This is a block for Moodle 2.3.x

This block is for easy navigation. See features list in this thread:

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=103703

Install by unzipping everything to a local directory.

Then copy everything into your Moodle/blocks/sitenavigation directory.

Finally use your internet browser to log into Moodle as Administrator and click on the NOTIFICATIONS link to load the block.


NOTE that the yourMoodle/blocks/sitenavigation directory must be all lower case.

If you installed a previous version of this block try this:

- first delete the block in your Moodle GUI Modules->Blocks->Manage blocks

- then rename the directory from siteNavigation to sitenavigation on your server's file system

- be sure to delete all mdl_config records with the name block_siteNavigation, otherwise you will not be able to save the new ones. You may use phpMyAdmin or the mysql command line shell.

- ALTERNATIVELY you may rename those entries to block_sitenavigation all lower case

- finally click on NOTIFICATIONS in your Moodle GUI to load the new block and configure its admin options

There are a lot of admin options you can choose from.


All version numbers from 1.9.08 and 2.3.01 upwards relate to this enhanced line which offers:

- display in popUp-Windows OR inline in the block

- merged previous myCourses and siteNavigation Blocks into one block


All version numbers with 1.9.07 or below relate to a previous line, when myCourses and siteNavigation were TWO distinct Blocks. You will find the 07 line in its thread here:

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=67494

And you will find the corresponding siteNavigation block here:

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=103703


NOTE that in order to use the popUp-Window display you have to CREATE THE sitenavigationtemp DIRECTORY INSIDE THE

yourMoodle/local

directory and make your Apache user and group to be the owner of that directory, otherwise this php-code has no write access to the directory!

Unfortunately this was necessary, as in Moodle 2.3 file.php can no longer be used to serve files out of the /data directory. Implementing the whole new file API would be an alternative but we would have to keep track of all the user session-files and delete them from time to time. I will think about this.

NOTE also, that after toggling one of the buttons in mycourses you will probably have to refresh/reload the page with right-click->REFRESH/RELOAD PAGE, as otherwise you will get it from the Browsers Memory/Cache.

NOTE to be sure to set up a cron job that deletes the session files from time to time, eg. every night in that temp-directory unless you do it manually. In the next version I will try to delete files older than 24 hours automatically based on filectime().


For a detailed version history see the header in the block_sitnavigation.php file.

Enjoy and send me bug reports either to rosario.carco{atOurDomain}fhnw.ch or commenting directly in the Modules & Plugins Database.