From: moodler <moodler>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:59:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: More fixes
X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d35cddd8ab068bb9eb69c6e9b5753965bfdb98a;p=moodle.git

More fixes
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diff --git a/doc/release.html b/doc/release.html
index e219a52024..cc80811afa 100644
--- a/doc/release.html
+++ b/doc/release.html
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@
 <DD> Moodle now features seven different authentication mechanisms,
      making it possible to hook Moodle up to nearly any external list
      of users!
-     New methods just added include IMAP, POP3 and NNTP servers (including
+     <P>New methods just added include IMAP, POP3 and NNTP servers (including
      those using SSL or certificate-based authentication), and also 
      authentication against user-specified fields in ANY 
-     external database table.  The login page can now be partially customised 
+     external database table.
+     <P>The login page can now be partially customised 
      by the admin with personalised instructions, and the guest login can be 
-     hidden if desired.  In addition, Moodle now sports a cool 
+     hidden if desired.  
+     <P>"Mappings" can be defined so that other fields (such as email, firstname,
+     lastname, department, language etc) can also be copied from LDAP or an 
+     external database when accounts are first used.
+     
+     <P>Finally, Moodle now sports a cool 
      new admin GUI for configuring all of this, so it should be pretty 
      easy now to set up external authentication.
      Many thanks to contributor Petri Asikainen for helping with the admin GUI.<BR><BR>