User favourites / favorite / bookmark

Blocks ::: block_user_favorites

Maintained by

Luuk Verhoeven,

Gemma Lesterhuis,

Vincent Cornelis

Marking Moodle pages as user favourites.

Latest release: 13 months

508 sites

45 downloads

40 fans

Release 4.1.3

Moodle 4.1

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Moodle block for marking your favourite pages as bookmarks

In brief, the user_favorites gives the user a method to mark pages as favorite.

This block is developed by Ldesign Media on request of Moodle Certified Partner Lesterhuis Training & Consultancy.

Author: Luuk Verhoeven, ldesignmedia.nl
Author: Lesterhuis Training & Consultancy
Min. required: Moodle 3.5.x
Supports PHP: 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.1

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List of features

Using external AJAX requests for saving and loading user favourites.
Using mustache templates.
Fast and easy to work with.
Marks current page in favorites if exists.
*new 2023* Sorting bookmarks

Installation

Copy this plugin to the blocks\user_favorites folder on the server
Login as administrator
Go to Site Administrator > Notification
Install the plugin

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please use support@ldesignmedia.nl instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. Please see License File for more information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and will be fully credited. We accept contributions via Pull Requests on Github.

Thanks for the inspiration block_user_bookmarks

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Contributors

Luuk Verhoeven (Lead maintainer)

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Gemma Lesterhuis

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Vincent Cornelis

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Ken Farrimond
Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 9:59 PM
Many thanks, I had looked in numerous places, but not there.

Ken
Dnyaneshwar Somwanshi
Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 1:36 PM
gr8 plugin. do you have plan to add mobile support to this feature? thanks. thanks.
Luuk Verhoeven
Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 6:49 PM
Hi Dnyaneshwar, there are no plans for now to build mobile support.
You can add this request to GitHub issue tracker https://github.com/MFreakNL/moodle-block-user_favorites/issues

Greets, Luuk
Carlos Kiyan Tsunami
Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 9:10 PM
hello, can you add this block to all the pages of your moodle site. Do I have to manually enable on each course?
Luuk Verhoeven
Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 10:11 PM
Hi Carlos,

Yes, you should add it manual to each course. It's a normal block instance.

You can make it a default course block see this comment:
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=363912#p1467851
Richard Newton
Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 12:13 AM
Do you know if there's a way to add that functionality of the button to a link? I'd really like to have this functionality in the footer.
Fabian Busse
Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 4:03 AM
Hey, is it possible to add/ integrate this plugin/block in the moodle mobile app? If yes, how can I do it?
Gemma Lesterhuis
Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 5:58 PM
@richard could you explain a little bit more what goal you want to achive with the block? I am not sure if I understand you correctly.

@Fabian the block is not ready for the Moodle Mobile App, I am actually not sure if it would really work properly. You are always free to make changes to the block and push it back to the community. You could find more information on how to make it work on the Moodle website, by example: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Mobile_support_for_plugins
Wynand Louw
Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 7:32 PM
Moodle 4, PHP8

Debug info:
Error code: generalexceptionmessage
Stack trace:

line 81 of /blocks/user_bookmarks/block_user_bookmarks.php: Error thrown
line 478 of /blocks/moodleblock.class.php: call to block_user_bookmarks->specialization()
line 2091 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_base->_load_instance()
line 1097 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_instance()
line 1258 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_manager->create_block_instances()
line 1145 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_manager->ensure_instances_exist()
line 1649 of /lib/pagelib.php: call to block_manager->create_all_block_instances()
line 1110 of /lib/pagelib.php: call to moodle_page->starting_output()
line 1391 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to moodle_page->set_state()
line 121 of /index.php: call to core_renderer->header()

I have removed the User Bookmarks block from all tabs and now it is fine. It seems that this is the problem creating the error.
Gemma Lesterhuis
Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 10:19 PM
@wynand thank you for reporting this. The plugin has not been tested by us on PHP8 which just been recently supported by Moodle LMS. At the moment I am not sure if we will take this step ór just wait for Moodle 4.1 to arrive. But be free to put in a pull request to solve this error on our Github:https://github.com/Lesterhuis-Training-en-Consultancy/moodle-block-user_favorites/issues
Wynand Louw
Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:32 PM
@Gemma thanks. Will wait for the update for 4.1 and then reactivate on my site.
Wynand Louw
Mon, May 1, 2023, 4:08 AM
2023032200 Works as expected. Thanks, @gemma.
Paula W.
Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 2:22 AM
Hi @Gemma. This plugin looks great! Any chance it's been tested in a screen reader?
Gemma Lesterhuis
Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 6:30 PM
@Paula it has not been tested by us in a screen reader. Though if you find issues with it please feel free to create a Github Issue. I don't make any promises we will pick it up free of charge, it all depends on the changes that need to be done. But if you (or your organisation) is up for supporting the module, we welcome pull request or financial support.
Paula W.
Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 4:36 AM
We will check it out and let you know what we find. If our organization can support any changes needed, I will see that we do!