Moodle - how to add pages/items in navigation bar

Question

Hey I just started using moodle and the first problem is: how to I add pages e.g. About us , Contact us.

Do I have too add it manually? Where do I have too change any settings? I tried looking for "Create web page" but I did not find anything.

I am using version 2.2.

Answer 1

Yes, you should make them manually, it's not as straightforward as in other CMS like Wordpress.

First, you have to create some php files that includes the common parts of a Moodle web page.

As an example, create a file named about.php and place it in the root of your Moodle installation (the php code is taken from the tutorial cited above and slightly adapted):

<?php

require_once('config.php');

$PAGE->set_context(get_system_context());
$PAGE->set_pagelayout('standard');
$PAGE->set_title("About page");
$PAGE->set_heading("About");
$PAGE->set_url($CFG->wwwroot . '/about.php');


echo $OUTPUT->header();

// Actual content goes here
echo "Hello World";

echo $OUTPUT->footer();

?>

If you have your Moodle at http://moodle-example.org, your about page would be located at http://moodle-example.org/about.php.

If you'd like to, you can create a custom menu inserting the path of your newly created page.

Go to Site administration » Appearance » Themes » Theme settings. On the Custom menu items field, insert:

About us|http://moodle-example.org/about.php

Save and you'll see a menu containing a link to your newly created page.