--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/07/07 00:53:24	1.547
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/10/26 00:22:36	1.595
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.547 2007/07/07 00:53:24 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.595 2007/10/26 00:22:36 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -334,10 +334,12 @@ sub studentbrowser_javascript {
    return (<<'ENDSTDBRW');
 <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" >
     var stdeditbrowser;
-    function openstdbrowser(formname,uname,udom,roleflag) {
+    function openstdbrowser(formname,uname,udom,roleflag,ignorefilter) {
         var url = '/adm/pickstudent?';
         var filter;
-        eval('filter=document.'+formname+'.'+uname+'.value;');
+	if (!ignorefilter) {
+	    eval('filter=document.'+formname+'.'+uname+'.value;');
+	}
         if (filter != null) {
            if (filter != '') {
                url += 'filter='+filter+'&';
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ sub selectstudent_link {
 	   return '';
        }
        return "<a href='".'javascript:openstdbrowser("'.$form.'","'.$unameele.
-        '","'.$udomele.'");'."'>".&mt('Select User')."</a>";
+        '","'.$udomele.'","","1");'."'>".&mt('Select User')."</a>";
    }
    if ($env{'request.role'}=~/^(au|dc|su)/) {
        return "<a href='".'javascript:openstdbrowser("'.$form.'","'.$unameele.
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ sub coursebrowser_javascript {
 	                            '&cdomelement='+udom+
                                     '&cnameelement='+desc;
         if (extra_element !=null && extra_element != '') {
-            if (formname == 'rolechoice') {
+            if (formname == 'rolechoice' || formname == 'studentform') {
                 url += '&roleelement='+extra_element;
                 if (domainfilter == null || domainfilter == '') {
                     url += '&domainfilter='+extra_element;
@@ -709,8 +711,7 @@ sub help_open_topic {
     my ($topic, $text, $stayOnPage, $width, $height) = @_;
     $text = "" if (not defined $text);
     $stayOnPage = 0 if (not defined $stayOnPage);
-    if ($env{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual' ||
-	$env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off' ) {
+    if ($env{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual') {
 	$stayOnPage=1;
     }
     $width = 350 if (not defined $width);
@@ -720,24 +721,20 @@ sub help_open_topic {
 
     my $template = "";
     my $link;
-
+    
     $topic=~s/\W/\_/g;
 
-    if (!$stayOnPage)
-    {
+    if (!$stayOnPage) {
 	$link = "javascript:void(open('/adm/help/${filename}.hlp', 'Help_for_$topic', 'menubar=0,toolbar=1,scrollbars=1,width=$width,height=$height,resizable=yes'))";
-    }
-    else
-    {
+    } else {
 	$link = "/adm/help/${filename}.hlp";
     }
 
     # Add the text
-    if ($text ne "")
-    {
+    if ($text ne "") {
 	$template .= 
-  "<table bgcolor='#3333AA' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
-  "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
+            "<table bgcolor='#3333AA' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1' border='0'><tr>".
+            "<td bgcolor='#5555FF'><a target=\"_top\" href=\"$link\"><font color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>$text</font></a>";
     }
 
     # Add the graphic
@@ -802,12 +799,13 @@ ENDOUTPUT
 # now just updates the help link and generates a blue icon
 sub help_open_menu {
     my ($topic,$component_help,$faq,$bug,$stayOnPage,$width,$height,$text) 
-	= @_;
-    
+	= @_;    
     $stayOnPage = 0 if (not defined $stayOnPage);
+    # only use pop-up help (stayOnPage == 0)
+    # if environment.remote is on (using remote control UI)
     if ($env{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual' ||
-	$env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off' ) {
-	$stayOnPage=1;
+    	$env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off' ) {
+        $stayOnPage=1;
     }
     my $output;
     if ($component_help) {
@@ -828,15 +826,13 @@ sub help_open_menu {
 
 sub top_nav_help {
     my ($text) = @_;
-
     $text = &mt($text);
-
-    my $stayOnPage = 
+    my $stay_on_page = 
 	($env{'browser.interface'}  eq 'textual' ||
 	 $env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off' );
-    my $link=  ($stayOnPage) ? "javascript:helpMenu('display')"
+    my $link = ($stay_on_page) ? "javascript:helpMenu('display')"
 	                     : "javascript:helpMenu('open')";
-    my $banner_link = &update_help_link(undef,undef,undef,undef,$stayOnPage);
+    my $banner_link = &update_help_link(undef,undef,undef,undef,$stay_on_page);
 
     my $title = &mt('Get help');
 
