--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/04/10 19:54:54	1.329
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/05/01 20:48:55	1.359
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.329 2006/04/10 19:54:54 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.359 2006/05/01 20:48:55 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ use POSIX qw(strftime mktime);
 use Apache::lonmenu();
 use Apache::lonlocal;
 use HTML::Entities;
+use Apache::lonhtmlcommon();
+use Apache::loncoursedata();
+use Apache::lontexconvert();
 
 my $readit;
 
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ my %language;
 my %supported_language;
 my %cprtag;
 my %scprtag;
-my %fe; my %fd;
+my %fe; my %fd; my %fm;
 my %category_extensions;
 
 # ---------------------------------------------- Designs
@@ -104,10 +107,10 @@ BEGIN {
         my $langtabfile = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
                                    '/language.tab';
         if ( open(my $fh,"<$langtabfile") ) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-                next if /^\#/;
-                chomp;
-                my ($key,$two,$country,$three,$enc,$val,$sup)=(split(/\t/,$_));
+            while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+                next if ($line=~/^\#/);
+                chomp($line);
+                my ($key,$two,$country,$three,$enc,$val,$sup)=(split(/\t/,$line));
                 $language{$key}=$val.' - '.$enc;
                 if ($sup) {
                     $supported_language{$key}=$sup;
@@ -121,24 +124,24 @@ BEGIN {
         my $copyrightfile = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIncludes'}.
                                   '/copyright.tab';
         if ( open (my $fh,"<$copyrightfile") ) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-                next if /^\#/;
-                chomp;
-                my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
+            while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+                next if ($line=~/^\#/);
+                chomp($line);
+                my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$line,2));
                 $cprtag{$key}=$val;
             }
             close($fh);
         }
     }
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------ source copyrights
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- source copyrights
     {
         my $sourcecopyrightfile = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIncludes'}.
                                   '/source_copyright.tab';
         if ( open (my $fh,"<$sourcecopyrightfile") ) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-                next if /^\#/;
-                chomp;
-                my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
+            while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+                next if ($line =~ /^\#/);
+                chomp($line);
+                my ($key,$val)=(split(/\s+/,$line,2));
                 $scprtag{$key}=$val;
             }
             close($fh);
@@ -156,10 +159,10 @@ BEGIN {
 	{
 	    my $designfile = $designdir.'/'.$filename;
 	    if ( open (my $fh,"<$designfile") ) {
-		while (<$fh>) {
-		    next if /^\#/;
-		    chomp;
-		    my ($key,$val)=(split(/\=/,$_));
+		while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+		    next if ($line =~ /^\#/);
+		    chomp($line);
+		    my ($key,$val)=(split(/\=/,$line));
 		    if ($val) { $designhash{$domain.'.'.$key}=$val; }
 		}
 		close($fh);
@@ -175,10 +178,10 @@ BEGIN {
         my $categoryfile = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
                                   '/filecategories.tab';
         if ( open (my $fh,"<$categoryfile") ) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-                next if /^\#/;
-                chomp;
-                my ($extension,$category)=(split(/\s+/,$_,2));
+	    while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+		next if ($line =~ /^\#/);
+		chomp($line);
+                my ($extension,$category)=(split(/\s+/,$line,2));
                 push @{$category_extensions{lc($category)}},$extension;
             }
             close($fh);
@@ -190,13 +193,14 @@ BEGIN {
         my $typesfile = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
                '/filetypes.tab';
         if ( open (my $fh,"<$typesfile") ) {
-            while (<$fh>) {
-                next if (/^\#/);
-                chomp;
-                my ($ending,$emb,$descr)=split(/\s+/,$_,3);
+            while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+		next if ($line =~ /^\#/);
+		chomp($line);
+                my ($ending,$emb,$mime,$descr)=split(/\s+/,$line,4);
                 if ($descr ne '') {
                     $fe{$ending}=lc($emb);
                     $fd{$ending}=$descr;
+                    if ($mime ne 'unk') { $fm{$ending}=$mime; }
                 }
             }
             close($fh);
@@ -703,8 +707,9 @@ sub help_open_menu {
     my $origurl = $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'};
     $origurl=~s|^/~|/priv/|;
     my $timestamp = time;
-    foreach (\$color,\$function,\$topic,\$component_help,\$faq,\$bug,\$origurl) {
-        $$_ = &Apache::lonnet::escape($$_);
+    foreach my $datum (\$color,\$function,\$topic,\$component_help,\$faq,
+		       \$bug,\$origurl) {
+        $$datum = &Apache::lonnet::escape($$datum);
     }
     if (!$stayOnPage) {
          $link = "javascript:helpMenu('open')";
@@ -720,8 +725,18 @@ sub help_open_menu {
   "<td bgcolor='#CC6600'><a href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
     }
