multiple html page topic

multiple html page topic

by John P Egan -
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In Moodle 1.9.x I could easily:

  1. upload a zip file
  2. unzip it
  3. link the files
  4. select options that would include a navigation toolbar to move through the content easily

I do not want to rely on the rather unpretty HTML editor in Moodle to build my pages. I use Dreamweaver to create a mini site for each topic, because I can create much nicer pages.

So far the best work-around I've found (thanks forum folks is:

  1. create folders/subfolders for each course in My Private files
  2. Upload zip files to the appropriate subfolder in my private files
  3. Go to my course
  4. Add the files to the topic one by one as Add a Resource/File and pointing to it in my private files
  5. Selecting Embed, since the navigation toolbar seems to be gone sad

Does anyone else prefer to build HTML pages outside of Moodle? Have you got a better workflow? The ones where I upload the zips as a Folder directly into my site creates a useless ugly link to that folder.

Thanks!  smile

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Re: multiple html page topic

by Itamar Tzadok -

Perhaps using the file resource would make things a bit easier for you. As before you can upload a zip and unzip, but its a resource in the course rather than your private files, so should be more tidy. More importantly, you can set a main file for linked html files such that you link from the course page only one file and the rest go by relative links. See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Folder_FAQ for details. hth smile

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Re: multiple html page topic

by Mary Cooch -
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Hi there. The solution, as Itamar says, is to use the File resource and not the Folder resource, as that enables you to then make a link to the index.html file and you have your website up and running.

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Re: multiple html page topic

by John P Egan -

Thanks folks--I guess I wasn't clear enough.

We don't use index.html as a file name for our modules. We give numerics to indicate where in the overall site the belong.

For example: 03_05.html is page 5 in block/module/topic 3. This allows multiple programmers and designers to make fixes on the fly. We can also squeeze pages in between via 03_05_01.html if necessary. It's a workflow we established with WebCT CE4 and it's served us well with Vista, Moodle 1.9 etc.

Thanks!

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Re: multiple html page topic

by Mary Cooch -
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Still not sure of the issue -surely it doesn't matter what your main page is -whether it is index.html or 03_05.html  -if you select the page that has the navigation linking to all the others as your "main page" in the file resource then it should still work?

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Re: multiple html page topic

by John P Egan -

Thanks--I'll take a look!  Appreciate the rapid responses folks!

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Re: multiple html page topic

by John P Egan -

OK that's half a solution--thanks.

But what about the Options for displaying the files. There's no longer a navigation bar opition: so the only way to progress through pages is to use the (long, endless) menu on the left?

I've spent hours trying things...I'm not a lazy Moodler. Swear!  smile

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