I have created a new standalone page in moodle and in that file I have used
$PAGE->set_pagelayout('frontpage');
Everything is displayed in the new page like the homepage BUT the list of courses are missing.
Please let me know why ?
(Edited by Mary Evans - changed subject heading - original submission Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 6:12 AM)
Well as far as I know $PAGE->set_pagelayout('frontpage'); is dictated by what is defined in $THEME->layouts in your theme's config.php, that is if they are listed there, otherwise it will follow the parent theme's definition of the frontpage layout.
The FRONTPAGE as you see it is defined in Moodle CORE and is an extension of the moodle/index.php
Hope this helps?
Mary
Because it is NOT the frontpage it is just a stand alone page that has the same layout design but NOT the contents!
Hello Mary
This reply of yours got me thinking. Thanks for the pointer. SO what php code should I use if I want to display the course list exactly like the index page.
I am sorry to say, Shanthi, but I haven't a clue, Gareth is the one to ask as he maintains the Essential theme.
By the way I have changed the title of this discussion so that Gareth might read it.
Cheers
Mary
OK - I may be missing something here but...
'Everything is displayed in the new page like the homepage BUT the list of courses are missing.'
The list of courses is a content item that can be turned on or off in the front page. So, if you have everything displayed like the homepage AND you want the course list - why not just use the front page? OR just edit the frontpage layout file in your theme?
I don't understand the requirement for a completely separate standalone front page that essentially mirrors the one that's already there.
Actually I need a standalone page exactly like frontpage which I can modify slightly.
So the first step, I just used the 'frontpage' layout in a standalone page to see whether everything displays correctly in the standalone page. But I'm not able to display the list of courses at all in my standalone page
Once that is solved I plan to make a copy of frontpage layout and customize it further.
"Are you accessing this standalone front page from within Moodle or is it to be a front end of a web portal that will eventually take people into the moodle courses?"
It is within moodle directory.
"If the first - just customise the frontpage.php layout."
I need the frontpage to be as it is. I need another standalone page to look like frontpage but with more customizations.
So I have created a standalone page with same frontpage layout but courses are not visible. Once they become visible I plan to copy frontpage->frontpage1 and then customize the frontpage1 layout.
SO in the end the usual frontpage will be visible and also the customized standalone page with customized frontpage layout too will be visible. They are 2 different pages.
Thanks.
So why not just customise the existing frontpage to add the extra customisations when the 'factor' that decides when the alternative is needed is 'true'?
The "extra customizations" will also remove some of the look and feel from the existing front page.
The standalone page will be under a link from the homepage. Both pages are needed.
Still I'm not able to view the list of courses in the standalone page even though I'm using the frontpage layout ?
As I keep telling you, the Frontpage layout has little to do with the content contained in the Frontpage itself. The layout only dictates if there are sideblocks, where the sideblocks will be visible, has it a header and footer, is there a breadcrumb navbar, is there a language menu, is there a custommenu, etc, etc.
As far as I know the frontpage content is set via moodle/index.php so perhaps you might like to look at that page and see if you can follow where the content comes from and how it gets put into the frontpage?
Cheers
Mary
Ok, even if you remove items, then you can still manipulate the existing frontpage. Or, as Mary suggests, look at 'index.php' and go figure.
My Shoehorn theme has 'Sitepages' which manipulate the mechanism and add a new page type, which might be of interest in figuring out what to do: https://github.com/gjb2048/moodle-theme_shoehorn/blob/master/pages/sitepage.php
Hi shanthi,
Where is your 'standalone' page kept in relation to the Evolve-D theme?
For it to be used as the frontpage it needs to be in the evolved/layout/ directory.
If you want it to take on the role as a 'frontpage' then you need to make it such by adding it to the $THEME->layouts = array like this...
https://github.com/lazydaisy/moodle/blob/master/theme/bootstrapbase/config.php#L76
by replacing
'file' => 'columns3',
with
'file' => 'your_stand_alone_page.php',
as that is the only way it will work.
Unless of course if you were wanting to do something else with your standalone page?
Hope this helps?
Mary
Hello Mary,
What was I even thinking ? It is essential theme and not evolution, which I'm using.
https://github.com/moodleman/moodle-theme_essential/blob/master/config.php#L50
and here the snippet of code from the standalone.php, this script is present in the root folder of moodle.
$PAGE->set_pagetype('site-index');
$PAGE->set_docs_path('');
$PAGE->set_pagelayout('frontpage');
$editing = $PAGE->user_is_editing();
$PAGE->set_title($SITE->fullname);
$PAGE->set_heading($SITE->fullname);
$courserenderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'course');
echo $OUTPUT->header();
I'm able to see everything present on index page except the list of courses.
Am I missing something ?
