Moodle plugins directory: OU blog | Moodle.org
OU blog
This is an alternative blog that you can install into standard Moodle.
It does not replace the standard blog, and operates alongside it. There are two modes of use:
1) As a course activity. In this case you can use it the same way as any other module. You can have course-wide blogs (everyone in the course posts to the same blog), group blogs, or individual blogs; the latter are useful for assessed activities (where the student is supposed to keep a journal which only they and their tutor can read).
2) As a replacement for standard Moodle personal blogs. In this case it would be a good idea to turn off the standard Moodle blog system, or it'll bevery confusing. You then need to MANUALLY provide students with a link to mod/oublog/view.php which will automatically take them to their personal blog.
When using for personal blogs, one feature of interest may be moderated public comments; when you allow comments from people who are not logged in, all such comments are moderated.
Please note: This plugin is no longer supported in Moodle Tracker. All support requests should be via the GitHub repository issue tracker (https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-mod_oublog).
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I was getting this error when tried to view any post -> Fatal error: Call to undefined function file_rewrite_pluginfile_urls() in /home/epostman/public_html/demo/mod/oublog/renderer.php on line 130
I added
require_once($CFG->libdir . '/filelib.php');
in the renderer.php and everything works fine now
We removed line 39 in ".../mod/oublog/editpost.php":
$PAGE->requires->yui2_lib('event');
... and changed references in " .../mod/oublog/oublog.js" to the old libs to refer to the new libs, wrapping the modified calls as described in MDL-34741. e.g.:
YAHOO.util.Event.
becomes:
YUI().use('yui2-event', function(Y) {
Y.YUI2.util.Event. });
Hope this helps.
This works nicely on my 2.4.1+ (Build: 20130222) installation.
I just tried to upgrade to OU blog $module->version = 2013020800;
I put the blog on the front page of our Moodle and here are the issues I had:
1.) I had to go into the database as mentioned in an earlier post in mdl_oublog and change global from 0 to 1.
2.) When editing settings and set it on Visible individual blogs I am not allowed to ever select Visible to the world. Whenever you logout and try to access a user blog with the link it requires you to login again.
3.) When I login as another user and try to View Site Entries, it shows no other entries although I've made several entries under various fake students. I feel I am missing something having to do with permissions for front page activities?
4.) When I click on the RSS button in Safari it says it can't get that page. In Firefox it downloads feed.php
Any help on this would be appreciated as I'm trying to get things squared away in our new version over Spring Break this week....in Iowa....with snow on the ground still.....depressing.