     my $nothing=&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::javascript_nothing();
-    my $html=&Apache::lonxml::xmlbegin();
     my $helpicon=&lonhttpdurl("/adm/lonIcons/helpgateway.gif");
+    my $start_page =
+        &Apache::loncommon::start_page('Help Menu', undef,
+				       {'frameset'    => 1,
+					'js_ready'    => 1,
+					'add_entries' => {
+					    'border' => '0',
+					    'rows'   => "105,*",},});
+    my $end_page =
+        &Apache::loncommon::end_page({'frameset' => 1,
+				      'js_ready' => 1,});
+
     $template .= <<"ENDTEMPLATE";
  <script type="text/javascript">
 // <!-- BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal
@@ -745,9 +760,7 @@ function helpMenu(target) {
     return;
 }
 function writeHelp(caller) {
-    caller.document.writeln('$html<head><title>LON-CAPA Help Menu</title><meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"></head>')
-    caller.document.writeln("<frameset rows='105,*' border='0'><frame name='bannerframe'  src='$banner_link'><frame name='bodyframe' src='$details_link'></frameset>")
-    caller.document.writeln("</html>")
+    caller.document.writeln('$start_page<frame name="bannerframe"  src="$banner_link" /><frame name="bodyframe" src="$details_link" /> $end_page')
     caller.document.close()
     caller.focus()
 }
@@ -1141,8 +1154,8 @@ sub get_domains {
     # The code below was stolen from "The Perl Cookbook", p 102, 1st ed.
     my @domains;
     my %seen;
-    foreach (sort values(%Apache::lonnet::hostdom)) {
-	push (@domains,$_) unless $seen{$_}++;
+    foreach my $dom (sort(values(%Apache::lonnet::hostdom))) {
+	push(@domains,$dom) unless $seen{$dom}++;
     }
     return @domains;
 }
@@ -1196,7 +1209,7 @@ sub multiple_select_form {
     my @order = ref($order) ? @$order
                             : sort(keys(%$hash));
     foreach my $key (@order) {
-        $output.='<option value="'.$key.'" ';
+        $output.='<option value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode($key,'"<>&').'" ';
         $output.='selected="selected" ' if ($selected{$key});
         $output.='>'.$hash->{$key}."</option>\n";
     }
@@ -1226,10 +1239,11 @@ sub select_form {
     } else {
 	@keys=sort(keys(%hash));
     }
-    foreach (@keys) {
-        $selectform.="<option value=\"$_\" ".
-            ($_ eq $def ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').
-                ">".&mt($hash{$_})."</option>\n";
+    foreach my $key (@keys) {
+        $selectform.=
+	    '<option value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode($key,'"<>&').'" '.
+            ($key eq $def ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').
+                ">".&mt($hash{$key})."</option>\n";
     }
     $selectform.="</select>";
     return $selectform;
@@ -1293,10 +1307,10 @@ sub select_dom_form {
     my @domains = get_domains();
     if ($includeempty) { @domains=('',@domains); }
     my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\">\n";
-    foreach (@domains) {
-        $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$_\" ".
-            ($_ eq $defdom ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').
-                ">$_</option>\n";
+    foreach my $dom (@domains) {
+        $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$dom\" ".
+            ($dom eq $defdom ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').
+                ">$dom</option>\n";
     }
     $selectdomain.="</select>";
     return $selectdomain;
@@ -1318,9 +1332,9 @@ given $domain.
 sub get_library_servers {
     my $domain = shift;
     my %library_servers;
-    foreach (keys(%Apache::lonnet::libserv)) {
-        if ($Apache::lonnet::hostdom{$_} eq $domain) {
-            $library_servers{$_} = $Apache::lonnet::hostname{$_};
+    foreach my $hostid (keys(%Apache::lonnet::libserv)) {
+        if ($Apache::lonnet::hostdom{$hostid} eq $domain) {
+            $library_servers{$hostid} = $Apache::lonnet::hostname{$hostid};
         }
     }
     return %library_servers;
@@ -1342,9 +1356,10 @@ sub home_server_option_list {
     my $domain = shift;
     my %servers = &get_library_servers($domain);
     my $result = '';
-    foreach (sort keys(%servers)) {
+    foreach my $hostid (sort(keys(%servers))) {
         $result.=
-            '<option value="'.$_.'">'.$_.' '.$servers{$_}."</option>\n";
+            '<option value="'.$hostid.'">'.
+	    $hostid.' '.$servers{$hostid}."</option>\n";
     }
     return $result;
 }
@@ -1834,8 +1849,8 @@ sub initialize_keywords {
     }
     untie %thesaurus_db;
     # Remove special values from %Keywords.
-    foreach ('total.count','average.count') {
-        delete($Keywords{$_}) if (exists($Keywords{$_}));
+    foreach my $value ('total.count','average.count') {
+        delete($Keywords{$value}) if (exists($Keywords{$value}));
     }
     return 1;
 }
@@ -1891,11 +1906,11 @@ sub get_related_words {
     } 
     my @Words=();
     if (exists($thesaurus_db{$keyword})) {
-        $_ = $thesaurus_db{$keyword};
-        (undef,@Words) = split/:/;  # The first element is the number of times
-                                    # the word appears.  We do not need it now.
+	# The first element is the number of times
+	# the word appears.  We do not need it now.
+	(undef,@Words) = (split(/:/,$thesaurus_db{$keyword}));
         for (my $i=0;$i<=$#Words;$i++) {
-            ($Words[$i],undef)= split/\,/,$Words[$i];
+            ($Words[$i],undef)= split(/\,/,$Words[$i]);
         }
     }
     untie %thesaurus_db;
@@ -1936,7 +1951,7 @@ sub plainname {
     $name=~s/^\s+//;
     $name=~s/\s+$//;
     $name=~s/\s+/ /g;
-    if ($name !~ /\S/) { $name=$uname.'@'.$udom; }
+    if ($name !~ /\S/) { $name=$uname.':'.$udom; }
     return $name;
 }
 
@@ -2172,7 +2187,8 @@ category
 =cut
 
 sub filecategorytypes {
-    return @{$category_extensions{lc($_[0])}};
+    my ($cat) = @_;
+    return @{$category_extensions{lc($cat)}};
 }
 
 =pod
@@ -2187,6 +2203,10 @@ sub fileembstyle {
     return $fe{lc(shift(@_))};
 }
 
+sub filemimetype {
+    return $fm{lc(shift(@_))};
+}
+
 
 sub filecategoryselect {
     my ($name,$value)=@_;
@@ -2243,13 +2263,13 @@ sub fileextensions {
 
 sub display_languages {
     my %languages=();
-    foreach (&preferred_languages()) {
-	$languages{$_}=1;
+    foreach my $lang (&preferred_languages()) {
+	$languages{$lang}=1;
     }
     &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},['displaylanguage']);
     if ($env{'form.displaylanguage'}) {
-	foreach (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'form.displaylanguage'})) {
-	    $languages{$_}=1;
+	foreach my $lang (split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'form.displaylanguage'})) {
+	    $languages{$lang}=1;
         }
     }
     return %languages;
@@ -2284,11 +2304,11 @@ sub preferred_languages {
     }
 # turn "en-ca" into "en-ca,en"
     my @genlanguages;
-    foreach (@languages) {
-	unless ($_=~/\w/) { next; }
-	push (@genlanguages,$_);
-	if ($_=~/(\-|\_)/) {
-	    push (@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$_))[0]);
+    foreach my $lang (@languages) {
+	unless ($lang=~/\w/) { next; }
+	push (@genlanguages,$lang);
+	if ($lang=~/(\-|\_)/) {
+	    push(@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$lang))[0]);
 	}
     }
     return @genlanguages;
@@ -2344,14 +2364,14 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
       my %lasthash=();
       my $version;
       for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
-        foreach (sort(split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'}))) {
-	  $lasthash{$_}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+        foreach my $key (sort(split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'}))) {
+	  $lasthash{$key}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$key};
         }
       }
       $prevattempts='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#777777">';
       $prevattempts.='<table border="0" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#e6ffff"><td>History</td>';
-      foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
-	my ($ign,@parts) = split(/\./,$_);
+      foreach my $key (sort(keys(%lasthash))) {
+	my ($ign,@parts) = split(/\./,$key);
 	if ($#parts > 0) {
 	  my $data=$parts[-1];
 	  pop(@parts);
@@ -2367,27 +2387,27 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
       if ($getattempt eq '') {
 	for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
 	  $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Transaction '.$version.'</td>';
-	    foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
+	    foreach my $key (sort(keys(%lasthash))) {
 	       my $value;
-	       if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
-		  $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$_}));
+	       if ($key =~ /timestamp/) {
+		  $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$key}));
 	       } else {
-		  $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+		  $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$key};
 	       }
 	       $prevattempts.='<td>'.&Apache::lonnet::unescape($value).'&nbsp;</td>';   
 	    }
 	 }
       }
       $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Current</td>';
-      foreach (sort(keys %lasthash)) {
+      foreach my $key (sort(keys(%lasthash))) {
 	my $value;
-	if ($_ =~ /timestamp/) {
-	  $value=scalar(localtime($lasthash{$_}));
+	if ($key =~ /timestamp/) {
+	  $value=scalar(localtime($lasthash{$key}));
 	} else {
-	  $value=$lasthash{$_};
+	  $value=$lasthash{$key};
 	}
 	$value=&Apache::lonnet::unescape($value);
-	if ($_ =~/$regexp$/ && (defined &$gradesub)) {$value = &$gradesub($value)}
+	if ($key =~/$regexp$/ && (defined &$gradesub)) {$value = &$gradesub($value)}
 	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';
       }
       $prevattempts.='</tr></table></td></tr></table>';
@@ -2419,14 +2439,14 @@ sub relative_to_absolute {
 	}
     }
     $thisdir=~s-/[^/]*$--;
-    foreach (@rlinks) {
-	unless (($_=~/^http:\/\//i) ||
-		($_=~/^\//) ||
-		($_=~/^javascript:/i) ||
-		($_=~/^mailto:/i) ||
-		($_=~/^\#/)) {
-	    my $newlocation=&Apache::lonnet::hreflocation($thisdir,$_);
-	    $output=~s/(\"|\'|\=\s*)$_(\"|\'|\s|\>)/$1$newlocation$2/;
+    foreach my $link (@rlinks) {
+	unless (($link=~/^http:\/\//i) ||
+		($link=~/^\//) ||
+		($link=~/^javascript:/i) ||
+		($link=~/^mailto:/i) ||
+		($link=~/^\#/)) {
+	    my $newlocation=&Apache::lonnet::hreflocation($thisdir,$link);
+	    $output=~s/(\"|\'|\=\s*)\Q$link\E(\"|\'|\s|\>)/$1$newlocation$2/;
 	}
     }
 # -------------------------------------------------- Deal with Applet codebases
@@ -2594,11 +2614,17 @@ sub maketime {
 #########################################
 
 sub findallcourses {
-    my %courses=();
+    my ($roles) = @_;
+    my %roles;
+    if (ref($roles)) { %roles = map { $_ => 1 } @{$roles}; }
+    my %courses;
     my $now=time;
-    foreach (keys %env) {
-	if ($_=~/^user\.role\.\w+\.\/(\w+)\/(\w+)/) {
-	    my ($starttime,$endtime)=$env{$_};
+    foreach my $key (keys(%env)) {
+	if ( $key=~m{^user\.role\.(\w+)\./(\w+)/(\w+)} ) {
+	    my ($role,$domain,$id) = ($1,$2,$3);
+	    next if ($role eq 'ca' || $role eq 'aa');
+	    next if (%roles && !exists($roles{$role}));
+	    my ($starttime,$endtime)=split(/\./,$env{$key});
             my $active=1;
             if ($starttime) {
 		if ($now<$starttime) { $active=0; }
@@ -2606,10 +2632,10 @@ sub findallcourses {
             if ($endtime) {
                 if ($now>$endtime) { $active=0; }
             }
-            if ($active) { $courses{$1.'_'.$2}=1; }
+            if ($active) { $courses{$domain.'_'.$id}=1; }
         }
     }
-    return keys %courses;
+    return keys(%courses);
 }
 
 ###############################################
@@ -2743,7 +2769,10 @@ Inputs:
 =item * $notopbar, if true, keep the 'what is this' info but remove the
                    navigational links
 
-=item * $bgcolor, used to override the bg coor on a webpage to a specific value
+=item * $bgcolor, used to override the bgcolor on a webpage to a specific value
+
+=item * $notitle, if true keep the nav controls, but remove the title bar
+
 
 =back
 
@@ -2756,150 +2785,142 @@ other decorations will be returned.
 
 sub bodytag {
     my ($title,$function,$addentries,$bodyonly,$domain,$forcereg,$customtitle,
-	$notopbar,$bgcolor)=@_;
+	$notopbar,$bgcolor,$notitle)=@_;
+
     $title=&mt($title);
+
     $function = &get_users_function() if (!$function);
-    my $img=&designparm($function.'.img',$domain);
-    my $pgbg= $bgcolor || &designparm($function.'.pgbg',$domain);
-    my $tabbg=&designparm($function.'.tabbg',$domain);
-    my $font=&designparm($function.'.font',$domain);
-    my $link=&designparm($function.'.link',$domain);
-    my $alink=&designparm($function.'.alink',$domain);
-    my $vlink=&designparm($function.'.vlink',$domain);
-    my $sidebg=&designparm($function.'.sidebg',$domain);
-# Accessibility font enhance
-    my $addstyle='';
-    if ($env{'browser.fontenhance'} eq 'on') {
-	$addstyle=' font-size: x-large;';
-    }
+    my $img =    &designparm($function.'.img',$domain);
+    my $tabbg =  &designparm($function.'.tabbg',$domain);
+    my $font =   &designparm($function.'.font',$domain);
+    my $sidebg = &designparm($function.'.sidebg',$domain);
+    my $pgbg   = $bgcolor || &designparm($function.'.pgbg',$domain);
+
+    my %design = ( 'style'   => 'margin-top: 0px',
+		   'bgcolor' => $pgbg,
+		   'text'    => $font,
+                   'alink'   => &designparm($function.'.alink',$domain),
+		   'vlink'   => &designparm($function.'.vlink',$domain),
+		   'link'    => &designparm($function.'.link',$domain),);
+    @$addentries{keys(%design)} = @design{keys(%design)};
+
  # role and realm
-    my ($role,$realm)
-       =&Apache::lonnet::plaintext((split(/\./,$env{'request.role'}))[0]);
+    my ($role,$realm) =
+	&Apache::lonnet::plaintext((split(/\./,$env{'request.role'}))[0]);
 # realm
     if ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
-	$realm=
-         $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+	$realm = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
     }
-    unless ($realm) { $realm='&nbsp;'; }
+    if (!$realm) { $realm='&nbsp;'; }
 # Set messages
     my $messages=&domainlogo($domain);
 # Port for miniserver
     my $lonhttpdPort=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
     if (!defined($lonhttpdPort)) { $lonhttpdPort='8080'; }
-    my $extra_body_attr;
-    if ($forcereg) {
-	if (ref($addentries)) {
-	    $addentries->{'onload'}   = &Apache::lonmenu::loadevents().
-		$addentries->{'onload'};
-	    $addentries->{'onunload'} = &Apache::lonmenu::unloadevents().
-		$addentries->{'onunload'};
-	} else {
-	    $extra_body_attr.=' onload="'.&Apache::lonmenu::loadevents().
-		'" onunload="'.&Apache::lonmenu::unloadevents().'"';
-	}
-    }
-    if (!ref($addentries)) {
-	$extra_body_attr .= $addentries;
-    } else {
-	foreach my $attr (keys(%$addentries)) {
-	    $extra_body_attr .= " $attr=\"".$addentries->{$attr}.'" ';
-	}
-    }
+
+    my $extra_body_attr = &make_attr_string($forcereg,$addentries);
 
 # construct main body tag
-    my $bodytag = <<END;
-<style type="text/css">
-h1, h2, h3, th { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
-a:focus { color: red; background: yellow } 
-table.thinborder { border-collapse: collapse; }
-table.thinborder tr th, table.thinborder tr td { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px}
-form, .inline { display: inline; }
-.center { text-align: center; }
-.filename {font-family: monospace;}
-</style>
-<body bgcolor="$pgbg" text="$font" alink="$alink" vlink="$vlink" link="$link"
-style="margin-top: 0px;$addstyle" $extra_body_attr>
-END
-    &Apache::lontexconvert::jsMath_reset();
-    if ($env{'environment.texengine'} eq 'jsMath' ||
-	$env{'form.texengine'}        eq 'jsMath' ) {
-	$bodytag.=&Apache::lontexconvert::jsMath_header();
-    }
+    my $bodytag = "<body $extra_body_attr>".
+	&Apache::lontexconvert::init_math_support();
 
-    my $upperleft='<img src="http://'.$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.':'.
-                   $lonhttpdPort.$img.'" alt="'.$function.'" />';
-    if ($bodyonly) {
+    if ($bodyonly 
+	|| ($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct' 
+	    && $env{'environment.remote'} ne 'off' )) {
         return $bodytag;
     } elsif ($env{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual') {
 # Accessibility
           
-        return $bodytag.&Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,'web',
-                                                      $forcereg).
-               '<h1>LON-CAPA: '.$title.'</h1>';
-    } elsif ($env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off') {
-# No Remote
-	my $roleinfo=(<<ENDROLE);
-<td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right">
-<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
+	$bodytag.=&Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,$forcereg);
+	if (!$notitle) {
+	    $bodytag.='<h1>LON-CAPA: '.$title.'</h1>';
+	}
+	return $bodytag;
+    }
+
+
+    
+    my $roleinfo=(<<ENDROLE);
+<td class="LC_title_bar_who">
+<div class="LC_title_bar_name">
     $env{'environment.firstname'}
     $env{'environment.middlename'}
     $env{'environment.lastname'}
     $env{'environment.generation'}
-    </font>&nbsp;
-<br />
-<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$role</font>&nbsp;
-<br />
-<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$realm</font>&nbsp;
+</div>
+<div class="LC_title_bar_role">
+$role
+</div>
+<div class="LC_title_bar_realm">
+$realm
+</div>
 </td>
 ENDROLE
-        my $titleinfo = '<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+3" color="'.
-		$font.'"><b>'.$title.'</b></font>';
-        if ($customtitle) {
-            $titleinfo = $customtitle;
-        }
 
+    my $titleinfo = '<span class="LC_title_bar_title">'.$title.'</span>';
+    if ($customtitle) {
+        $titleinfo = $customtitle;
+    }
+    #
+    # Extra info if you are the DC
+    my $dc_info = '';
+    if ($env{'user.adv'} && exists($env{'user.role.dc./'.
+                        $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.
+                                 '.domain'}.'/'})) {
+        my $cid = $env{'request.course.id'};
+        $dc_info.= $cid.' '.$env{'course.'.$cid.'.internal.coursecode'};
+        $dc_info = '('.$dc_info.')';
+    }
+
+    if ($env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off') {
+        # No Remote
 	if ($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+	    $forcereg=1;
+	}
+
+	if (!$customtitle && $env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+	    # this is for resources; directories have customtitle, and crumbs
+            # and select recent are created in lonpubdir.pm  
 	    my ($uname,$thisdisfn)=
 		($env{'request.filename'} =~ m|^/home/([^/]+)/public_html/(.*)|);
 	    my $formaction='/priv/'.$uname.'/'.$thisdisfn;
 	    $formaction=~s/\/+/\//g;
-            unless ($customtitle) {  #this is for resources; directories have customtitle, and crumbs and select recent are created in lonpubdir.pm  
-                my $parentpath = '';
-                my $lastitem = '';
-                if ($thisdisfn =~ m-(.+/)([^/]*)$-) {
-                    $parentpath = $1;
-                    $lastitem = $2;
-                } else {
-                    $lastitem = $thisdisfn;
-                }
-	        $titleinfo = &Apache::loncommon::help_open_menu('','','','',3,'Authoring').
-                      '<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Construction Space</b>:</font>&nbsp;'. 
-                      '<form name="dirs" method="post" action="'.$formaction
-		    .'" target="_top"><tt><b>'
-		    .&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::crumbs($uname.'/'.$parentpath,'_top','/priv','','+1',1)."<font size=\"+1\">$lastitem</font></b></tt><br />"
-		    .&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::select_recent('construct','recent','this.form.action=this.form.recent.value;this.form.submit()')
-		    .'</form>'
-		    .&Apache::lonmenu::constspaceform();
 
