( I promise when I have cracked this I will post all my findings to help others)
I want to put a block on each course home page in one category.
So I followed Tim's instructions from this QA forum a few months ago - here:
1. Go to the page for a course categeory. For example the miscellaneous category.
2. Add a block here, for example another HTML block.
3. Edit the block and set 'Show in subcontexts' to yes, and change the page type setting to '*', then save the form.
4. Now go to the main page of any course in this category. You should see the block.
5. Click on the block's edit icon again. This time, under the page type options, you should be able to select course-view-*. Do so.
However...when I do that, I can only see the block when I am in admin or teacher mode with the editing turned on - I can't see it under normal circumstances
That sounds like a bug. In those situations, the block should appear.
Of course, a HTML block only appears when editing is off after you have edited it to contain something.
Of course, a HTML block only appears when editing is off after you have edited it to contain something.
No -it's not a bug -it was me, fortunately. I knew that you have to put something into an HTML block for it to be visible but I had actually used an RSS block and assumed that by merely editing the block title, it would appear, albeit with no feeds. It didn't. As soon as I gave it some feeds it did appear -