybe on the server, which caches these icons and is just swapped when any change to the resources is made. I'm glad to have got my new icons anyway, but I really would be interessted in the location of this cache. Because I tried to empty any cache on my PC by deleting all temporary internet files before...
Actually, this cache seens to work for everithing... I myself had problems from my personal picture to figures like jpeg or gif that I add to my lessons.
You just can't change then, unless you use another name...
Knowing how to clean this cache would'be very nice, and most of all, usefull...
Apreciate anyone who can tell us how to do that!
Apologies for the delay in replying. You may find the discussion overwriting resource files helpful.
What is the best way to add mime type icons that would be upgrade safe. Is there anyway the graphics and mime type code can be self contained within a theme.
The graphics can go into pix/f and use custom pix. But what about the lib/filelib.php changes?
Thanks for any help.