-            }
-	    $forcereg=1;
-        }
-        my $titletable = '<table bgcolor="'.$pgbg.'" width="100%" border="0" '.
-                         'cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">'.
-                         '<tr><td bgcolor="'.$tabbg.'">'.
-                         $titleinfo.'</td>'.$roleinfo.'</tr></table>';
-        if ($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
-            if ($notopbar) {
-                $bodytag .= $titletable;
-            } else {
-                $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,'web',$forcereg,$titletable);
-            }
+	    my $parentpath = '';
+	    my $lastitem = '';
+	    if ($thisdisfn =~ m-(.+/)([^/]*)$-) {
+		$parentpath = $1;
+		$lastitem = $2;
+	    } else {
+		$lastitem = $thisdisfn;
+	    }
+	    $titleinfo = 
+		&Apache::loncommon::help_open_menu('','','','',3,'Authoring').
+		'<b>Construction Space</b>:&nbsp;'. 
+		'<form name="dirs" method="post" action="'.$formaction
+		.'" target="_top"><tt><b>'
+		.&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::crumbs($uname.'/'.$parentpath,'_top','/priv','','+1',1)."<font size=\"+1\">$lastitem</font></b></tt><br />"
+		.&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::select_recent('construct','recent','this.form.action=this.form.recent.value;this.form.submit()')
+		.'</form>'
+		.&Apache::lonmenu::constspaceform();
+        }
+
+        my $titletable;
+	if (!$notitle) {
+	    $titletable =
+		'<table id="LC_title_bar">'.
+                         "<tr><td> $titleinfo $dc_info</td>".$roleinfo.
+			 '</tr></table>';
+	}
+	if ($notopbar) {
+	    $bodytag .= $titletable;
 	} else {
-            if ($notopbar) {
-                $bodytag .= $titletable;
+	    if ($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
+                $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,$forcereg,
+							  $titletable);
             } else {
-                $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,'web',$forcereg).
-                        $titletable;
+                $bodytag .= &Apache::lonmenu::menubuttons($forcereg,$forcereg).
+		    $titletable;
             }
         }
         return $bodytag;
@@ -2908,51 +2929,84 @@ ENDROLE
 #
 # Top frame rendering, Remote is up
 #
-    my $titleinfo = '&nbsp;<font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>'.$title.'</b></font>';
-    if ($customtitle) {
-        $titleinfo = $customtitle;
-    }
-    #
-    # Extra info if you are the DC
-    my $dc_info = '';
-    if ($env{'user.adv'} && exists($env{'user.role.dc./'.
-                        $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.
-                                 '.domain'}.'/'})) {
-        my $cid = $env{'request.course.id'};
-        $dc_info.= $cid.' '.$env{'course.'.$cid.'.internal.coursecode'};
-        $dc_info = '('.$dc_info.')';
-    }
+
+    my $upperleft='<img src="http://'.$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.':'.
+        $lonhttpdPort.$img.'" alt="'.$function.'" />';
+
     # Explicit link to get inline menu
-    my $menu='<br /><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;<a href="/adm/remote?action=collapse">'.&mt('Switch to Inline Menu Mode').'</a></font>';
+    my $menu='<br /><a href="/adm/remote?action=collapse">'.&mt('Switch to Inline Menu Mode').'</a>';
     #
+    if ($notitle) {
+	return $bodytag;
+    }
     return(<<ENDBODY);
 $bodytag
-<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0">
-<tr><td bgcolor="$sidebg">
-$upperleft</td>
-<td bgcolor="$sidebg" align="right">$messages&nbsp;</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td rowspan="3" bgcolor="$tabbg">
-$titleinfo $dc_info $menu
-</td><td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right">
-<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
-    $env{'environment.firstname'}
-    $env{'environment.middlename'}
-    $env{'environment.lastname'}
-    $env{'environment.generation'}
-    </font>&nbsp;
-</td>
+<table id="LC_title_bar" class="LC_with_remote">
+<tr><td>$upperleft</td>
+    <td class="LC_title_bar_domain_logo">$messages&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
-<tr><td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right">
-<font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$role</font>&nbsp;
-</td></tr>
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="$tabbg" align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$realm</font>&nbsp;</td></tr>
-</table><br />
+<tr><td>$titleinfo $dc_info $menu</td>
+$roleinfo
+</table>
 ENDBODY
 }
 
+sub make_attr_string {
+    my ($register,$attr_ref) = @_;
+
+    if ($attr_ref && !ref($attr_ref)) {
+	die("addentries Must be a hash ref ".
+	    join(':',caller(1))." ".
+	    join(':',caller(0))." ");
+    }
+
+    if ($register) {
+	my ($on_load,$on_unload);
+	foreach my $key (keys(%{$attr_ref})) {
+	    if      (lc($key) eq 'onload') {
+		$on_load.=$attr_ref->{$key}.';';
+		delete($attr_ref->{$key});
+
+	    } elsif (lc($key) eq 'onunload') {
+		$on_unload.=$attr_ref->{$key}.';';
+		delete($attr_ref->{$key});
+	    }
+	}
+	$attr_ref->{'onload'}  =
+	    &Apache::lonmenu::loadevents().  $on_load;
+	$attr_ref->{'onunload'}=
+	    &Apache::lonmenu::unloadevents().$on_unload;
+    }
+
+# Accessibility font enhance
+    if ($env{'browser.fontenhance'} eq 'on') {
+	my $style;
+	foreach my $key (keys(%{$attr_ref})) {
+	    if (lc($key) eq 'style') {
+		$style.=$attr_ref->{$key}.';';
+		delete($attr_ref->{$key});
+	    }
+	}
+	$attr_ref->{'style'}=$style.'; font-size: x-large;';
+    }
+
+    if ($env{'browser.blackwhite'} eq 'on') {
+	delete($attr_ref->{'font'});
+	delete($attr_ref->{'link'});
+	delete($attr_ref->{'alink'});
+	delete($attr_ref->{'vlink'});
+	delete($attr_ref->{'bgcolor'});
+	delete($attr_ref->{'background'});
+    }
+
+    my $attr_string;
+    foreach my $attr (keys(%$attr_ref)) {
+	$attr_string .= " $attr=\"".$attr_ref->{$attr}.'" ';
+    }
+    return $attr_string;
+}
+
+
 ###############################################
 ###############################################
 
