First of all, I want to tell all of you here at Moodle.org how much I appreciate all the assistance you have given me, the great modules and blocks you have developed, and above all Moodle itself. You guys are the best "design team" in the world and I couldn't have done it without you. Here's my site:
http://www.glyphdoctors.com
If you want to see the one publicly available "course" at the moment, check out "Open Egyptology Forums." It's a bit empty at the moment since you are the first people I am telling about it...
Enjoy!
Nice look and way to mod the moodle so that it looks like a Content Management System and not the Course Management System it was designed to be... 
Hi N!!
Nice site. Very obvious that you took a lot of time creating it. The navigation was smooth and the layout encouraged minimal clicks for information. Good example of layout usability.
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Great work!!
WP1
My logs show me that I have had a lot of visitors from Moodle.org at my site, and I have just discovered (and corrected) some bugs in my tell a friend script that may have caused any "tell a friend about Glyphdoctors" messages to be displayed incorrectly to the friend. Therefore, I just wanted to let you all know the problem has been corrected, and if you do want to recommend the site to your friend, you should probably resend the message now at http://www.glyphdoctors.com/tellafriend.php. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Nicole,
The site looks great. I like the color scheme. Very pleasing to the eye. My 11 year daughter also likes the site. She is very interested in all things Egyptian.
I am interested in your Tell-A-Friend script. Where did you find it? Is it possible to obtain a copy?
Ralph
PS you also include yourself when thanking the Moodle community your posts have been very helpful to me as I move forward with my own project.
RB
Ralph-See this thread (make sure to read the whole thread as I've posted the fix too).
I call my theme "Nileblue." I'd seen way too many ancient Egyptian websites doing a papyrus background/tan theme that I wanted to make it stand out. I think it is a more accurate color scheme as well, as the only reason people associate Egypt with tan is because today the papyrus has darkened from white to brown and the temples have lost their paint and are not a tan color.
Tell your daughter to join in on our discussion on the site. 11 year olds always ask the most intelligent questions and she would be welcome to participate.
I call my theme "Nileblue." I'd seen way too many ancient Egyptian websites doing a papyrus background/tan theme that I wanted to make it stand out. I think it is a more accurate color scheme as well, as the only reason people associate Egypt with tan is because today the papyrus has darkened from white to brown and the temples have lost their paint and are not a tan color.
Tell your daughter to join in on our discussion on the site. 11 year olds always ask the most intelligent questions and she would be welcome to participate.
QUOTE:
"PS - you also include yourself when thanking the Moodle community - your posts have been very helpful to me as I move forward with my own project." Ralph Blakeslee
Iagree with you on that Ralph!!
WP1
"PS - you also include yourself when thanking the Moodle community - your posts have been very helpful to me as I move forward with my own project." Ralph Blakeslee
Iagree with you on that Ralph!!
WP1
Nice site Nicole.
Will there be a Moodle translation using glyphs ?
Will there be a Moodle translation using glyphs ?
Actually, there may be the ability to use glyphs in the html editor. I've been in touch with one of the Moodle programmers about implementing this, but have been sidetracked with other matters and need to get back to it.
As far as I could see, it would be implemented by adding a font in the HTML-editor (wich you can do yourself in the settingspage of the editor), but the sollution with adding a font manualy is not elegant.
On the other hand, I don't think there is another sollution. Ancient languages (we have at school the same problem with ancient Greek) and even some modern languages like igbo (http://uwandiigbo.com/moodle/ ) have this problem of not being a part of UTF yet.
Probably just a matter of time.
On the other hand, I don't think there is another sollution. Ancient languages (we have at school the same problem with ancient Greek) and even some modern languages like igbo (http://uwandiigbo.com/moodle/ ) have this problem of not being a part of UTF yet.
Probably just a matter of time.
Actually, a font won't work. It's got to be a special plugin because it is images.
Hi Nicole!
What about adding another "Special Character" Button with images that is customized for the HTML editor for your site. The editor has an extra space in the right upper corner since the "Search and Replace" button was added for v1.5.
For those folks who do not like to use HTML, when the Post/Reply page comes up you could possibly add a link to a "popup" page that will insert code that converts to an image when the comments are saved.
Just some thoughts
WP1
What about adding another "Special Character" Button with images that is customized for the HTML editor for your site. The editor has an extra space in the right upper corner since the "Search and Replace" button was added for v1.5.
For those folks who do not like to use HTML, when the Post/Reply page comes up you could possibly add a link to a "popup" page that will insert code that converts to an image when the comments are saved.
Just some thoughts
WP1
The reason a special plugin is needed is the arrangement of hieroglyphic signs. They aren't linear, but can be doubled or tripled up on top of one another and two signs can be above or below a single other sign. It simply isn't feasible except using special encoding that is translated by software into the specific layout.