When I try to add Hot-potato quiz and press choose or upload file, I get a browser window, which says:
This is an ex-parrot. It is a stiff, bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't opened it up just now it would be pushing up the daisies!
It is in /mod/resource/coursefiles.php-file.
What on earth is wrong?
You have been hacked by Monty Python!
-- Art
That is a favorite scene for my German students to rewrite and act out... I love it!
-- Art
Now stop that! It's Silly.
It's not even a proper thread.....
I mean nobody enjoys a joke more than I do......apart from my wife...oh,
and Martin Dougiamas .....well, come to think of it, most people enjoy a
joke more than I do but that's not the point.......
</adorns helmet>
I wonder if this'll get special dispensation to get through your filters, since it's where it all started anyway...
Hi Markus,
the current standard version of the HotPot module relies on the resource module having a particular script called "coursefiles.php", but from Moodle 1.4.2 the "Choose" functionality was moved to a different script, "moodle/files/index.php" to be precise and the "coursefiles.php" page was replaced with the parrot page.
There are two different ways to resolve this problem.
Probably, the first method way is safest for a "live" site with many hotpot activities. If you try the second method and have problems please restore the two hotpot tables, and then post any error messages on this forum.
regards
Gordon
Hi Markus,
thanks for the feedback on updating to the new HotPot module.
When you say "I can not get to any other page", do you mean that no other Moodle pages work? The admin page, the site page, the course pages, the settings page for the each hotpot quiz, none of them work?
What is your situation now? Have you restored the HotPot tables, and version one of the HotPot module, or are you looking for a way forward with HotPot v2?
regards
Gordon
When I upgrade to hotpot module ver 2 and log in as an admin-user, all I can get from my moodle installation is that upgrading tables page.
I can not even log out from admin account (moodle won't show logout links).
Normal users and without logging in I can use moodle normally.
(I did not need to restore backups from hotpot tables, I just reinstalled hotpot module for 1.4.1)
Hi Markus,
from the screen shot that you sent, I can see that you have tried to update to "HotPot v2" several times with only limited success (Valmis!). I think the update is getting stuck somewhere and does not complete, leaving no way out for the administrator.
From the screenshot alone, I cannot tell why the update did not complete, but I have made some alterations to the update script so that it is better able to handle situations where the update has been partially successful on a previous occasion (i.e. the situation you appear to be in).
I put the amended update script into the download for the hotpot module, which you can get from here:
http://bateson.kanazawa-gu.ac.jp/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=168
If you have time, please try the update again, and let us know how you get on.
many thanks in advance
Gordon