@@ -864,7 +860,7 @@ sub help_menu_js {
 					'js_ready'    => 1,
 					'add_entries' => {
 					    'border' => '0',
-					    'rows'   => "105,*",},});
+					    'rows'   => "110,*",},});
     my $end_page =
         &Apache::loncommon::end_page({'frameset' => 1,
 				      'js_ready' => 1,});
@@ -1078,6 +1074,138 @@ sub changable_area {
 
 =pod
 
+=item * viewport_geometry_js {
+
+Provides javascript object (Geometry) which can provide information about the viewport geometry for the client browser.
+
+=cut
+
+
+sub viewport_geometry_js { 
+    return <<"GEOMETRY";
+var Geometry = {};
+function init_geometry() {
+    if (Geometry.init) { return };
+    Geometry.init=1;
+    if (window.innerHeight) {
+        Geometry.getViewportHeight   = function() { return window.innerHeight; };
+        Geometry.getViewportWidth   = function() { return window.innerWidth; };
+        Geometry.getHorizontalScroll = function() { return window.pageXOffset; };
+        Geometry.getVerticalScroll   = function() { return window.pageYOffset; };
+    }
+    else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientHeight) {
+        Geometry.getViewportHeight =
+            function() { return document.documentElement.clientHeight; };
+        Geometry.getViewportWidth =
+            function() { return document.documentElement.clientWidth; };
+
+        Geometry.getHorizontalScroll =
+            function() { return document.documentElement.scrollLeft; };
+        Geometry.getVerticalScroll =
+            function() { return document.documentElement.scrollTop; };
+    }
+    else if (document.body.clientHeight) {
+        Geometry.getViewportHeight =
+            function() { return document.body.clientHeight; };
+        Geometry.getViewportWidth =
+            function() { return document.body.clientWidth; };
+        Geometry.getHorizontalScroll =
+            function() { return document.body.scrollLeft; };
+        Geometry.getVerticalScroll =
+            function() { return document.body.scrollTop; };
+    }
+}
+
+GEOMETRY
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item * viewport_size_js {
+
+Provides a javascript function to set values of two form elements - width and height (elements are passed in as arguments to the javascript function) to the dimensions of the user's browser window. 
+
+=cut
+
+sub viewport_size_js {
+    my $geometry = &viewport_geometry_js();
+    return <<"DIMS";
+
+$geometry
+
+function getViewportDims(width,height) {
+    init_geometry();
+    width.value = Geometry.getViewportWidth();
+    height.value = Geometry.getViewportHeight();
+    return;
+}
+
+DIMS
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=item * resize_textarea_js
+
+emits the needed javascript to resize a textarea to be as big as possible
+
+creates a function resize_textrea that takes two IDs first should be
+the id of the element to resize, second should be the id of a div that
+surrounds everything that comes after the textarea, this routine needs
+to be attached to the <body> for the onload and onresize events.
+
+
+=cut
+
+sub resize_textarea_js {
+    my $geometry = &viewport_geometry_js();
+    return <<"RESIZE";
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+$geometry
+
+function getX(element) {
+    var x = 0;
+    while (element) {
+	x += element.offsetLeft;
+	element = element.offsetParent;
+    }
+    return x;
+}
+function getY(element) {
+    var y = 0;
+    while (element) {
+	y += element.offsetTop;
+	element = element.offsetParent;
+    }
+    return y;
+}
+
+
+function resize_textarea(textarea_id,bottom_id) {
+    init_geometry();
+    var textarea        = document.getElementById(textarea_id);
+    //alert(textarea);
+
+    var textarea_top    = getY(textarea);
+    var textarea_height = textarea.offsetHeight;
+    var bottom          = document.getElementById(bottom_id);
+    var bottom_top      = getY(bottom);
+    var bottom_height   = bottom.offsetHeight;
+    var window_height   = Geometry.getViewportHeight();
+    var fudge           = 23;
+    var new_height      = window_height-fudge-textarea_top-bottom_height;
+    if (new_height < 300) {
+	new_height = 300;
+    }
+    textarea.style.height=new_height+'px';
+}
+</script>
+RESIZE
+
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =back
  
