Do you know how to customize the paywall page? When users click on a course card on the front page, they will be taken to a payment page. That payment page looks very ugly. I am using the boost union theme with stripe plugin.
The paywall page can be customized somewhat using CSS, and I believe the course description is also displayed there and can be made somewhat pretty too.
That's a file permissions error. Your user doesn't have permissions to write to moodlesql.gz. Try changing the owner to the user you're currently logged in as. Note that the sudo doesn't apply to anything after the pipe | so gzip is running and outputting as your non-sudo user.
Hello unrelated but wanted to know how I can expand my section name in the Moodle course index. My section name (tittle) cuts off because it's pretty long and wanted to know how I can make it so it does not and it reads it completely. For example, my section name in the course index reads like this, "Module 1: Reliability and...". When it should read like this, "Module 1: Reliability and Resiliency in Today's Mission Critical Environment ". Thank you :)
@@Wise-CatOk thanks I’ll make sure to check it out. In addition is it possible to create a text box under the section name with hover capabilities to reveal the full tittle. For example, the section name is cut off but then the user hovers over the tittle and a text box shows up under it revealing the full tittle? How would I implement that? Thanks for the help.
A bit trickier, but also can be done in CSS. You may need to be careful to position the box so you're hover stays when the full box is open too. Definitely recommend the channel of @KevinPowell for all things CSS.
I think there is a plugin for bulk backups (by Justin Hunt?) though it might not be in the plugins database. Also you could try using the upload courses feature to duplicate existing courses in bulk.
Sure, I've tried bigger models without the AI kit, but the bigger they are the slower they run. Jeff Geerling did a demo on his channel using the AI Kit for visual recognition stuff and it was pretty amazing. I also wonder how its performance on LLMs would improve.
Great question! Yes, it is possible. It's easy to checkout any of the branches (for example for 4.2.x with "git checkout MOODLE_402_STABLE"). That will get you the latest code on any given major version. For minor "point" releases it's a bit trickier and you'll need to search "git log" or "git tag" for the specific release you're after. Then to get for example v4.2.4, you would use "git checkout v4.2.4" (however this will not be on a branch and thus updating with "git pull" won't work until you return to a branch). Not a bad idea for a video actually, I'll add it to the to-do list. Cheers!
Deploying an LLM to a cloud is easy using the docker-compose.yaml file in the Pillama repository, though getting it to work well with the cloud's infrastructure will be very case-by-case depending on how your particular cloud is setup. Using cloud-based GPUs etc will yield better results, so I'd suggest looking through the documentation for your cloud infrastructure provider. Sorry, I don't have a one-size-fits-all answer for this question.
Hello, Shiriajin here, thanks a lot for making this video and for showing me how to remove all those plugins missing from the disk. Thanks also to ducky who reminded us of the run swtich.
Thanks for all the moodle admin tutorials. I followed this one, however, I am stumbling about an error after changing the config.php. It shows Error: database driver problem detected The site administrator should verify server configuration Unknown driver native/ Any idea what the problem is?
It looks like there is a typo in either the dbtype or dblibrary directives in config.php. Some common errors include not finishing the directive with a semicolon; having Capitalized some letters (MySQLi instead of mysqli); having the wrong dbtype (the most common being perhaps 'mysql' instead of 'mariadb'). If you can paste the first few lines of your config.php, that might help diagnosing the problem.
@@Wise-Cat Thanks for having a look into this. The first lines are: $CFG->dbtyle = 'mariadb'; $CFG->dblibrary = 'native'; $CFG->dbhost = 'localhost'; $CFG->dbname = 'moodle'; $CFG->dbuser = 'moodleuser';
@Wise-Cat ok ... found it: the typo is dbtyle instead of dbtype 🙈 Thanks for your great videos and tutorials. You are one of my absolute favorites. informative and still entertaining. Please do never stop!
I would love to try that out someday. I currently don't have that stuff though. Saw some videos on Jeff Geerling's channel that were very interesting though.
What is the best way to remove missing from disk plugins? I have four Microsoft plugins that I no longer want but don’t seem to be able to remove them. I tried CLI, but it didn’t work for some reason.
I've been meaning to do a video on this for a while now. Your best bet is probably the CLI uninstall-plugins.php. Use the switches --show-missing and --purge-missing to show and purge the missing plugins for the site. Also remember to use the --run switch when you actually want it to run the actions (uninstall-plugins.php is very cautious and won't actually do anything without the --run switch). Afterwards, perhaps go to the "performance overview" report and make sure the Database schema matches what the code expects. Good luck and happy hunting!
It depends on what your goal is. If you want a blazing fast AI, yeah it's not worth it. On the other hand, if you want to learn more about how these things work and perhaps how you can serve your own AI later on more impressive hardware (or on platforms like AWS and/or Azure) then it's totally worth it. Or you could do it to win a beer bet 😉 In our case, we did it simply to show it CAN be done. To demonstrate to people that AI is not beyond them and to thus empower people. This could be the start of a journey for people who otherwise might be too self-doubting to take their first step. That makes it worth it to me. Oh, and it's cute and fun too...
