X-Git-Url: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=729dbe4b4f2d8cf1d31a3aedebeb74a11e831ea8;hp=6e6909c1a0e81278fa608232b746ce6dcbb05497;hb=refs%2Fheads%2FMOODLE_310_STABLE;hpb=c6d2eda2fbdecef9aafdac52f023be66cb438ac4 diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 6e6909c1a0e..729dbe4b4f2 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,120 +1,28 @@ -$Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2008/08/13 23:21:14 skodak Exp $ + .-..-. + _____ | || | + /____/-.---_ .---. .---. .-.| || | .---. + | | _ _ |/ _ \/ _ \/ _ || |/ __ \ + * | | | | | || |_| || |_| || |_| || || |___/ + |_| |_| |_|\_____/\_____/\_____||_|\_____) -/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -// // -// NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT // -// // -// Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment // -// http://moodle.org // -// // -// Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Martin Dougiamas http://dougiamas.com // -// // -/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -// // -// Book module original code // -// Copyright (C) 2004 Petr Skoda (petr.skoda@vslib.cz) // -// // -/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -// // -// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // -// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // -// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or // -// (at your option) any later version. // -// // -// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // -// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // -// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // -// GNU General Public License for more details: // -// // -// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html // -// // -/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +Moodle - the world's open source learning platform -Book module for Moodle - version 1.2 (stable release) -=============================================================================== -Created by: - Petr Skoda (skodak) - most of the coding & design - Mojmir Volf - CSS formatted printer friendly format +Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide +educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and +integrated system to create personalised learning environments. -Developed for Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic). -Many ideas and code were taken from other Moodle modules and Moodle itself;-) +You can download Moodle and run it on your own +web server, ask one of our Moodle Partners to +assist you, or have a MoodleCloud site set up for +you. -Installation: - * see http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_contributed_modules_or_plugins +Moodle is widely used around the world by universities, schools, companies and +all manner of organisations and individuals. -List of features - version 1.4: +Moodle is provided freely as open source software, under the GNU General Public +License . - * easy to use - new teachers can quickly create multipage study materials - * two levels - only chapters and subchapters - * possible automatic chapter numbering - * chapters authored in build-in HTML editor (html stored in database, - images in course data) - * printing support - all chapters can be displayed on one CSS formatted page - * backup/restore with internal link preservation - * support for global searching in study materials (see contrib/search) - * import from html files (relinking of images, flash, Java applets and - relative links) - * works with MySQL and PostgreSQL databases - * no need to move language packs any more +Moodle is written in PHP and JavaScript and uses an SQL database for storing +the data. - -Intentionally omitted features: - - * more chapter levels - it would encourage teachers to write too much - complex and long books, better use standard standalone HTML editor and - import it as Resource. DocBook format is another suitable solution. - * TOC hiding in normal view - instead use printer friendly view - * PDF export - there is no elegant way AFAIK to convert HTML to PDF, - use virtual PDF printer or better use DocBook format for authoring - * detailed student tracking (postponed till officially supported) - * export as zipped set of HTML pages - instead use browser command - Save page as... in print view - -Future: - * I like eXe editor, I would like to improve Book in this direction ... ;-) - -CHANGELOG: -== 1.1RC1 - 2004/11/15 ======================================================= - * compatible ONLY with 1.4.2 and later !!! - * added sesskey for enhanced security - * navigation links do not enter hidden chapters - * import - correct linking when slasharguments are off - * removed coursefiles.php -== 1.1 - 2005/01/01 ======================================================= - * compatible ONLY with 1.4.3 and later! - * removed some unused searching stuff - * fixed headers in print.php -== 1.2RC - 2005/07/13 ========================================================== - * compatible with 1.5.1 + only - * improved restore - * fixed selection of directories for import - * html editor for summary - * fixed postgresql upgrade - * no need to move language packs -== 1.2 - 2006/03/11 ========================================================== - * removed 64kB page content limit in mysql - * exit button now goes to course section anchor - * chater title now in browser title bar - * added translations be and sv - * during import chapters with names "*_sub.htm?" are imported as subchapters - * deleting in import selection windows now works - * last version before transition to 1.6 -== 1.3alpha - 2006/03/12 ====================================================== - * compatible with 1.6dev only, use previous version for 1.5.x - * unicode upgrade supported - not much tested - * backup fixes - from Penny Leach, thanks! - * all languages converted to utf-8 - * moved to contrib/book_16 directory - * added proper content encoding conversion during import -== 1.4alpha - 2007/05/20 ==================================================== - * compatible with 1.8 - * export link enabled - thanks Eloy! - * no new features -== 1.5beta - 2008/08/14 ==================================================== - * compatible with 1.9.1 and above - * xhtml strict and css improvements - * formslib conversion - * capabilities implemented - * no new features - -skodak +See for details of Moodle's many features.