Adding welcome to course block see #3898

main/inc/lib/userportal.lib.php

@@ -1055,10 +1055,26 @@ class IndexManager {
 				}
 			}
 		}        
-        
         return $sessions_with_category.$sessions_with_no_category.$courses_html.$special_courses;
 	}
     
+    /** 
+     * Shows a welcome message when the user doesn't have any content in the course list 
+     */
+    function return_welcome_to_course_block() {
+        $tpl = $this->tpl->get_template('layout/welcome_to_course.tpl');
+        
+        $course_catalog_url = api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH).'auth/courses.php';
+        $course_list_url = api_get_path(WEB_PATH).'user_portal.php';
+                
+        $this->tpl->assign('course_catalog_url', $course_catalog_url);
+        $this->tpl->assign('course_list_url', $course_list_url);
+        $this->tpl->assign('course_catalog_link', Display::url(get_lang('here'), $course_catalog_url));
+        $this->tpl->assign('course_list_link', Display::url(get_lang('here'), $course_list_url));
+        
+        return $this->tpl->fetch($tpl);
+    }
+
 	function return_hot_courses() {
 		return CourseManager::return_hot_courses();		
 	}

main/lang/english/index.inc.php

@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@ $YouDoNotHaveAnySessionInItsHistory = "You have no session in your sessions hist
 $PortalHomepageDefaultIntroduction = "<h2>Congratulations! You have successfully installed your e-learning portal!</h2>  <p>You can now complete the installation by following three easy steps:<br /> <ol>     <li>Configure you portal by going to the administration section, and select the Portal -> <a href=\"main/admin/settings.php\">Configuration settings</a> entry.</li>     <li>Add some life to your portal by creating users and/or training. You can do that by inviting new people to create their accounts or creating them yourself through the <a href=\"main/admin/\">administration</a>'s Users and Training sections.</li>     <li>Edit this page through the <a href=\"main/admin/configure_homepage.php\">Edit portal homepage</a> entry in the administration section.</li> </ol> <p>You can always find more information about this software on our website: <a href=\"http://www.chamilo.org\">http://www.chamilo.org</a>.</p> <p>Have fun, and don't hesitate to join the community and give us feedback through <a href=\"http://www.chamilo.org/forum\">our forum</a>.</p>";
 $Username = "User name";
 $Profile = "Profile";
+$HelloXAsYouCanSeeYourCourseListIsEmpty = "<p>Hello <strong>%s</strong> and welcome,</p>
+<p>As you can see, your courses list is still empty. That's because you are not registered to any course yet! </p>";
+$GoAheadAndBrowseOurCourseCatalogXOnceRegisteredYouWillSeeTheCourseHereX = "<p>Go ahead and browse our course catalog %s to register to any course you like. Once registered, you will see the course appear right %s, instead of this message.</p>";
 ?>

main/lang/english/trad4all.inc.php

@@ -1334,4 +1334,5 @@ $DataTableSearch = "Search";
 $HideColumn = "Hide column";
 $DisplayColumn = "Show column";
 $LegalAgreementAccepted = "Legal agreement accepted";
+$here = "here";
 ?>

main/template/default/layout/layout_2_col.tpl

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 		
         {% include "default/layout/page_body.tpl" %}
                 
+        {#  Welcome to course block  #}
+        {% if welcome_to_course_block %}      
+            <section id="welcome_to_course">
+            {{ welcome_to_course_block }}
+            </section>
+        {% endif %}
+                
         {% if content is not null %}
             <section id="main_content">
                 {{ content }}

main/template/default/layout/welcome_to_course.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{ "HelloXAsYouCanSeeYourCourseListIsEmpty" | get_lang | format(_u.complete_name) }}
+
+{% if "allow_students_to_browse_courses" | get_setting  == 'true' %}
+    
+    {{ "GoAheadAndBrowseOurCourseCatalogXOnceRegisteredYouWillSeeTheCourseHereX" | get_lang | format(course_catalog_link, course_list_link) }}
+    
+    <a class="btn btn-primary btn-large" href="{{ course_catalog_url }}"> 
+        {{ "CourseCatalog" | get_lang }}
+    </a>
+{% endif %}

user_portal.php

@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ $user_id = api_get_user_id();
 // Main courses and session list
 $courses_and_sessions = $controller->return_courses_and_sessions($user_id);
 
+//Show the chamilo mascot
+if (empty($courses_and_sessions)) {      
+    $controller->tpl->assign('welcome_to_course_block', $controller->return_welcome_to_course_block());
+}
+
 $controller->tpl->assign('content', $courses_and_sessions);
  
 if (api_get_setting('allow_browser_sniffer') == 'true') {