Content Management System

The content Management system plugin (non standard) is a central plugin that stores Web pages in Moodle for presenting passive documentation to user.

The CMS plugin will have responsability of managing page volumes and pages. Then volumes are given access in site level pages or courses using CMS Navigation Block instances.

Features

Create and manage CMS Menus (Page volumes)
Create and manage content pages
Assemble pages in hierarchy (parent/child)
Insert some dynamic macros (TOC, pother information)
Present documentation volumes as a virtual subpath (f.e. http://your.moodle.site/documentation)
Make volumes public or privatized to connected users
Make volumes local to a course
Publish/unpublish pages
Stores page version history
Page versions diff

Install

Deploy the "cms" plugin into the "local" folder of Moodle
Do not forget install also the CMS Navigation Block (dependency)
Browse to Administration => Notifications to complete install

Last point is important to be able to see properly pages using the virtual documentation subpath :

Edit the index.php of your Moodle and add BEFORE call to $OUTPUT->header() the following line :

  include_once $CFG->dirroot.'/local/cms/indexcmshook.php';

Quick start

Add a CMS Navigation block to the Home page Configure the block using a two step procedure :

First create a volume and some pages in the volume
Secondly setup again the block giving a front block title and attaching the block to a volume.

Screens

Manage menus screen
Add/update menu form
Delete menu form
Manage pages screen
Add/Update page form
View page history
Diff pages screen
View page
Preview page

Credits

Moodle 1.9 : Janne Mikkonen and Gustav Delius
Moodle 2 : Upgraded by Valery Fremaux for campus.winduck.com

Documentation