From 6d63b852dd59fa64eb7f392c8f964e29bb9ba875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ormsbee Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:52:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix typo in course registration modal, re-add the course number in the annoymous case --- lms/templates/portal/course_about.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html b/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html index 5a28ebfa34..95afcfd73c 100644 --- a/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html +++ b/lms/templates/portal/course_about.html @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Register for ${course.number} %endif %else: - Register + Register for ${course.number} %endif From b717b0efd07b68d16c21776139b36f5f2eaae8de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ormsbee Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:21:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add real news and announcements at the bottom of the homepage via internal RSS for now. --- lms/templates/feed.rss | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--------- lms/templates/index.html | 13 ++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/lms/templates/feed.rss b/lms/templates/feed.rss index 8193f57ce3..2e32c67704 100644 --- a/lms/templates/feed.rss +++ b/lms/templates/feed.rss @@ -1,25 +1,34 @@ +<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %> <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/> tag:mitx.mit.edu,2012:/blog - - + + ## The GitHub Blog 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 - tag:mitx.mit.edu,2012:Post/3 + tag:www.edx.org,2012:Post/3 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 - Online Classes Cut Costs, But Do They Dilute Brands? - <img src="${static.url('images/courses/space1.jpg')}" />A Description + Berkeley Press Release + <img src="${static.url('images/header-logo.png')}" /> - tag:mitx.mit.edu,2012:Post/3 + tag:www.edx.org,2012:Post/2 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 - - Online Classes Cut Costs, But Do They Dilute Brands? - A Description + + Opening Doors For Exceptional Students: 6.002x in Mongolia + <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6y5eyXV1F1rsal4c.jpg" /> + + + tag:www.edx.org,2012:Post/1 + 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 + 2012-07-16T14:08:12-07:00 + + 6.002x – Way beyond a learning experience + <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7bdkyV9Lp1rsal4c.png" /> diff --git a/lms/templates/index.html b/lms/templates/index.html index 8ad32ccf74..5494769d4b 100644 --- a/lms/templates/index.html +++ b/lms/templates/index.html @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
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Online Classes Cut Costs, But Do They Dilute Brands?

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One Course, 150,000 Students

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Open Online Courses Are No Substitute for Classroom Learning

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