MDL-9124 Added a visual notification when group membership doesn't allow adding discu...

diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/forum.php b/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
index 156dd7da07f52954b16c466346ceffe4734aa742..29fbae3a2cddb79068e318349ca456505018c04e 100644 (file)
--- a/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/forum.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $string['blockperioddisabled'] = 'Don\'t block';
 $string['blockperiod'] = 'Time period for blocking';
 $string['bynameondate'] = 'by $a->name - $a->date';
 $string['cannotviewpostyet'] = 'You cannot read other students questions in this discussion yet because you haven\'t posted';
+$string['cannotadddiscussion'] = 'Adding discussions to this forum requires group membership.';
 $string['configcleanreadtime'] = 'The hour of the day to clean old posts from the \'read\' table.';
 $string['configdisplaymode'] = 'The default display mode for discussions if one isn\'t set.';
 $string['configenablerssfeeds'] = 'This switch will enable the possibility of RSS feeds for all forums.  You will still need to turn feeds on manually in the settings for each forum.';

diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php
index 09544cee57beec14c8b34d250d87c5530fd7871f..6966e0757b2887e9ab4a292dfed49762dd7f469b 100644 (file)
--- a/mod/forum/lib.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lib.php
@@ -3298,6 +3298,8 @@ function forum_print_latest_discussions($course, $forum, $maxdiscussions=5, $dis
         echo '</div>';
         echo '</form>';
         echo "</div>\n";
+    } elseif(!ismember($currentgroup)) {
+        notify(get_string('cannotadddiscussion', 'forum'));
     }