Within the admin settings you can revert back to how Boost does blocks but by default Fordson will be similar in concept to this video:
Re: Fordson cannot add blocks, no "latest announcements" block
Hi,
Thanks for the nice video. However, I can not add blocks that way. Add Block-drop down menu does not add anything.
Only way to get new blocks is to switch back to Boost one column and add a block and then switch bact to thee column. -Weird?
Regards,
-Antti P-
I’m not sure, but when I was working on this same idea of adding blocks in the Aardvark Post-IT theme in discussions with both Shaun Daubney and Richard Oelmann some years ago, I discovered there was a problem with the way the blocks worked which got fixed. But then a new bug reared it’s head, so I am betting that the same bug still exists, if what I have read in this discussion is anything to go by?
The problem is with the ‘Add Block‘ block.
As far as I can remember that tracker was closed as can’t fix!
Hope this helps?
Mary
Thank's for the reply...
I can see the Add Block drop down menu OK, but it does nothing.
The same problem is e.g. on the user menu field settings ( Create a new profile field ) drop down, when using Fordson theme.
... /user/profile/index.php
-AP-
Re: Fordson cannot add blocks, no "latest announcements" block
Thank you for referencing the video on adding course blocks within a fordson theme moodle course!
Drawn in by the first sentence of the original poster, I too am interested in adding a site-level block to the fordson front page. Specifically I am hoping to merge in the use of the "Advanced Notifications" plugin.
I see where a selection list of available "blocks" can be chosen for a non-authenticated user and separately for an authenticated user, with Announcements being available. And I don't see how to tie this Announcements selection to the global Advanced Notification I configure in the "Advanced Notifications" plugin settings.
Does the fordson front page configuration require custom code to add a "block" selection that will pull in specific course blocks made available through additionally-added and installed plugins?
Re: Fordson cannot add blocks, no "latest announcements" block
I run a server for only my own classes and frequently want to notify all users of the site of things such as Maintenance Mode times, feature upgrades, and the like, but now have to copy and paste notices into each of about 20 courses.