@@ -2990,6 +3044,227 @@ sub endbodytag {
 
 =over 4
 
+=item * &standard_css()
+
+Returns a style sheet
+
+Inputs: (all optional)
+            domain         -> force to color decorate a page for a specific
+                               domain
+            function       -> force usage of a specific rolish color scheme
+            bgcolor        -> override the default page bgcolor
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub standard_css {
+    my ($function,$domain,$bgcolor) = @_;
+    $function  = &get_users_function() if (!$function);
+    my $img    = &designparm($function.'.img',   $domain);
+    my $tabbg  = &designparm($function.'.tabbg', $domain);
+    my $font   = &designparm($function.'.font',  $domain);
+    my $sidebg = &designparm($function.'.sidebg',$domain);
+    my $pgbg   = $bgcolor ||
+	         &designparm($function.'.pgbg',  $domain);
+    my $alink  = &designparm($function.'.alink', $domain);
+    my $vlink  = &designparm($function.'.vlink', $domain);
+    my $link   = &designparm($function.'.link',  $domain);
+
+    my $sans                 = 'Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif';
+    my $data_table_head      = $tabbg;
+    my $data_table_light     = '#EEEEEE';
+    my $data_table_dark      = '#DDD';
+    my $data_table_highlight = '#FFFF00';
+    my $mail_new             = '#FFBB77';
+    my $mail_new_hover       = '#DD9955';
+    my $mail_read            = '#BBBB77';
+    my $mail_read_hover      = '#999944';
+    my $mail_replied         = '#AAAA88';
+    my $mail_replied_hover   = '#888855';
+    my $mail_other           = '#99BBBB';
+    my $mail_other_hover     = '#669999';
+
+    return <<END;
+<style type="text/css">
+h1, h2, h3, th { font-family: $sans }
+a:focus { color: red; background: yellow } 
+table.thinborder { border-collapse: collapse; }
+table.thinborder tr th, table.thinborder tr td { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px}
+form, .inline { display: inline; }
+.center { text-align: center; }
+.filename {font-family: monospace;}
+.LC_error {
+  color: red;
+  font-size: larger;
+}
+.LC_success {
+  color: green;
+}
+
+table#LC_top_nav, table#LC_menubuttons, table#LC_nav_location, table#LC_breadcrumbs {
+  width: 100%;
+  background: $pgbg;
+  border: 0px;
+  border-spacing: 1px;
+  padding: 0px;
+  margin: 0px;
+  border-collapse: separate;
+}
+table#LC_title_bar {
+  width: 100%;
+  border: 0;
+  border-spacing: 3px;
+  background: $pgbg;
+  font-family: $sans;
+}
+table#LC_title_bar.LC_with_remote {
+  width: 100%;
+  border: 0;
+  border-spacing: 0;
+  background: $pgbg;
+  font-family: $sans;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+table#LC_title_bar td {
+  padding: 3px;
+  background: $tabbg;
+}
+table#LC_title_bar td.LC_title_bar_who {
+  background: $tabbg;
+  color: $font;
+  font: medium $sans;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+span.LC_title_bar_title {
+  font: bold xx-large $sans;
+}
+table#LC_title_bar td.LC_title_bar_domain_logo {
+  background: $sidebg;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+
+table#LC_menubuttons_mainmenu {
+  background: $pgbg;
+  border: 0px;
+  border-spacing: 1px;
+  padding: 0px;
+  margin: 0px;
+  border-collapse: separate;
+}
+table#LC_menubuttons img, table#LC_menubuttons_mainmenu img {
+  border: 0px;
+}
+table#LC_top_nav td {
+  background: $tabbg;
+}
+table#LC_top_nav td a, div#LC_top_nav a {
+  color: $font;
+  font-family: $sans;
+}
+table#LC_breadcrumbs td {
+  background: $tabbg;
+  color: $font;
+  font-family: $sans;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
+table#LC_breadcrumbs td.LC_breadcrumb_component {
+  background: $tabbg;
+  color: $font;
+  font-family: $sans;
+  font-size: larger;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+.LC_menubuttons_inline_text {
+  color: $font;
+  font-family: $sans;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
+
+td.LC_menubuttons_text {
+  color: $font;
+  font-family: $sans;
+}
+td.LC_menubuttons_img {
+  background: $tabbg;
+}
+.LC_current_location {
+  font-family: $sans;
+  background: $tabbg;
+}
+.LC_new_mail {
+  font-family: $sans;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+table.LC_data_table, table.LC_mail_list {
+  border: 1px solid #000000;
+  border-collapse: seperate;
+}
+table.LC_data_table tr th, table.LC_calendar tr th, table.LC_mail_list tr th {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  background-color: $data_table_head;
+}
+table.LC_data_table tr td {
+  background-color: $data_table_light;
+}
+table.LC_data_table tr.LC_even_row td {
+  background-color: $data_table_dark;
+}
+table.LC_data_table tr.LC_empty td {
+  background-color: #FFFFFF;
+}
+
+table.LC_calendar {
+  border: 1px solid #000000;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+table.LC_calendar_pickdate {
+  font-size: xx-small;
+}
+table.LC_calendar tr td {
+  border: 1px solid #000000;
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+table.LC_calendar tr td.LC_calendar_day_empty {
+  background-color: $data_table_dark;
+}
+table.LC_calendar tr td.LC_calendar_day_current {
+  background-color: $data_table_highlight;
+}
+
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_new {
+  background-color: $mail_new;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_new:hover {
+  background-color: $mail_new_hover;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_read {
+  background-color: $mail_read;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_read:hover {
+  background-color: $mail_read_hover;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_replied {
+  background-color: $mail_replied;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_replied:hover {
+  background-color: $mail_replied_hover;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_other {
+  background-color: $mail_other;
+}
+table.LC_mail_list tr.LC_mail_other:hover {
+  background-color: $mail_other_hover;
+}
+</style>
+END
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=over 4
+
 =item * &headtag()
 
 Returns a uniform footer for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -2999,12 +3274,16 @@ Inputs: $title - optional title for the
         $args - optional arguments
             force_register - if is true call registerurl so the remote is 
                              informed
-                             
-            redirect - array ref of seconds before redirect occurs
+            redirect       -> array ref of seconds before redirect occurs
                                     url to redirect to
                            (side effect of setting 
                                $env{'internal.head.redirect'} to the url 
                                redirected too)
+            domain         -> force to color decorate a page for a specific
+                               domain
+            function       -> force usage of a specific rolish color scheme
+            bgcolor        -> override the default page bgcolor
+
 =back
 