Not sure what I can do to help. What problem are you facing? If searching for your php.ini file, looking at your Moodle's phpinfo page should still work regardless of the OS.
it is easier to install ollama directly on your mac, no need for docker. then there are free apps (something like enchanted) in the appstore that can connect to ollama directly.
Thanks for that. Yes, the other day a friend was trying it on an M1 Mac and she noticed that the performance on a directly installed Ollama was also much better. There are certainly better ways to do this than the what we did...
YOLO 😂 hi wisecat, hopefully a quick question. The hardest part I have found is a point in the year to get any moodle update out the door. Our Uni runs three semesters a year leaving next to any room for any moodle love. In your presentation you mention never going from one Yolo release to another. We currently run 3.11.18 I think and the desired is to go to 4.2. This is because other unis have said 4.1 had so many bugs. Do you have any advice on that? Thanks for any advice and your content. 🪨’s 🤘🏽
Thanks for that comment, I didn't mention when to YOLO upgrade because largely they have been just another major release with a YOLO number change. Right now, the desired upgrade would be to 4.4. my recommendation is to always be as upgraded as possible. Rumours of "so many bugs" tend to be unfounded, and even if a bug exists, it's usually taken care of at the latest, by the following point release. So, upgrade to the latest possible version, and don't skimp on the point release updates. From my experience there has never been a good argument for holding back (i.e. only upgrading to 4.2 when 4.4 is available). All holding back does is give users an outdated experience. Nobody likes that... Good luck with your upgrades and thanks again for shining light on my omission. Cheers!
Thanks you, helpful. Any idea how to solved Error connecting to the server, when I am uploading a backup to restore. I can not make a restor every time Error connecting to the server. Thanks
It depends on what kind of error it is. If an SSH error, it could be that your SSH keys are not setup properly. I'm planning to do a video on SSH keys (along with ssh-import-id and ssh-copy-id) soon. Maybe that will help?
Wow! Interesting question. I haven't seen and can't immediately think of a way to do this in the gradebook, but for individual items, you could perhaps use scales. Do you think there's a demand for not using hindu-arabic numerals though? Here in Japan, I don't think anyone would use kanji numbers if that option existed.
@@Wise-Cat Hi, It is used in certificates. I try to generate a transcript using custom certificate for primary school but I surprised that I can only use English numbers
Ahh, that makes sense. Perhaps adding an issue on the customcert GitHub Page (or looking to see if someone else has already had similar thoughts) might be an idea. It may need funding, but sounds like something that could be added.
Thanks for the encouragement. I do try to release a video each week, though some weeks this is easier than others. Thanks also for subscribing. I hope my future videos prove useful for you.
@@Wise-Cat configuring the width and the background colours are essential elements, thanks for those videos. Now, I've come across your channel in my search for an inviting website. Fair enough for established institutions, but not being able to have a welcoming landing page with links to other pages such as ''about'' just makes people click right out. If you have any ideas to make a moodle site look more like a school's oficial site, it would be greatly apreciated. Hope it makes sense
Moove, Boost Union and LearnR among other themes have some pretty good features for improving the site-home. They offer stuff like image carousels and "marketing spots" that can make things much more appealing even before one logs in. It's definitely worth trying out a few themes and you'll probably find one that suits your needs.
That is exactly what I've always thought since the very moment I tried moodle out. Especialy on the front page, it just doesn't feel right to have this narrow space in the middle. In fact this is to jam it with things to the sides and then make it cluttered. It puts new visitors off.
Exactly! When I first saw the narrow strip in the middle, I thought I had just wasted a bunch of money buying a 24" screen. I like my Moodles like my monitors: widescreen enabled.
Sir, How do I transfer recordings from old BigBlueButton 2.3 to new setup of BigBlueButtion 2.6.17 server. please make video on this, Thanks for you appreciable videos.
Wow! A non-Moodle but related-to-Moodle question (a first for this channel). It's been a while since I have done a BBB migration, but there is a way to move the recordings over. I'm guessing it might be different now compared to when I last did one, but as long as the metadata from the BBB recordings is all intact they can be migrated across.
Hi. I tried the accessibility plugin. Nice work! My users can adjust the font style and color now. But there is a problem with the navbar background color. It only changes the color of the block inside the navbar instead of the entire navbar. Also, if when I change background to a dark color and the font to a bright color, the links on the navbar stay black.
Thanks for trying it out. Yes, being a new plugin, there are still some tweaks that need to be made. One recent tweak stops it from being duplicated in H5P activities. Appreciate the feedback, thanks!
I didn't know you could do that in the "site administration" section. I thought you had to change the source code directly from the file, wherever you saved it. I have question related to something completely different... Is it possible to create a dashboard with information about the student's grades, course completion %, etc etc. Something that an admin or a teacher can review and maybe export any time, to track the students' journeys throughout a course.
