Moodle Plugins directory: Grid Format: Versions: 2.3.1 | Moodle.org

Grid Format
Course formats ::: format_grid
Maintained by
Gareth J Barnard
A modular and visual course format. Hides all topics and creates a grid of icons (one for each topic) with short titles. Clicking on an icon brings up the content from the corresponding topic.
Grid Format 2.3.1
Moodle 2.3
Released: Monday, 16 July 2012, 7:37 PM
GRID COURSE FORMAT
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Package tested in: Moodle 2.3.1+ (Build: 20120712) 2012062501
BETA DEVELOPMENT VERSION - NOT FOR PRODUCTION SITES - G J Barnard 'http://moodle.org/user/profile.php?id=442195'
QUICK INSTALL
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Download zip package, extract the grid folder and upload this folder into course/format/.
If already installed, remove the row with the 'plugin' of 'format_grid' in the 'config_plugins' table and drop the 'format_grid_icon'
and 'format_grid_summary' tables before clicking on 'notifications'.
ABOUT
=============
Developed by: Paul Krix
Maintained by: Julian (moodleman) Ridden and Gareth Barnard
FILES
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* grid/format.php
Code that actually displays the course view page.
* grid/config.php
Configuration file, mainly controlling default blocks for the format.
* grid/lang/en/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/ru/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/es/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/fr/format_grid.php
Language file containing language strings for grid format.
Note that existing formats store their language strings in the main
moodle.php, which you can also do, but this separate file is recommended
for contributed formats.
Of course you can have other folders as well as just English and Russian
if you want to provide multiple languages.
* grid/db/install.xml
Database table definitions.
* grid/db/upgrade.php
Database upgrade script.
* grid/version.php
Required for using database tables. The file provides information
about plugin version (update when tables change) and required Moodle version.
* grid/styles.css
The file include in the CSS Moodle generates.
* grid/backup/moodle2/backup_format_grid_plugin.class.php
grid/backup/moodle2/restore_format_grid_plugin.class.php
Backup and restore run automatically when backing up the course.
You can't back up the course format data independently.
============================
Package tested in: Moodle 2.3.1+ (Build: 20120712) 2012062501
BETA DEVELOPMENT VERSION - NOT FOR PRODUCTION SITES - G J Barnard 'http://moodle.org/user/profile.php?id=442195'
QUICK INSTALL
==============
Download zip package, extract the grid folder and upload this folder into course/format/.
If already installed, remove the row with the 'plugin' of 'format_grid' in the 'config_plugins' table and drop the 'format_grid_icon'
and 'format_grid_summary' tables before clicking on 'notifications'.
ABOUT
=============
Developed by: Paul Krix
Maintained by: Julian (moodleman) Ridden and Gareth Barnard
FILES
--------------
* grid/format.php
Code that actually displays the course view page.
* grid/config.php
Configuration file, mainly controlling default blocks for the format.
* grid/lang/en/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/ru/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/es/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/fr/format_grid.php
Language file containing language strings for grid format.
Note that existing formats store their language strings in the main
moodle.php, which you can also do, but this separate file is recommended
for contributed formats.
Of course you can have other folders as well as just English and Russian
if you want to provide multiple languages.
* grid/db/install.xml
Database table definitions.
* grid/db/upgrade.php
Database upgrade script.
* grid/version.php
Required for using database tables. The file provides information
about plugin version (update when tables change) and required Moodle version.
* grid/styles.css
The file include in the CSS Moodle generates.
* grid/backup/moodle2/backup_format_grid_plugin.class.php
grid/backup/moodle2/restore_format_grid_plugin.class.php
Backup and restore run automatically when backing up the course.
You can't back up the course format data independently.
Version information
- Version build number
- 2012071500
- Version release name
- 2.3.1
- Can be updated from
- Release Candidate 2 (2012012200)
- Can be updated to
- 2.5.1 (2013051400)
- Maturity
- Beta
- MD5 Sum
- 3b427e3951c56bee650395a9bd4cc84f
- Supported software
- PHP 5.3, PHP 5.4, Moodle 2.3
- The more recent release 2.3.4.1 (2012082204) exists for Moodle 2.3
Version control information
- Version control system (VCS)
- GIT
- VCS repository URL
- VCS branch
- MOODLE_23_STABLE
Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Course formats
- Make sure you have all the required versions.
- Download and unpack the module.
- Place the folder (eg "myformat") in the "course/format" subdirectory.
- Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation