.. index:: pair: Blocks; General General General ----------- The artefacts in this tab are of a general nature or did not fit into any other category and can be used around the site. When you create a page in a group, you do not have the :ref:`navigation ` and :ref:`plans ` blocks available as you cannot create collections or plans in groups. Additionally, you can choose the following blocks when you edit the group homepage: * :ref:`group_info_block` * :ref:`group_members_block` * :ref:`group_pages_block` .. index:: pair: Blocks; Creative Commons license General; Creative Commons license .. _creative_commons_block: Creative Commons License ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/creativecommons.* :alt: Add a Creative Commons license Add a block to your page which lets users know under which Creative Commons license your page is published. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/creativecommons_configure.* :alt: Configure the block Files to download Configure the Creative Commons block #. **Block Title**: Choose a title for your document block. #. **Allow commercial uses of your work?** Decide whether users can re-use your work for commercial purposes. #. **Allow modifications of your work?** Decide whether others can remix your work and create something new and if so under which conditions. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. seealso:: For more information about the licenses and their terms, visit the `Creative Commons web site `_. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Navigation General; Navigation .. _navigation_block: Navigation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/navigation.* :alt: Add a navigation block for a collection Add a navigation block to display links to pages in a collection. .. note:: You must create at least one :ref:`collection ` first in order to use this block. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/navigation_configure.* :alt: Configure the navigation block Configure the navigation block #. **Block Title**: The title of the collection is chosen automatically unless you provide a different one. #. **Collection**: Choose the collection from the drop-down menu for which you wish to display links in the block. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Plans General; Plans .. _plans_block: Your Plans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/plans.* :alt: Add a plan to your page Display one of your plans in a block. .. note:: You must create at least one :ref:`plan ` first in order to use this block. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/plans_configure.* :alt: Configure the navigation block Configure the plans block #. **Block Title**: The title of the plan is chosen automatically unless you provide a different one. #. **Plan to show**: Choose the plan which you want to display in your page. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/plans_result.* :alt: Embedded plan Result of an embedded plan in a portfolio page. By clicking on the linked titles, you can show the descriptions of the individual tasks. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Recent forum posts General; Recent forum posts .. _recent_forum_posts_block: Recent Forum Posts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/recentforumposts.* :alt: Add recent forum posts Display a specified number of recent forum posts from one group on a page. .. note:: You must be a member of at least one :ref:`group ` in order to use this block. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/recentforumposts_configure.* :alt: Configure the recent forum posts block Configure the recent forum posts block #. **Block Title**: The title of the block is generated automatically unless you provide a different one. The default title is "Recent Forum Posts". #. **Group**: Choose the group whose forum posts shall be displayed. #. **Maximum number of posts to show**: Decide how many of the latest forum posts you wish to show. The default value is 5. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Text box General; Text box .. _textbox_block: Text Box ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/textbox.* :alt: Add text Add text to your page. This feature is used when you do not want to keep the text in a journal, e.g. just for small snippets of text. .. warning:: If you remove a text box from a page, its content is deleted forever and cannot be retrieved anymore. Only in the upcoming Mahara 1.5 version will text boxes be artefacts that can be stored and re-used. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/textbox_configure.* :alt: Configure the recent forum posts block Configure the text box block #. **Block Title**: Provide a title for your text. #. **Block Content**: Write your text. You can include formatting, external images etc. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. note:: We recommend you do not include images that you have uploaded to Mahara in a text box. It cannot be guaranteed that they are displayed for other users if they do not have access to the image via another portfolio page. All access in Mahara is granted to pages and through them to the artefact blocks. An image in a text box is not recognized as artefact and can therefore not receive its proper permissions. .. index:: pair: Blocks; My inbox General; My inbox .. _inbox_block: My Inbox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/inbox.* :alt: My Inbox block The *My Inbox* block displays the latest messages that you have received in Mahara. .. note:: This block can only be used on your dashboard. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/inbox_configure.* :alt: Configure the inbox block Configure the inbox block #. **Block Title**: The automatic title for this block is "Recent Activity". You can set another one if you wish. #. **Message types to display**: Place a check mark for each message type that you want to display in this block. #. **Maximum number of items to display**: Decide how many pages shall be shown on your dashboard. You can choose between 5 and 100. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Latest pages General; Latest pages .. _latest_pages_block: Latest Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/newviews.* :alt: Latest pages block The *Latest Pages* block displays the latest pages to which you have access across Mahara. .. note:: This block can only be used on your dashboard. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/newviews_configure.* :alt: Configure the latest pages block Configure the latest pages block #. **Block Title**: The automatic title for this block is "Latest pages". You can set another one if you wish. #. **Maximum number of pages to show**: Decide how many pages shall be shown on your dashboard. You can choose between 5 and 100. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Group info General; Group info .. _group_info_block: Group Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/groupinfo.* :alt: Add the group info block This block is a default block on the group homepage. There is no configuration possible. The block contains information about: * group administrator * group type * group creation date * number of group members * number of pages created in the group * number of files uploaded to the group * number of folders created in the group .. index:: pair: Blocks; Group members General; Group members .. _group_members_block: Group Members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/groupmembers.* :alt: Add the group members block This block is a default block on the group homepage. You can display member profile pictures and their names. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/groupmembers_configure.* :alt: Configure the group pages block Configure the group members block #. **Block Title**: The automatic title for this block is "Members". You can set another one if you wish. #. **Shown Members**: Choose how many members (between 1 and 20) are shown on the group homepage. All others are accessible via the *Members* tab in the group. #. **Order**: Choose the order in which members are displayed. Options are: * latest: display members according to their group joining date in reverse chronological order * random: let Mahara decide which members to display #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. .. index:: pair: Blocks; Group pages General; Group pages .. _group_pages_block: Group Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/groupviews.* :alt: Add the group pages block This block is a default block on the group homepage. You can display pages created in and / or shared with the group in this block. .. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/groupviews_configure.* :alt: Configure the group pages block Configure the group pages block #. **Block Title**: The automatic title for this block is "Group pages". You can set another one if you wish. #. **Display Group pages?** Decide whether to display pages that were created in the group. "Yes" is the default option. #. **Display Shared pages?** Decide whether to display pages that users shared with the group. "No" is the default option. #. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is.