First pass at putting dyanamic content from data on course about page.

lms/djangoapps/courseware/content_parser.py

@@ -138,12 +138,16 @@ def user_groups(user):
     # return [u.name for u in UserTestGroup.objects.raw("select * from auth_user, student_usertestgroup, student_usertestgroup_users where auth_user.id = student_usertestgroup_users.user_id and student_usertestgroup_users.usertestgroup_id = student_usertestgroup.id and auth_user.id = %s", [user.id])]
 
 def replace_custom_tags(course, tree):
-    tags = os.listdir(course.path+'/custom_tags')
-    for tag in tags:
-        for element in tree.iter(tag):
-            element.tag = 'customtag'
-            impl = etree.SubElement(element, 'impl')
-            impl.text = tag
+    try:
+        tags = os.listdir(course.path+'/custom_tags')
+        for tag in tags:
+            for element in tree.iter(tag):
+                element.tag = 'customtag'
+                impl = etree.SubElement(element, 'impl')
+                impl.text = tag
+    except os.error:
+        # The directory must not exist. This is okay, as it is optional. If it is empty, git has trouble tracking it
+        pass
 
 def course_xml_process(course, tree):
     ''' Do basic pre-processing of an XML tree. Assign IDs to all

lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py

@@ -44,6 +44,44 @@ class Course(namedtuple('Course', _FIELDS)):
             log.exception(ex)
             raise CourseInfoLoadError("Could not read course info: {0}:{1}"
                                       .format(type(ex).__name__, ex))
+    
+    
+    
+    def get_about_section(self, section_key):
+        """ 
+        This returns the snippet of html to be rendered on the course about page, given the key for the section.
+        Valid keys:
+        - title
+        - university
+        - number
+        - short_description
+        - description
+        - key_dates (includes start, end, exams, etc)
+        - video
+        - course_staff_short
+        - course_staff_extended
+        - requirements
+        - syllabus
+        - textbook
+        - faq
+        - more_info
+        """
+        
+        if section_key in ['short_description', 'description', 'key_dates', 'video', 'course_staff_short', 'course_staff_extended', 
+                            'requirements', 'syllabus', 'textbook', 'faq', 'more_info']:
+            try:
+                with open(self.path / "about" / section_key + ".html") as htmlFile:
+                    return htmlFile.read()
+            except IOError:
+                return "! About section missing !"
+        elif section_key == "title":
+            return self.title
+        elif section_key == "university":
+            return self.institution
+        elif section_key == "number":
+            return self.number
+            
+        raise KeyError("Invalid about key " + str(section_key))
 
 def load_courses(courses_path):
     """Given a directory of courses, returns a list of Course objects. For the

lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py

@@ -366,3 +366,23 @@ def jump_to(request, probname=None):
     return index(request,
                  course=coursename, chapter=chapter,
                  section=section, position=position)
+                 
+
+@ensure_csrf_cookie
+def course_info(request):
+  csrf_token = csrf(request)['csrf_token']
+  # TODO: Couse should be a model
+  return render_to_response('portal/course_info.html', {'csrf': csrf_token })
+
+@ensure_csrf_cookie             
+def course_info(request, course_id):
+    # This is the advertising page for a student to look at the course before signing up
+    csrf_token = csrf(request)['csrf_token']
+    
+    try:
+        course = settings.COURSES_BY_ID[course_id]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise Http404("Course not found")
+    
+    return render_to_response('portal/course_about.html', {'csrf': csrf_token, 'course' : course})
+

lms/templates/accordion.html

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <ul>
       % for section in chapter['sections']:
         <li${' class="active"' if 'active' in section and section['active'] else ''}>
-          <a href="${ MITX_ROOT_URL}${reverse('courseware_section', args=[course_id] + format_url_params([chapter['name'], section['name']]))}">
+          <a href="${reverse('courseware_section', args=[course_id] + format_url_params([chapter['name'], section['name']]))}">
             <p>${section['name']}
             <span class="subtitle">
               ${section['format']} ${"due " + section['due'] if 'due' in section and section['due'] != '' else ''}

lms/templates/course.html

 <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
+<%!
+    from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
 
 %for course in courses:
 <article class="course">
   <div class="inner-wrapper">
     <header class="course-preview">
-      <a href="courses/${course.id}/info">
+      <a href="${reverse('about_course', args=[course.id])}">
         <hgroup>
           <h2>${course.title}</h2>
           <p>${course.institution}</p>
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
         <img src="${static.url('images/history.png')}">
       </div>
       <div class="desc">
-        <p>An advanced intorduction to analog circuits.</p>
+        <p>An advanced introduction to analog circuits.</p>
       </div>
     </section>
   </div>

lms/templates/course_info.html → lms/templates/portal/course_about.html

-<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
+<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 <%block name="js_extra">
   <script src="${static.url('js/course_info.js')}"></script>
 </%block>
 
-<%inherit file="main.html" />
+<%inherit file="../main.html" />
 
 <section class="container">
   <section class="course-info">
     <header>
       <img src="${static.url('images/harvard_cropped.png')}" />
-      <h2>18th Century History <span class="course-number">(HIS-223)</span></h3>
-      <h3>Harvard University</h3>
+      <h2>${course.get_about_section("title")} <span class="course-number">(${course.get_about_section("number")})</span></h3>
+      <h3>${course.get_about_section("university")}</h3>
       <div class="course-abstract">
-        <p>This course will examine the ways in which the world has grown more integrated yet more divided over the past 300 years.</p>
+        <p>${course.get_about_section("short_description")}</p>
       </div>
       <a class="button sign-up" href="#">Sign up</a>
     </header>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
               <p>The course will consist of 24 lectures, each lasting 50 minutes. There will be regular assignments consisting of map tests and short essays.</p>
             </li>
             <li>Are there any prerequisites?
-              <p>No - anyone and everyone is welcome to take this class.</p>
+              <p>No - anyone and everyone is welcome to take this course.</p>
             </li>
             <li>What textbook should I buy?
               <p>Although the lectures are designed to be self-contained, we recommend (but do not require) that students refer to the book Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World: From 1000 CE to the Present (W W Norton, 3rd edition) -- Volume II, which was written specifically for this course.</p>

lms/urls.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ urlpatterns = ('',
     url(r'^about$', 'student.views.about', name="about"),
     url(r'^jobs$', 'student.views.jobs', name="jobs"),
     url(r'^dashboard$', 'student.views.dashboard'),
-    url(r'^course_info$', 'student.views.course_info'),
     url(r'^change_email$', 'student.views.change_email_request'),
     url(r'^email_confirm/(?P<key>[^/]*)$', 'student.views.confirm_email_change'),
     url(r'^change_name$', 'student.views.change_name_request'),
@@ -80,7 +79,8 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]*)/courseware/(?P<chapter>[^/]*)/(?P<section>[^/]*)/$', 'courseware.views.index', name="courseware_section"),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]*)/profile$', 'courseware.views.profile', name="profile"),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]*)/profile/(?P<student_id>[^/]*)/$', 'courseware.views.profile'),
-
+        
+        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]*)/about$', 'courseware.views.course_info', name="about_course"),
     )
 
 if settings.ENABLE_MULTICOURSE: