Forum .LRN Q&A: how to make part of dotlrn open to users who haven't signed up

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1: how to make part of dotlrn open to users who haven't signed up
Posted by David Lee on 03/29/06 02:14 AM
I want to make some of the class information and material open to the public without them having to sign in or make an account. How would I be able to do that? I'm guessing it might be through the static html package? How would I use that? Either that or I need to change permissions. However, when I go to dotlrn permissions, listed under Direct permissions, "The Public" has "read" permission. But when I go to my website, it automatically redirects me to the log in box.
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2: Re: how to make part of dotlrn open to users who haven't signed up (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 03/30/06 03:58 PM
.LRN is designed around a concept of privacy. No files under /dotlrn/* are accessible to the public. To change this would be incredibly complex and error-prone.

What we did in dotlrn-ecommerce was to create an index.vuh file that redirected to the class public files file-storage folder. This allowed up to serve the course public files under a different site-node with seperate permissions.