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| Right now, I'm trying to work on a more "logical" reorganization of the settings accessible via the admin page. Slowly getting there... Please use the talk page to leave me any comments, I'll be checking it regularly.
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| == Key Project Tasks == | | == Key Project Tasks == |
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| * Re-organize the settings in Admin | | * <strike>'''(done)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/XML file format|Design XML DTD]]</strike> '''(done)''' [http://betaserv.vkm.ca:82/moodlemindmaps/moodle_admin_classes.png Design OO format for admin] |
| * Put together an XML schema for storing admin settings
| | * '''(almost done -- 2 issues remaining)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Admin block|Design new admin block]] |
| * Build a script to read the XML schema (which would display the hierarchical menu & provide access to specific settings, i.e. the new admin interface)
| | * '''(done)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Reorg|Reorganize and port Moodle admin settings to OO structure]] |
| * Build a bookmarking system (per-user) for admin settings
| | * '''(done, except for possible bugs)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Admin subpages|Code script for displaying and accepting input from new admin interface]] |
| * Redo the user management interface
| | * '''(done)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Bookmarks|Build a per-user bookmarking system for admin settings]] |
| | | * '''(done)''' [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Upgrade|Code the necessary PHP to highlight changed settings after an upgrade]] (see admin/upgradesettings.php) |
| == Current Admin Layout (from 1.5) ==
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| Admin | |
| *Configuration
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| **Variables
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| ***Interface
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| ****lang (select)
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| ****langmenu (select)
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| ****langlist (text)
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| ****langcache (select)
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| ****locale (text)
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| ****timezone (select)
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| ****country (select)
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| ****framename (text)
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| ****themelist (text)
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| ****allowuserthemes (select)
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| ****allowcoursethemes (select)
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| ****allowuserblockhiding (select)
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| ****showblocksonmodpages (select)
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| ****tabselectedtofront (select)
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| ***Security
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| ****displayloginfailures
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| ****notifyloginfailures
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| ****notifyloginthreshold
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| ****secureforms
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| ****loginhttps
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| ****runclamonupload
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| ****pathtoclam
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| ****quarantinedir
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| ****clamfailureonupload
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| ***Operating System
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| ****gdversion
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| ****dbsessions
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| ****sessiontimeout
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| ****sessioncookie
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| ****zip
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| ****unzip
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| ****pathtodu
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| ****slasharguments
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| ****proxyhost
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| ****proxyport
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| ***Maintenance
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| ****longtimenosee
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| ****deleteunconfirmed
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| ****loglifetime
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| ***Mail
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| ****smtphosts
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| ****smtpuser
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| ****smtppass
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| ****noreplyaddress
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| ****digestmailtime
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| ****allowemailaddresses
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| ****denyemailaddresses
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| ***User
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| ****sitepolicy
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| ****fullnamedisplay
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| ****extendedusernamechars
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| ****autologinguests
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| ***Permissions
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| ****teacherassignteachers
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| ****allowunenroll
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| ****allusersaresitestudents
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| ****showsiteparticipantlist
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| ****forcelogin
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| ****forceloginforprofiles
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| ****opentogoogle
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| ****maxbytes
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| ****messaging
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| ****allowobjectembed
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| ***Miscellaneous
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| ****maxeditingtime
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| ****debug
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| ****perfdebug
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| ****enablerssfeeds
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| **Site Settings
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| ***Full site name
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| ***Short name for site
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| ***Front page description
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| ***Front page format
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| ***Include a topic section
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| ***News items to show
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| ***Your word for teacher
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| ***Your word for teachers
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| ***Your word for student
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| ***Your word for students
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| **Themes
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| ***Select a theme
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| **Language
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| ***Update language pack from moodle.org
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| ***Check for missing strings
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| ***Edit strings (per file)
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| ***Edit help documents
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| **Modules
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| ***Hide/show (per module)
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| ***Delete (per module)
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| ***Specific settings (per module)
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| **Blocks
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| ***Hide/show (per block)
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| ***Multiple (per block)
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| ***Delete (per block)
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| ***Settings (per block)
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| **Filters
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| ***Active/Inactive filters (and order)
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| ***Text cache lifetime
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| ***Filter uploaded files
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| ***Filter all strings
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| **Backup
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| ***Include modules
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| ***Metacourse
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| ***Users
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| ***Logs
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| ***User files
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| ***Course files
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| ***Messages
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| ***Keep x files
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| ***Schedule SMTWTFS
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| ***Time to execute
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| ***Save to
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| **Editor Settings
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| ***htmleditor
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| ***editorbackgroundcolor
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| ***editorfontfamily
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| ***editorfontsize
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| ***editorkillword
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| ***aspellpath
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| ***editorspelling
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| ***fonts in editor's dropdown menu
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| ***editorhidebuttons (hidden buttons)
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| **Calendar
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| ***adminsseeall
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| ***startwday
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| ***weekenddays
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| ***upcoming_lookahead
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| ***upcoming_maxevents
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| ***timezones
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| ***timezone update/import
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| **Maintenance Mode
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| ***enable/disable
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| ***message
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| *Users
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| **Authentication
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| ***(still looking into the different authentication methods)
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| **Edit User Accounts
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| ***browse/edit/delete/add/search/alphasort users
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| **Add a New User | |
| ***(links to 'edit profile' for a new user)
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| **Upload Users
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| ***import file
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| **Enrolments
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| ***(still looking into different methods of enrolment)
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| **Enrol Students
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| ***links to different courses (chosen via plain list) in admin mode
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| **Assign Teachers
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| ***links through course cateogries to choose a course
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| **Assign Creators
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| ***list to select from existing users
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| **Assign Admins
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| ***list to select from existing users
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| *Courses
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| **shows course categories
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| **add/view/move/rename/delete catgories
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| **add a new course
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| **delete a course/other tasks (double-check what exactly they are) | |
| *Logs
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| **live logs
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| **filter by date/site/participant/activity
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| *Site Files
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| **upload a file
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| **rename/delete/move to folder/delete files
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| **make a folder | |
| *Environment
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| **evaluates current server environment for future moodle versions
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| == Proposed Structure ==
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| Alrighty, here's the deal for how this is organized: I'm proposing a 2-or-3-level hierarchy for the reorganization. However, this list only contains what I'm calling "final" top-level categories. The stuff under the top-level categories isn't yet organized into second- and third-level categories; it's just a list of items from the "Current Structure" list.
