Martin Dougiamas

From what I understand, Howard, Gary is only talking about the course descriptions eg http://moodle.org/course

(Please correct me if I've misunderstood, Gary)

but I agree with Howard that it still sounds like a lot more work than is necessary. The usual way to approach problems of multiple formats is to use a form to enter raw data directly into a database, then use that data to generate your various presentations.

But, hey, if you're having fun playing with XSLT, you're having fun!

Discussions can now be easily moved around from forum to forum, which means no more off-topic discussions.

http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=122

Currently, the feature just moves the whole topic instantly, and no "trace" is left behind in the original location (except for an entry in the logs).

A possibility is to leave behind some sort of unreplyable post that indicates the topic has been moved, and provides a forwarding link, but I'm undecided if this is necessary and just clutters the forums up.

Another future possibility is to be able to "break" off a sub-thread and promote it as a whole new topic.

Responses on these are welcome.

You can ignore this message, but you may have other problems later:

See: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=974

Very weird. I don't suspect the server setup, because Macs are accessing it fine, and I don't suspect Windows itself, since there are no known issues with Windows browsers.

Is there a proxy server in between somewhere that only IE is set up to use?

Have you tried different browsers under Windows?

Just before you plunge headlong into coding something it might pay to mention your plans here or check the bugs database thoroughly in case someone's working on it already or there's an easier way of doing it.

1. Someday I will get to writing a coding guide. The internal API is still evolving and some rewrites are coming up this year. Basically, you should look at similar code to get a feel for how different things are performed and formatted.

2. Yes, in fact Smarty is a contending alternative to XSLT. See http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=957&parent=3817

3. There might be a few small parts that could use PEAR, but I don't get the impression PEAR is really mature enough yet to rely on for every installation .. the less outside dependencies Moodle has the more likely it can run in different PHP environments.