News items to show This setting only applies if the front page is set to display news items or if you are using the Latest News block.
Front Page Roles You can assign roles and set up role overrides for your front page in exactly the same way as for a course (see Chapter 4). To enable users to engage in front page activities, you need to either assign all users the front page role of student or set up authenticated user overrides. For example, if you want users to be able to view forum discussions and reply to posts, you can override the authenticated user role and allow these permissions. If you have a site news forum in which everyone is forced to be subscribed, you need to assign all users the front page role of student in order for them to receive email copies of forum posts.
Front Page Backup You can back up your front page with or without user data in exactly the same way as for a course (see Chapter 4).
Site Files Site files are basically the course files for the front page. Any images you want to display on the front page can be uploaded to the site files folder. Don’t be afraid of the note at the top of the site files page: “Files placed here can be accessed by anyone.� This simply means that, unlike course files, which require a user to have appropriate rights in order to access them, anyone who has the URL can access the files within the site files folder. The site files folder can be used for uploading a course backup ZIP file prior to restoring it.
Server System Paths The system paths page includes the following options:
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