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Morning. Thank you so much for the new Moodlebox 4.3 - it is fantastic!
I am using the standard Boost theme and the new format is the footer only appears when the ? at the bottom is pressed. Nice and neat but it does not contain the "Shutdown Moodlebox" option even though the "show buttons in footer" option is selected.
Any ideas what I need to do to have them show?

  • Nicolas replied to this.

  • This is now fixed by v2.13.0 of MoodleBox plugin.

    Enjoy, and if you wish, donate!

    This issue is related to Moodle 4.0.

    I haven't had the time to update the MoodleBox plugin in time, so this feature is missing as of now. I'm in the way to fix this. A workaround is to display the MoodleBox dashboard: buttons here works as expected. Sorry for the inconvenience.

    Technical details: Moodle 4.0 changed the way the footer (and other visual elements) are displayed, so this needs a complete overhaul. I've yet to learn how to do this. Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thanks for letting us know. I don't know enough about it but would a block work?

      Ian would a block work?

      Yes, and I could integrate the dev into my plugin. If you have some clue, it'll enable to go faster.

        I am sorry that I can't help - I am not a programmer - just a teacher.
        The buttons are present when using the mobile boost theme but not the laptop version. So for now I have instructed my managers to log in on a mobile device so they can do a safe shutdown.

        Hi Ian,
        what do you mean with "mobile boost theme". The MoodleBox 4.3.0 comes with the boost theme and with the classic theme. The new boost theme does not show the footer buttons, but the classic theme does. Did you install an additional theme on the MoodleBox?
        Ralf

        Okay, I found the buttons on my Smartphone but not on my tablet. The design is Boost 4.0..

        • Ian replied to this.

          ralfkrause Sorry I should have been clearer. On the theme selector in the admin/appearance you can select different themes for default, mobile, and tablet.
          The boost theme on mobile still has the buttons showing.

            You can get the buttons also on a notebook or desktop pc. Resize you browser window to the minimal with .... voila ... your will get the buttons. This could be a css setting to get the footer also on wide screens. I took this screenshot in Safari on my iMac 27" and I got the same with Firefox and Chrome.

            Ian As an ugly workaround before I fix the problem: simply add the following line to box "Raw SCSS", under Aministration > Appearance > Boost > Advanced settings:

            .jsenabled #page-footer .footer-content-popover { display: block; }

            You'll have now the footer always displayed.

              3 months later

              Great! Thank you very much!

              I just updated the new plugin version 2.13.0 on my MoodleBox. I think we need to reboot the MoodleBox to activate all functions. It looks fine and it works. Perfect!

                ralfkrause I think we need to reboot the MoodleBox to activate all functions.

                Yes, this is mandatory when updating the plugin. Thanks for testing.