Added new config variable to disable blocks on activity mod pages bug…

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admin/configvars.php

@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ function display_warning() {
     $interface['allowuserblockhiding'] = new configvar (get_string('configallowuserblockhiding', 'admin'),
         choose_from_menu ($noyesoptions, 'allowuserblockhiding', $config->allowuserblockhiding, '', '', '', true) );
 
+/// showblocksonmodpages
+    $interface['showblocksonmodpages'] = new configvar (get_string('configshowblocksonmodpages', 'admin'),
+        choose_from_menu ($noyesoptions, 'showblocksonmodpages', $config->showblocksonmodpages, '', '', '', true) );
+
 
 
 

lang/en/admin.php

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 $string['configsecureforms'] = 'Moodle can use an additional level of security when accepting data from web forms. If this is enabled, then the browser\'s HTTP_REFERER variable is checked against the current form address.  In a very few cases this can cause problems if the user is using a firewall (eg Zonealarm) configured to strip HTTP_REFERER from their web traffic.  Symptoms are getting \'stuck\' on a form. If your users are having problems with the login page (for example) you might want to disable this setting, although it might leave your site more open to brute-force password attacks.  If in doubt, leave this set to \'Yes\'.';
 $string['configsessioncookie'] = 'This setting customises the name of the cookie used for Moodle sessions.  This is optional, and only useful to avoid cookies being confused when there is more than one copy of Moodle running within the same web site.';
 $string['configsessiontimeout'] = 'If people logged in to this site are idle for a long time (without loading pages) then they are automatically logged out (their session is ended).  This variable specifies how long this time should be.';
+$string['configshowblocksonmodpages'] = 'Some activity modules support blocks on their pages.  If you turn this on, then teachers will be able to add side blocks on those pages, otherwise the interface does not show this feature.';
 $string['configshowsiteparticipantslist'] = 'All of these site students and site teachers will be listed on the site participants list. Who shall be allowed to see this site participants list?';
 $string['configsitepolicy'] = 'If you have a site policy that all users must see and agree to before using this site, then specify the URL to it here, otherwise leave this field blank.  The URL can point to anywhere - one convenient place would be a file in the site files.  eg http://yoursite/file.php/1/policy.html';
 $string['configslasharguments'] = 'Files (images, uploads etc) are provided via a script using \'slash arguments\' (the second option here). This method allows files to be more easily cached in web browsers, proxy servers etc.  Unfortunately, some PHP servers don\'t allow this method, so if you have trouble viewing uploaded files or images (eg user pictures), set this variable to the first option.';

lib/defaults.php

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
        'sessioncookie'            => '',
        'sessiontimeout'           =>  7200,
        'showsiteparticipantslist' =>  0,
+       'showblocksonmodpages'     =>  0,
        'sitepolicy'               => '',
        'slasharguments'           =>  1,
        'smtphosts'                => '',