General help

Mohammed,

I'm glad you've sorted it.
Be very careful to check that it works in all circumstances, and that it doesn't then cause some other problem for users (all sorts of users)!
...Who creates courses in your site, does this still work for whoever needs it?

I think the real problem that you hit is to do with using a low quality editor to look at php files.
I mentioned UltraEdit because it has never failed me; but I am very suspicious of certain editors
as I think some put spurious hidden characters into the code!
I think there was a 'brace' { missing in your code sample, but its good you've now got it sorted.

Regards,

John

Hi

I took a different approach with this:

First set the front page setting checkbox to "show classes in hidden categories" and hide your categories (if you already have classes in the categories, you will then need to go unhide the classes individually).

Then I needed to get rid of the search box and "view all class" buttons. So I and wrapped them in a css class, then styled it to not display. I can then change it back later, or any admin can change it if they use chameleon.

Here is the patch I used to finish this fix, which works great for us, hope it can for you too!

*****Hide Search for a Course Box (Student View)**************

summary:
In order to keep students from seeing classes they
were not enrolled in, we had to hide a table containing
a search input and a "view all courses" button.

description:
I have added an "id" tag (course_search_table) to the
library file that generates this particular table.
I then styled the "id" in the CSS.

Total Files Changed: 02

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| 01 | MOODLE INSTALL ROOT/course/lib.php
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CODE SNIP (LINES 2135 - 2151):

BEFORE
**************************************************************

if (count_records("course") > (count($courses) + 1) ) { // Some courses not being displayed
echo "<table width=\"100%\"><tr><td align=\"center\">";
print_course_search("", false, "short");
echo "</td><td align=\"center\">";
print_single_button("$CFG->wwwroot/course/index.php", NULL, get_string("fulllistofcourses"), "get");
echo "</td></tr></table>\n";
}

*************************************************************


AFTER
*************************************************************
COPY BETWEEN THE `%@%COPY%@%` BUT NOT THE `%@%COPY%@%` *
*************************************************************

`%@%COPY%@%`


/*
PATCH 01 == See the README_BEFORE_UPGRADE.txt file
*/
if (count_records("course") > (count($courses) + 1) ) { // Some courses not being displayed
echo "<table id=\"course_search_table\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td align=\"center\">";
print_course_search("", false, "short");
echo "</td><td align=\"center\">";
print_single_button("$CFG->wwwroot/course/index.php", NULL, get_string("fulllistofcourses"), "get");
echo "</td></tr></table>\n";
}
/*
END PATCH 01 == See the README_BEFORE_UPGRADE.txt file
*/


`%@%COPY%@%`

**************************************************************


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| 02 | MOODLE INSTALL ROOT/theme/chameleon/user_styles.css
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CODE SNIP (LINES 601-603):

>This was written via the Chameleon template SHIFT+CLICK feature
>Modify your themes -- this would need to be added to it's CSS
>file called user_styles.css
**************************************************************


#course_search_table {
display: none;
}


**************************************************************
END PATCH 01 *
**************


Rudy