 =cut
@@ -3014,7 +3293,9 @@ sub headtag {
     
     my $result =
 	'<head>'.
-	&Apache::lonxml::fontsettings().
+	&standard_css($args->{'function'},$args->{'domain'},
+		      $args->{'bgcolor'}).
+	&font_settings().
 	&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::htmlareaheaders();
 
     if ($args->{'force_register'}) {
@@ -3027,7 +3308,7 @@ sub headtag {
 	$env{'internal.head.redirect'} = $url;
 	$result.=<<ADDMETA
 <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" />
-<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="$time; url=$url" />
+<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="$time; url=$url" />
 ADDMETA
     }
     if (!defined($title)) {
@@ -3042,6 +3323,66 @@ ADDMETA
 
 =over 4
 
+=item * &font_settings()
+
+Returns neccessary <meta> to set the proper encoding
+
+Inputs: none
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub font_settings {
+    my $headerstring='';
+    if (($env{'browser.os'} eq 'mac') && (!$env{'browser.mathml'})) { 
+	$headerstring.=
+	    '<meta Content-Type="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman" />';
+    } elsif (!$env{'browser.mathml'} && $env{'browser.unicode'}) {
+	$headerstring.=
+	    '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />';
+    }
+    return $headerstring;
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * &xml_begin()
+
+Returns the needed doctype and <html>
+
+Inputs: none
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub xml_begin {
+    my $output='';
+
+    &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
+
+    if ($env{'browser.mathml'}) {
+	$output='<?xml version="1.0"?>'
+            #.'<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/adm/MathML/mathml.css"?>'."\n"
+#            .'<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "/adm/MathML/mathml.dtd" '
+            
+#	    .'<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" [<!ENTITY mathns "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">] >'
+	    .'<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd">'
+            .'<html xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" ' 
+	    .'xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">';
+    } else {
+	$output='<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html>';
+    }
+    return $output;
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=over 4
+
 =item * &endheadtag()
 
 Returns a uniform </head> for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -3105,6 +3446,12 @@ Inputs: $title - optional title for the
                   body_title     -> alternate text to use instead of $title
                                     in the title box that appears, this text
                                     is not auto translated like the $title is
+                  frameset       -> if true will start with a <frameset>
+                                    rather than <body>
+                  no_title       -> if true the title bar won't be shown
+                  skip_phases    -> hash ref of 
+                                    head -> skip the <html><head> generation
+                                    body -> skip all <body> generation
 
 =back
 
@@ -3114,21 +3461,37 @@ sub start_page {
     my ($title,$head_extra,$args) = @_;
     #&Apache::lonnet::logthis("start_page ".join(':',caller(0)));
     my %head_args;
-    foreach my $arg ('redirect','force_register') {
+    foreach my $arg ('redirect','force_register','domain','function',
+		     'bgcolor') {
 	if (defined($args->{$arg})) {
 	    $head_args{$arg} = $args->{$arg};
 	}
     }
 
     $env{'internal.start_page'}++;
-    my $result = 
-	&Apache::lonxml::xmlbegin().
-	&headtag($title,$head_extra,\%head_args).&endheadtag().
-	&bodytag($title, 
-		 $args->{'function'},       $args->{'add_entries'},
-		 $args->{'only_body'},      $args->{'domain'},
-		 $args->{'force_register'}, $args->{'body_title'},
-		 $args->{'no_nav_bar'},     $args->{'bgcolor'});
+    my $result;
+    if (! exists($args->{'skip_phases'}{'head'}) ) {
+	$result.=
+	    &xml_begin().
+	    &headtag($title,$head_extra,\%head_args).&endheadtag();
+    }
+    
+    if (! exists($args->{'skip_phases'}{'body'}) ) {
+	if ($args->{'frameset'}) {
+	    my $attr_string = &make_attr_string($args->{'force_register'},
+						$args->{'add_entries'});
+	    $result .= "\n<frameset $attr_string>\n";
+	} else {
+	    $result .=
+		&bodytag($title, 
+			 $args->{'function'},       $args->{'add_entries'},
+			 $args->{'only_body'},      $args->{'domain'},
+			 $args->{'force_register'}, $args->{'body_title'},
+			 $args->{'no_nav_bar'},     $args->{'bgcolor'},
+			 $args->{'no_title'});
+	}
+    }
+
     if ($args->{'js_ready'}) {
 	$result = &js_ready($result);
     }
@@ -3138,6 +3501,7 @@ sub start_page {
     return $result;
 }
 
+
 =pod
 
 =over 4
@@ -3151,6 +3515,8 @@ Inputs:         $args - additional optio
                                  a javascript writeln
                  html_encode  -> return a string ready for being used in 
                                  a html attribute
+                 frameset     -> if true will start with a <frameset>
+                                 rather than <body>
 =back
 
 =cut
@@ -3159,13 +3525,31 @@ sub end_page {
     my ($args) = @_;
     #&Apache::lonnet::logthis("end_page ".join(':',caller(0)));
     $env{'internal.end_page'}++;
-    my $result = &endbodytag()."\n</html>";
+    my $result;
+    if ($args->{'discussion'}) {
+	my ($target,$parser);
+	if (ref($args->{'discussion'})) {
+	    ($target,$parser) =($args->{'discussion'}{'target'},
+				$args->{'discussion'}{'parser'});
+	}
+	$result .= &Apache::lonxml::xmlend($target,$parser);
+    }
+
+    if ($args->{'frameset'}) {
+	$result .= '</frameset>';
+    } else {
+	$result .= &endbodytag();
+    }
+    $result .= "\n</html>";
+
     if ($args->{'js_ready'}) {
 	$result = &js_ready($result);
     }
+
     if ($args->{'html_encode'}) {
 	$result = &html_encode($result);
     }
+
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -3224,6 +3608,29 @@ sub simple_error_page {
     }
     return $page;
 }
+
+{
+    my $row_count;
+    sub start_data_table {
+	undef($row_count);
+	return '<table class="LC_data_table">';
+    }
+
+    sub end_data_table {
+	undef($row_count);
+	return '</table>';
+    }
+
+    sub start_data_table_row {
+	$row_count++;
+	return  '<tr '.(($row_count % 2)?'':'class="LC_even_row"').'>';
+    }
+
+    sub end_data_table_row {
+	return '</tr>';
+    }
+}
+
 ###############################################
 
