--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/17 16:07:45	1.722
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/21 22:02:39	1.727
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.722 2008/12/17 16:07:45 harmsja Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.727 2008/12/21 22:02:39 riegler Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@ sub relative_to_absolute {
     }
     $thisdir=~s-/[^/]*$--;
     foreach my $link (@rlinks) {
-	unless (($link=~/^http:\/\//i) ||
+	unless (($link=~/^https?\:\/\//i) ||
 		($link=~/^\//) ||
 		($link=~/^javascript:/i) ||
 		($link=~/^mailto:/i) ||
@@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@ h2,h3,h4,h5,h6
 }
 
 .LC_bgLightGrey{
-	background:URL(lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top; 
+	background:URL(/adm/lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top; 
 }
 .LC_bgLightGreyYellow {
 	background-color:#EFECE0;
@@ -5571,7 +5571,7 @@ ol#LC_TabMainMenuContent li {
 	line-height: 140%;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	white-space:nowrap;
-	background: url(lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
+	background: url(/adm/lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
 }
 
 ol#LC_TabMainMenuContent li a{
@@ -5592,7 +5592,7 @@ ul.LC_TabContent li{
 	border-right:solid 1px $lg_border_color;
 	padding:5px 10px 5px 10px;
 	margin-right:2px;
-	background: url(lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
+	background: url(/adm/lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
 }
 ul.LC_TabContent li a, ul.LC_TabContent li{
 	color:rgb(47,47,47);
@@ -5615,11 +5615,11 @@ ol#LC_MenuBreadcrumbs, ol#LC_PathBreadcr
 	margin: 0px 0px 30px 0px;
 	padding-left: 10px;
 	list-style-position: inside;
-	background: url(lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
+	background: url(/adm/lonIcons/lightGreyBG.png) repeat-x left top;
 }
 
 ol#LC_MenuBreadcrumbs li, ol#LC_PathBreadcrumbs li {
-	background: url(lonIcons/arrow_white.png) no-repeat left center;
+	background: url(/adm/lonIcons/arrow_white.png) no-repeat left center;
 	display: inline;
 	padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
 	vertical-align: bottom;
@@ -7943,7 +7943,7 @@ sub upfile_select_html {
 #                 xml   => &mt('HTML/XML'),
                  );
     my $Str = '<input type="file" name="upfile" size="50" />'.
-        '<br />Type: <select name="upfiletype">';
+        '<br />'.&mt('Type').': <select name="upfiletype">';
     foreach my $type (sort(keys(%Types))) {
         $Str .= '<option value="'.$type.'" >'.$Types{$type}."</option>\n";
     }
@@ -9367,7 +9367,9 @@ sub construct_course {
                    'policy.email',
                    'comment.email',
                    'pch.users.denied',
-                   'plc.users.denied'],
+                   'plc.users.denied',
+                   'hidefromcat',
+                   'categories'],
                    $$crsudom,$$crsunum);
     }
 
@@ -9825,6 +9827,11 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 	    }
 	}
 
+        foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','portfolio') {
+            $userenv{'availabletools.'.$tool} = 
+                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$tool,'reload');
+        }
+
 	$env{'user.environment'} = "$lonids/$cookie.id";
 	
 	if (tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',"$lonids/$cookie.id",
@@ -9863,7 +9870,7 @@ sub _add_to_env {
 # --- Get the symbolic name of a problem and the url
 sub get_symb {
     my ($request,$silent) = @_;
-    (my $url=$env{'form.url'}) =~ s-^http://($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}|$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'})--;
+    (my $url=$env{'form.url'}) =~ s-^https?\://($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}|$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'})--;
     my $symb=($env{'form.symb'} ne '' ? $env{'form.symb'} : (&Apache::lonnet::symbread($url)));
     if ($symb eq '') {
         if (!$silent) {