Hmm, I don't know of any way to get all of this information on one page, though the Custom reports feature may be useful to make several reports that could provide the information you're after.
Wow I loved watching your video!! I'm not really a programmer, but I'm learning little by little to manage my own Moodle platform. The CSS you have made works perfectly for my small production platform.You are great! Thank you very much for your time, for the video, for the CSS code and for your sense of humor!!
Glad it was helpful! Like you, I'm not a programmer but a system administrator. It's a life of continuous learning, keep at it! That CSS isn't really the best as it will cause issues on smaller screens and with longer activity names. So, be ready to tweak it more when you discover issues. Firefox's inspector gives you a good way to try tweaks out before making them live in the theme's SCSS. It is a rabbit hole though, and you can easily get hooked and spend hours playing with it (I've had that happen several times... great fun, but when you realise suddenly it's 3am, can be quite the shock).
For those who have my problem, sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/moodle.conf and inside the server definition put ==> location / {try_files $uri $uri/ =404;}....... This was tested on Almalinux.
Thank you for showcasing the changes between these two releases. I like how you not only show the features, but also show how to configure those settings. Thank you! BTW: I am also distracted by your mouse cursor!😆🤣 I also like how you add additional thoughts about what kind of features would be nice to have. I also wish to have the editor appear in the quick reply section in the forum. Love the drag-n-drop on the file picker... I still hate all the steps needed just to add a file. Less clicks preferred. Go Gordon Bateson! Awesome question type!
Checkout my video on upgrading ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9xds6a_aw1w.html . The Process should be fairly similar regardless of whether it's on localhost or hosted elsewhere. If you need to change the URL to access it on localhost (i.e. migrating it to localhost first) then the Good migrations video will also probably help, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k0nrYdFK9uA.html Also, be sure to take full backups before attempting any upgrades ru-vid.com/group/PLUocP1bKm-DtdEr64NypbqLzh_MKomwac Happy upgrading!
I love your Moodle videos, congratulations!! I have a question, what happens in Moodle 4.4 if you want to show the size of a file? Version 4.3 creates a line that generates greater vertical displacement. Using CSS I have been able to leave Moodle 4.3 looking similar to 3.11 in terms of scrolling, but I have not been able to eliminate that line. I have also not been able to eliminate the vertical spacing that is now created when you create a label solely with a <hr> as a separation between activities... Let's see if now with 4.4 the issue of vertical scrolling improves a little. All the best.
Thanks a lot for the great question! I just made a video on this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pHk5Dl0MA_A.html Quite a nice rabbit hole your question sent me down. Great fun! Thanks again!
I really hope Moodle has a Light/Dark toggle feature. This feature is becoming a standard in the web design domain. I know there are paid themes with this feature, but there is huge risk. If anything goes wrong with the provider, the design and branding of my moodle site will become insustainable.
Absolutely! Though not perfect as a darkmode substitute, perhaps the accessibility plugin might help? moodle.org/plugins/local_accessibility At least, you can have some control over the colours with the accessibility plugin installed.
Hi Wisecat, i have a comlicatied one i could use your guidence with. i have an old Winodws 7 IIS machine currently running php 5.4 and Moodle 3.1 i need to get to the end target of latest php and moodle on a linux server. but its so old Curl doesnt work on the windows machine. so i cant view the upgrade paths either. Any suggestions
Complicated indeed. Well, I can think of two options. First, you could take backups of all your courses, then build a new Moodle with all your plugins installed, and restore the courses there. Though you may run into difficulty with the question banks/random questions. Also, your users would need to re-authenticate with the new server. The second way would be to copy the whole site to a Linux server, then gradually upgrade version by version, incrementing PHP and SQL versions as needed. This might actually be better if you don't have any additional plugins installed. Either way, that's a fairly big job. Plan a few hours to do it. Good luck!
There are some, yes. I haven't seen many, but one that comes to mind is the premium (paid) version of Moove. I'm sure you could find others if you search around a bit.
Hi WiseCat, thank you for the video. I have a little question. Where can i find the folder "vagrant.wisecat", (min 31:20) i know it is your domain but, with someone who install it in localhost or public ip from Azure. I'm looking that folder to change the PHP version that are moodle using. Thank you for your help!
There's no single correct answer to your question. This video may help though ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mrGGGqBLj2M.html It all depends on how your server is setup and how the webserver gets the php processed. Either way, checking in PHP info is a very good starting point. Good luck!
If you only want it to take affect on the login page, simply change the selector to remove the ,body at the end. So the new selector would be ".pagelayout-login #page" Note, that I'm pretty sure the selectors needed have changed since 4.0. So it might be a good time to revisit this topic. Also, it's actually much easier to use a theme like moodle.org/plugins/theme_boost_union to do this.