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| * User Interface
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| **variables\interface
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| **variables\user\sitepolicy | |
| **variables\user\fullnamedisplay
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| **site settings
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| **themes
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| **language
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| **editor settings
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| **calendar (except calendar\adminsseeall)
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| **site files
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| * Server Interface (a.k.a. backend)
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| **variables\maintenance
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| **variables\operating system
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| **variables\mail
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| **variables\user\extendedusernamechars
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| **variables\user\autologinguests (this might be better placed in security/auth)
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| **variables\miscellaneous
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| **test for future versions
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| * Authentication & Security
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| **variables\security
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| **variables\permissions
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| **calendar\adminsseeall
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| **user management (to be completely redone)
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| * Maintenance & Auditing
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| **backups
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| **maintenance mode
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| **logs
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| * Course Management
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| **to be worked out
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| * Plug-in Management
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| **filters
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| **blocks
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| **modules
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| * Bookmarks (per admin user)
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| == XML File Format ==
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| Please note that this is a sample... a formal DTD or Schema will be forthcoming.
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| == Random Ideas ==
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| * I mentioned (in my proposal) using XML to store the hierarchy. I still think this is ideal (after all, XML seems to lend itself to hierarchical data), but I think there are a few ways to expand this. Notably, along with the settings, we can store
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| # whether a setting should appear on the initial (installation) config page (granted, this'll require a rewrite or modification of the initial config page)
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| # if a new setting has been set to the default because of an upgrade, then we can have a config page that appears when upgrading which shows only the flagged, new variables (i.e. those that were set to defaults)
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| * Site settings and editor settings could be grouped together (but I won't jumble up settings between the two of them; they'll just have the same parent in the hierarchy). | |
| * Logs and Site Files sections look good as-is... probably won't make very many changes there
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| * Will try to improve on course administration interface (ideas to come soon)
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| * (Sort of) redo the user management interface so that we can get rid of the "Assign Teachers", "Assign Admins", etc. options on the main admin page (i.e. have a single link to a "User Management Interface" and do everything else from there.
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| * Group Modules, Filters, and Blocks under a top-level category called Plug-Ins (similar to the way it's done on [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 moodle.org]
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| == Random Questions == | | == Remaining Issues == |
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| * There are no settings for specific filters? They're only active or inactive? | | * <strike>Find a good way to mark settings that are set on initial install</strike> |
| * When it comes to the hierarchical menu, I mentioned JavaScript-based... custom-written or is there already some sort of open source framework for collapsible JavaScript hierarchies? | | * <strike>Find a good way to display settings that are added (or set to default values) during an upgrade</strike> |
| * Anyone mind if I rewrite the user management pages? I'm thinking a single interface to do everything with regards to users. (details soon to be posted at [[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/User management interface]]) | | * <strike>Figure out how user_is_editing() should work in admin/pagelib.php</strike> |
| | * <strike>Specify the $paramtype for all admin_setting_configtext objects and children</strike> |
| | * Specify the $role for all admin_externalpage and admin_settingpage objects |
| | * Specify explicit $precedence values for all admin_externalpage, admin_settingpage, and admin_category objects |
| | * Fix non-language-specific strings, and add required langfile strings |
| | * <strike>Work out a way to handle gd_version</strike> |
| | * Consider adding icons and/or custom names for admin bookmarks |
| | * Fix icons in admin_2 block to be theme-dependent |
| | * Find out if admin_2 block can be set up as an HTML list (and still work with Javascript) |
| | * Fix admin/pagelib.php to include admin_2 and admin_bookmarks as default blocks |
| | * For the course management section, allow view-only-mode? (i.e. the mode in which you don't edit categories) |
| | * Work out which files can be safely removed from the admin dir |
| | * See if we can eliminate the old admin block (bear in mind it's still used on course pages) |
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| == Links == | | == Links == |
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| * Get back to the [[Student_projects | Student Projects]] listing. | | * Get back to the [[Student_projects | Student Projects]] listing. |
| * You can get my official SoC app [http://vkm.ca/?s=soc2006-moodle-app here]. | | * You can get my official SoC app [http://vkm.ca/?s=soc2006-moodle-app here]. |
| * My sample moodle setup (for fooling around & such) is [http://demoserv.vkm.ca:822/moodle here]. | | * My sample moodle setups are <strike>[http://demoserv.vkm.ca:822/moodle here for 1.5]</strike>, <strike>[http://betaserv.vkm.ca:82/moodle here for 1.6]</strike> and [http://betaserv.vkm.ca:82/moodle17/moodle here for 1.7 beta]. |
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