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   1 <H3> Release notes for Moodle 1.0.5 </H3>
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   3 <P>  New features (since 1.0.4):   </P>
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   5 <UL><DL>
   6 <DT> Configuration
   7 <DD> Most variables are now stored in the database and modifed using an
   8      admin form - this means config.php can be much shorter (only 8 items).
   9      The GD version is now auto-detected on all versions of PHP.
  10      New authentication plug-ins are now supported (auth directory).
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  12 <DT> Language improvements
  13 <DD> We have three new languages!  French, Finnish and Portuguese (Brazil).
  14      The authors are on the credits page in the Moodle documentation.
  15      Also, languages can now be easily edited directly via an admin web page.
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  17 <DT> Theme improvements
  18 <DD> The standard theme code has been tidied up.  It is now easier to
  19      hack them and make your own themes. Existing themes are 100%
  20      compatible.  One new feature is that the home page can have a
  21      different look to the other pages.  A new standardlogo theme has
  22      been added that shows you how to put your logo on the front page
  23      (eg like moodle.com does)
  24
  25 <DT> User improvements
  26 <DD> The user profile editing page now has a better layout.
  27      The list of participants now switches to various "condensed modes"
  28      when displaying larger classes.  All user listings now support
  29      sorting by column.  The admin user can now delete (disable) user
  30      accounts so that the user isn't displayed anywhere.  Individual
  31      users can choose their own display language (so that all web pages
  32      and mailouts will be in that language).
  33
  34 <DT> Activity improvements
  35 <DD> The "recent activity" box now also shows journal entries and
  36      submitted assignments and surveys.  The guest user can no longer
  37      edit *anything* at all.  A new reading type called "HTML text"
  38      allows experienced users to use pure HTML.
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  40 <DT> Miscellaneous
  41 <DD> Many tweaks to the interface and small bugs fixed, such as the one
  42      that displayed the guest icon sometimes on course listings, even
  43      when guest was actually disabled.
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  45 </DL></UL>
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