Updates to Mallard From March 2000


# Patch Date Modules/Programs Affected Servers Updated Comments
1 Fixed window targets for reauthents 03/02/00 Authent.pm (1.108)
homepage.cgi (1.52)
icons.cgi (1.25)
develop
  • Authent.pm: In user_authent(), all Bluestem servers will always popup the authent window if reached via a link inside mallard, as Bluestem busts frames. In init(), all Mallard pages set a Window-target header so that NO TARGETS are needed in URLS (which allows the reauthents to set Window-targets that WORK).
  • homepage.cgi: REMOVED the default "target=main-window" on the URLs.
  • icons.cgi: REMOVED the default "target=main-window" on the URLs.
2 Make student names on survey submissions page point to individual submissions 02/25/00 survey_submission_record.cgi (1.5)
student_records.cgi (1.5)
develop
  • survey_submission_record.cgi: Changed name link to point to individual survey records page rather than modify users page
  • student_records.cgi: Changed header to say "Survey records for..." rather than "Grades for..."
3 Fixed tiny teeny blank problem in the restrict access utility 03/09/00 restrict_access.cgi (1.6) develop
  • restrict_access.cgi: Make the text area width default to 60 if one is not set in the user's config. This prevents users without config files set yet from getting the tiny small blank the first time they use it.
4 Let people set the text appearing above the links on the homepage 03/09/00 homepage.cgi (1.53)
homepage_config.cgi (1.3)
set_homepage_message.cgi (1.1)
develop
  • homepage.cgi: Read the text that goes above the links from a text file on disk. The default value if no such file exists is the old value "welcome..."
  • homepage_config.cgi: Added link to message configuration utility.
  • set_homepage_message.cgi: Program that simply lets the user type in a message to be shown above the links on the home page (underneath the user name). This can contain course images.
5 Allow instructors to view quiz times by section 03/28/00 quiz_time_browser.cgi (1.4) develop
  • quiz_time_browser.cgi: Restrict access to INSTRUCTORS, not DEVELOPERS.
6 Set the course_info and newsgroup link URLs in the homepage config 03/31/00 configure_navigation_icon.cgi (1.2) develop
  • configure_navigation_icon.cgi: Allow people to configure the URL/target for the course_info and newsgroup links.

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