I have found in Moodle help that default course blocks can be defined via config.php using this line:
$CFG->defaultblocks_override = 'block_name:another_block_name';
Semicolon means blocks to the left will be on the left side and vice versa. So far, so good. But how on earth can I force a block, for all new courses, to be in the specific Essential Theme region: top or header position, for example.
Help urgently needed! Thank you!
You can dictate where a block is placed when you set it up. With editing on go into the block settings on a course page and then select the position you want the block to be on for "THIS PAGE" and "OTHER PAGES" as there are two lots of settings. You have to do this in the block itself so that will require you to edit all the blocks on your course page.
Thank you, Mary,
I have solved this problem by adding the block to the frontpage custom region (show on every page), and then by going to a course and changing the block's settings to be shown only on course main pages. Intuitive and elegant.
Sounds great!
