Re: [WWdevel] hiding courses from general view

[Sam H. <sh...@ma...>]

On Nov 22, 2005, at 12:12, Arnold Pizer wrote:

> If you look at e.g. http://webwork.rochester.edu/webwork2 you will  
> see a long list of courses most of which (in my opinion) should be  
> hidden from general view.  I think in this general location only  
> courses of interest to students should appear.  Does someone have  
> in mind a good mechanism to do this?  It could be as simple as  
> having a directory "hidden" (which shouldn't appear on the list)  
> and then the URL  http://webwork.rochester.edu/webwork2/hidden/ 
> old_course would give access to a hidden old course.  Or maybe  
> there could be a directory "archive" (which maybe would appear on  
> the list) which would need a password to enter.  Another question  
> is whether or not the Course Administration course should appear in  
> such a public place.

The simplest thing I can think of is: if a course directory contains  
a file named hide_course, hide the course. I would like to support a  
hierarchical courses directory at some point as well, but that's a  
whole 'nother problem.
-sam