Moodle – Creating a theme based on boost for 4.x

Moodle has a great documentation page for creating a theme based on Boost theme but that one is for Moodle 3.2 and it does not work for 4.x versions. I had to create a child theme recently, so now I have the steps for a tutorial for the 4.x versions. Getting started The tutorial is […]

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Moodle’s Cache (MUC) Configuration Location

First of all, caching is important. A cache is a collection of processed data that is kept on hand and re-used to avoid costly repeated database queries. The default cache setting is quite good but if you are running a big Moodle instance or you using cloud services where the IOPS is limited you need […]

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Installing Moodle using SSL Proxy

SSL proxy is a transparent proxy that performs Secure Sockets Layer encryption (SSL) and decryption between the client and the server. It performs the SSL encryption and decryption between the client and the server.

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View the History of a T24 Version Record

Viewing the history of a T24 version record is a really good feature of Temenos T24 and Temenos Transact.How to use it? First of all, when you check a T24 record in See mode you can see the Curr No field that shows how many versions has this record. So if you need to view […]

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Possible fixes for “Maximum T24 users already signed on” Error

First of all, this should never happen in a Production environment. But in a Testing environment, it can. Let’s see how the tokens/sessions work in T24.Whenever a T24 user logs in, a unique token id will be created in the F.OS.TOKEN and F.OS.TOKEN.USE tables. When the user logs off, the system will remove the id […]

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How to remove ‘Data retention summary’ from your Moodle site

Some of the themes does not display this link correctly. If you do not want to modify the theme itself and you do not need the data retention summary in your footer then you can switch it off using the following steps: Go to Site administration -> Users -> Privacy and policies -> Privacy settings. […]

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How to open a saved request in Postman?

Postman is a great tool for testing interfaces. It is a scalable API testing tool that quickly integrates into CI/CD pipeline. I use it to test Temenos Transact services. You can create POST and GET messages easily and also you can save them for later use. Unfortunately, it does not follow the conventions used in […]

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