Non-core contributed modules

We use Moodle 1.8.3+ and realized, that, if we restored a course manually, the whole course was restored, except the book. So I concluded, that maybe book is not compatible with Moodle 1.8.3, and if it woul be in the core, one would test it an adapt it to the actual version.

I think the book is a hidden gem.
It adds a certain power to centralising content with nice navigation.
I do not think maintenance over time if it was in the core is a big issue.

Petr - Given the number of votes (currently the most popular CONTRIB issue), might we consider adding the Book module to 2.1? If so, I can move this to a MDL issue. Peace - Anthony

I love Book module, and my current institution is intending to use it extensively... but if the UI allowed such a thing I'd vote against this idea. Perhaps the module should be packaged in core for zip downloads etc... but for managing stuff in Git it's a LOT easier when modules like this are maintained in separate modules.

I strongly support this request, and would be happy to deploy any test scenarios on my instances throughout British Columbia. I know I can say that at least 10 of my clients would love to see the book move into the core of Moodle.

I know of MANY institutions that would also love to see this in core. It's simple, elegant, great user interface for navigation and printing, and it imports html files as well as .zips up for portability. HUGE VOTE for this in core! Thanks!

How is it no one has been assigned to this ticket? Book in core would be awesome!

As my institution is not well inclined to integrate contributed modules into our Moodle installation and I really need this module for my courses development, I'll vote twice for this issue if I could!!

Can we hope to see it in Moodle 2.2?

I am sorry, book will not be part of official distribution because after contrib plugin becomes part Moodle the original author loose control over it. I was thinking about major changes in mod/book for a long time, I would not be able to do that if book was part of official distribution.

I already proposed to include a simple multi-page resource instead of book, but unfortunately it was not accepted.

I am working on the book 2.1 version right now, hopefully it will be available next week from the new plugins database.

Thank you for using book,

Ciao

Thanks Petr!

Do you have a repository where I can download to test Book 2.1?

Cheers,

Brent.

https://github.com/skodak/moodle-mod_book
but it is not yet ready for testing

At some future time we would like to put Book in core.

Hello,

I have just released a final version of Book module for Moodle 2.1 http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_book
I have cleaned up the codebase and fixed all know issues (except the missing file management), it is also compatible with current Moodle 2.2dev.

I am looking for a new maintainer of this module because I am not going to maintain it in the future. Maybe if I find some time and funding I might work on a new more advanced module.

Martin: feel free to include it in official distribution if you want to.

Ciao and thanks for all your support and feedback over the years!

Petr