Moodle in English: Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

by Yannick Vrolant - Monday, November 12, 2018, 5:10 PM

Hi,

We currently work using 2 Moodle sites : one was made for China people and is hosted on a Chinese server ; the other is meant to be used by people in Europe and worldwide (except in China) and is hosted on a German server. I was wondering whether there might be a way to use the language selection menu to automatically redirect users who select the Chinese language (zh_cn) on the "European" platform towards the "Chinese" platform. Any idea if this is possible and, if it is, how to make it real ?

Thanks for helping,

Best,

Yannick

Re: Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

by Renaat Debleu - Sunday, November 25, 2018, 11:27 PM

Override in your theme the render_custom_menu function and change the code where the language dropdown is generated:

$langs = get_string_manager()->get_list_of_translations();
$language = $menu->add(get_string('language'), new moodle_url('#'), get_string('language'), 9995);
foreach ($langs as $langtype => $langname) {
    $language->add($langname, new moodle_url($this->page->url, ['lang' => $langtype]), $langname);
}
$language->add('Chinese', 'https://external.site', 'Chinese Version'),

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Re: Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

by Yannick Vrolant - Monday, November 26, 2018, 6:16 PM

Hi Renaat,

Thank you very much for your answer !

I have been trying to modify the core_renderer PHP file following the above instructions, however, I was not able to make it work (the site becomes inaccessible due to HTTP error 500).

The theme we use (LearningZone) is based upon Bootstrap so that's where I got the core_renderer file from on the server, (Bootstrapbase folder). I am not so much of an expert when it comes to informatics so, maybe, I did not modify the right file or the right bit of code within the file.

Please find attached the original PHP file named "core_renderer.php" as well as the modified file I have tested out unsuccessfully, (named "core_renderer(modified).php"). Could you take a look at these files and tell me if you notice something wrong with any of them ?

Thanks a million for helping !

Best,

Yannick

core_renderer.php

core_renderer(modified).php

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Re: Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

by Renaat Debleu - Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 5:57 PM

Now you have the language menu twice (line 104-108 and line 123-126) in your changes, hence the error.

Just add $language->add('Chinese', 'https://ispa-online.com', 'Chinese Version'), on line 122 (between the 2 '}}')

But if you change core code, your changes will be gone during the next update..... So contact a good php professional to change your LearningZone theme to do the changes.

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Re: Using language selection menu to redirect users to external Moodle site

by Yannick Vrolant - Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 4:59 PM

Hi Renaat,

Thank you very much for your kind help and advice !

Best,

Yannick

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