 =pod
@@ -3642,92 +4049,6 @@ sub get_user_info {
     return;
 }
 
-###############################################
-
-sub get_posted_cgi {
-    my $r=shift;
-
-    my $buffer;
-    if ($r->header_in('Content-length')) {
-	$r->read($buffer,$r->header_in('Content-length'),0);
-    }
-    unless ($buffer=~/^(\-+\w+)\s+Content\-Disposition\:\s*form\-data/si) {
-	my @pairs=split(/&/,$buffer);
-	my $pair;
-	foreach $pair (@pairs) {
-	    my ($name,$value) = split(/=/,$pair);
-	    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
-	    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
-	    $name  =~ tr/+/ /;
-	    $name  =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
-	    &add_to_env("form.$name",$value);
-	}
-    } else {
-	my $contentsep=$1;
-	my @lines = split (/\n/,$buffer);
-	my $name='';
-	my $value='';
-	my $fname='';
-	my $fmime='';
-	my $i;
-	for ($i=0;$i<=$#lines;$i++) {
-	    if ($lines[$i]=~/^$contentsep/) {
-		if ($name) {
-		    chomp($value);
-		    if ($fname) {
-			$env{"form.$name.filename"}=$fname;
-			$env{"form.$name.mimetype"}=$fmime;
-		    } else {
-			$value=~s/\s+$//s;
-		    }
-		    &add_to_env("form.$name",$value);
-		}
-		if ($i<$#lines) {
-		    $i++;
-		    $lines[$i]=~
-		/Content\-Disposition\:\s*form\-data\;\s*name\=\"([^\"]+)\"/i;
-		    $name=$1;
-		    $value='';
-		    if ($lines[$i]=~/filename\=\"([^\"]+)\"/i) {
-			$fname=$1;
-			if 
-                            ($lines[$i+1]=~/Content\-Type\:\s*([\w\-\/]+)/i) {
-				$fmime=$1;
-				$i++;
-			    } else {
-				$fmime='';
-			    }
-		    } else {
-			$fname='';
-			$fmime='';
-		    }
-		    $i++;
-		}
-	    } else {
-		$value.=$lines[$i]."\n";
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-#
-# Digested POSTed values
-#
-# Remember the way this was originally done (GET or POST)
-#
-    $env{'request.method'}=$ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'};
-#
-# There may also be stuff in the query string
-# Tell subsequent handlers that this was GET, not POST, so they can access query string.
-# Also, unset POSTed content length to cover all tracks.
-#
-
-# This does not work, because M_GET is not defined (if it's defined, it is just 0). 
-# Commenting out for now ... not sure if harm is done.
-#    $r->method_number(M_GET);
-
-    $r->method('GET');
-    $r->headers_in->unset('Content-length');
-}
-
 =pod
 
 =item * get_unprocessed_cgi($query,$possible_names)
@@ -3746,8 +4067,8 @@ will result in $env{'form.uname'} and $e
 sub get_unprocessed_cgi {
   my ($query,$possible_names)= @_;
   # $Apache::lonxml::debug=1;
-  foreach (split(/&/,$query)) {
-    my ($name, $value) = split(/=/,$_);
+  foreach my $pair (split(/&/,$query)) {
+    my ($name, $value) = split(/=/,$pair);
     $name = &Apache::lonnet::unescape($name);
     if (!defined($possible_names) || (grep {$_ eq $name} @$possible_names)) {
       $value =~ tr/+/ /;
@@ -3964,8 +4285,7 @@ sub record_sep {
     if ($env{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'xml') {
     } elsif ($env{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'space') {
         my $i=0;
-        foreach (split(/\s+/,$record)) {
-            my $field=$_;
+        foreach my $field (split(/\s+/,$record)) {
             $field=~s/^(\"|\')//;
             $field=~s/(\"|\')$//;
             $components{&takeleft($i)}=$field;
@@ -3973,8 +4293,7 @@ sub record_sep {
         }
     } elsif ($env{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'tab') {
         my $i=0;
-        foreach (split(/\t/,$record)) {
-            my $field=$_;
+        foreach my $field (split(/\t/,$record)) {
             $field=~s/^(\"|\')//;
             $field=~s/(\"|\')$//;
             $components{&takeleft($i)}=$field;
@@ -4068,14 +4387,14 @@ sub csv_print_samples {
     my $samples = &get_samples($records,3);
 
     $r->print(&mt('Samples').'<br /><table border="2"><tr>');
-    foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) { 
-        $r->print('<th>'.&mt('Column&nbsp;[_1]',($_+1)).'</th>'); }
+    foreach my $sample (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) { 
+        $r->print('<th>'.&mt('Column&nbsp;[_1]',($sample+1)).'</th>'); }
     $r->print('</tr>');
     foreach my $hash (@$samples) {
 	$r->print('<tr>');
-	foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
+	foreach my $sample (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
 	    $r->print('<td>');
-	    if (defined($$hash{$_})) { $r->print($$hash{$_}); }
+	    if (defined($$hash{$sample})) { $r->print($$hash{$sample}); }
 	    $r->print('</td>');
 	}
 	$r->print('</tr>');
@@ -4108,17 +4427,17 @@ sub csv_print_select_table {
 	     '<table border="2"><tr>'.
               '<th>'.&mt('Attribute').'</th>'.
               '<th>'.&mt('Column').'</th></tr>'."\n");
-    foreach (@$d) {
-	my ($value,$display,$defaultcol)=@{ $_ };
+    foreach my $array_ref (@$d) {
+	my ($value,$display,$defaultcol)=@{ $array_ref };
 	$r->print('<tr><td>'.$display.'</td>');
 
 	$r->print('<td><select name=f'.$i.
 		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
 	$r->print('<option value="none"></option>');
-	foreach (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
-	    $r->print('<option value="'.$_.'"'.
-                      ($_ eq $defaultcol ? ' selected="selected" ' : '').
-                      '>Column '.($_+1).'</option>');
+	foreach my $sample (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
+	    $r->print('<option value="'.$sample.'"'.
+                      ($sample eq $defaultcol ? ' selected="selected" ' : '').
+                      '>Column '.($sample+1).'</option>');
 	}
 	$r->print('</select></td></tr>'."\n");
 	$i++;