add a new link and picture to the main page

add a new link and picture to the main page

by neil watson -
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Hi,

I am new to Moodle so please bear with me. I want to add some new links to my main page but cannot find the relevant file to edit. I was hoping to edit it in Dreamweaver or Front page.

Could somebody please let me know where the main page file is stored?

Cheers,

Neil

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by M Moodley -
To add links and pictures, I created an HTML block onto the front page.

-turn editing on
-add html block
-edit the new block to add content using the built in editor

Mervyn
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Aseet Malik -

My apologies for being a dumb kid as far as technical stuff is concerned yet i am so fasinated with moodle.

when u say "created an HTML block onto the front page", what does it exactly mean ? did u make it insde moodle only or with some other package and then ported it into moodle etc.

thanks

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Gordon Bateson -
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Hi Aseet,
an "html block" is a block on a Moodle page into which you can put any HTML content you like. Mervyn's instructions tell you how to use Moodle to add an "html block" to the front page of your site.

This may not be necessary, but in case it is, here is a more wordy explanation of Mervyn's instructions:
  1. If you log in as administrator to your site and view the main page, you will see the "Turn editing on" button. Clicking that button is the first instruction that Mervyn gives.
  2. When editing is turned on, you will see an extra block called "Blocks" on your front page. This block has a drop-down menu which allows you to add other kinds of blocks. Selecting "HTML" from this menu is the second of Mervyn's intructions.
  3. If you click on the edit icon edit icon in your new HTML block, you will be able to add any text and graphics you wish. This is what Mervyn's final instruction means.
hope that helps smile
Gordon
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Julian Ridden -
The HTML block will only allow you to add images/links to the left or right columns. You can also use labels (turn editing on -> Click Resource ->Click Add Label) to add more content onto your homepage.

Check out my site (http://montenet.monte.nsw.edu.au). This is an extreme example but is using standard unaltered Moodle code. The extra images and links in the middle column have been added using lables.

Hope this helps
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Aseet Malik -

Julian,

Your site looks absolutely fantastic. One question - did u do all this within moodle or u played with the coding part as well?

regards

aseet

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Julian Ridden -
What you are seeing thereis all done tih good ol' standard Moodle. It is 1.6 however.
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Chris Fry -
Would you be willing to share your theme so that we may be able to see some of the code that you used, icons etc?
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Julian Ridden -
I have allready posted my theme quite some time ago to the community. Do a search in Moodle Themes forum for Clouds. I think V3 was the latest.
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Daniele Cordella -
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Hi Julian
I went to visit your site and I found a nice "Current time" block. Where did you find it?
Thank you in advance.
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Julian Ridden -
Dont remember where I found it, but if you private message me your email, Ill shoot you a copy of it.
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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Aseet Malik -

Hey Gordon,

You are an absolute wonder. Thanks a Ton for your explanation. Got it .

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Aseet Malik -

Gordon,

Help once again, please.

I have tried to follow the steps (Mervyn steps, if we can call them), so kindly explained by you. Also I had a look at Julian's site which looks so impressive.(http://montenet.monte.nsw.edu.au)

Now my querries are - In the pic (screen shot attached), I have spaces (marked with red circles in the attached pic) - vertical as well as horizontal between different blocks.

1. How can we remove these gaps ?

2. Is there a way to fix the width of the 3 columns in moodle home page?

regards & thanks

aseet

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by neil watson -

Hi,

Thanks for that, I have managed to insert new links and pictures. However, from the main page when I click on view>source in my browser I can still see references to the old site. I would like to be able to edit that page from the code and save it. The problem is that i do not know which file i need to load into Dreamweaver. Where is that file located?

Anybody help?

Cheers,

Neil

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Re: add a new link and picture to the main page

by Julian Ridden -
This could be many things..Maybe old links in a badly designed theme.

Do you have a link you can show us. If I can see the issue I may better be able to problem solve it for you.
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