Courses and course formats

Hello Bob and Jared,

You can also just add a small script as follows, without the need to install a plugin.

#section-0 {display: none;} is fine, but you also need to distinguish between the main course page where you want the General section to appear and other section pages where you don't want it to appear.

Add the code below to the HTML of the General section (by editing the General section) and you should get what you want, that is, as I understand it, showing the General section on the main course page and hiding it on the other section pages, when the Course layout is set to "Show one section per page":

<!-- Use no-nonsense jQuery :-) -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>

// Wait for the document to be loaded.
$(document).ready(function() {

    // Check if the URL does not:
    // contain "course" and
    // contain "section=0" or does not contain "section",
    // i.e. check if the page is not the main course page.
    // If so, hide the General section.

    var dc1 = window.location.href.indexOf("course") > -1;
    var dc2 = window.location.href.indexOf("section=0") > -1;
    var dc3 = window.location.href.indexOf("section") <= -1;
    var dc4 = dc2 || dc3;
    var dc5 = dc1 && dc4;
    if (!dc5) {
        $("#section-0").hide();
    }
});
</script>

Hello Bob and Jared,

Make no mistake about it, as surprising as it may seem these days, it very well seems like some programmers' motivation is still to denigrate any front-end solution, which can be used by any teacher.

JavaScript solutions have the advantage of being immediately and directly implementable by teachers without the need to access the site administration. Also, unlike PHP solutions, they don't automatically apply to all courses on a site, which is another big advantage in large organizations like universities where professors may want to customize their own courses.

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jQuery is used on more than three quarters of all websites. By the way it is just a JavaScript library. When browsing the web, the browser does not load jQuery with each new site. For efficiency, it uses the cached version instead. You can load jQuery a million times, and absolutely nothing will happen.

You can google "load jQuery twice" and you'll only find a few worthless old conspiratorial posts.[
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If there was a problem, jQuery would notify its millions of users. But no, there is no problem.

If it meets your needs, you can safely use my solution. If you have access to the site administration, you can of course also use the "Sections format" plugin or even make changes to the PHP code.

(Edited by Aurélie Soulier - original submission Friday, 30 December 2022, 6:52 PM)

#section-0:not(#section-0[data-sectionreturnid='0']) {

  display: none;

}