 =head1 Excel and CSV file utility routines
@@ -1263,8 +1391,10 @@ sub domain_select {
     } &Apache::lonnet::all_domains();
     if ($multiple) {
 	$domains{''}=&mt('Any domain');
+	$domains{'select_form_order'} = [sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b) } (keys(%domains))];
 	return &multiple_select_form($name,$value,4,\%domains);
     } else {
+	$domains{'select_form_order'} = [sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b) } (keys(%domains))];
 	return &select_form($name,$value,%domains);
     }
 }
@@ -1277,8 +1407,6 @@ sub domain_select {
 
 =over 4
 
-=cut
-
 =item * multiple_select_form($name,$value,$size,$hash,$order)
 
 Returns a string containing a <select> element int multiple mode
@@ -1416,7 +1544,7 @@ sub select_level_form {
 
 =pod
 
-=item * select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty)
+=item * select_dom_form($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc)
 
 Returns a string containing a <select name='$name' size='1'> form to 
 allow a user to select the domain to preform an operation in.  
@@ -1425,18 +1553,28 @@ See loncreateuser.pm for an example invo
 If the $includeempty flag is set, it also includes an empty choice ("no domain
 selected");
 
+If the $showdomdesc flag is set, the domain name is followed by the domain description. 
+
 =cut
 
 #-------------------------------------------
 sub select_dom_form {
-    my ($defdom,$name,$includeempty) = @_;
-    my @domains = sort(&Apache::lonnet::all_domains());
+    my ($defdom,$name,$includeempty,$showdomdesc) = @_;
+    my @domains = sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} (&Apache::lonnet::all_domains());
     if ($includeempty) { @domains=('',@domains); }
     my $selectdomain = "<select name=\"$name\" size=\"1\">\n";
     foreach my $dom (@domains) {
         $selectdomain.="<option value=\"$dom\" ".
-            ($dom eq $defdom ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').
-                ">$dom</option>\n";
+            ($dom eq $defdom ? 'selected="selected" ' : '').'>'.$dom;
+        if ($showdomdesc) {
+            if ($dom ne '') {
+                my $domdesc = &Apache::lonnet::domain($dom,'description');
+                if ($domdesc ne '') {
+                    $selectdomain .= ' ('.$domdesc.')';
+                }
+            } 
+        }
+        $selectdomain .= "</option>\n";
     }
     $selectdomain.="</select>";
     return $selectdomain;
@@ -1446,24 +1584,68 @@ sub select_dom_form {
 
 =pod
 
-=item * home_server_option_list($domain)
+=item * home_server_form_item($domain,$name,$defaultflag)
+
+input: 4 arguments (two required, two optional) - 
+    $domain - domain of new user
+    $name - name of form element
+    $default - Value of 'default' causes a default item to be first 
+                            option, and selected by default. 
+    $hide - Value of 'hide' causes hiding of the name of the server, 
+                            if 1 server found, or default, if 0 found.
+output: returns 2 items: 
+(a) form element which contains either:
+   (i) <select name="$name">
+        <option value="$hostid1">$hostid $servers{$hostid}</option>
+        <option value="$hostid2">$hostid $servers{$hostid}</option>       
+       </select>
+       form item if there are multiple library servers in $domain, or
+   (ii) an <input type="hidden" name="$name" value="$hostid" /> form item 
+       if there is only one library server in $domain.
 
-returns a string which contains an <option> list to be used in a 
-<select> form input.  See loncreateuser.pm for an example.
+(b) number of library servers found.
+
+See loncreateuser.pm for example of use.
 
 =cut
 
 #-------------------------------------------
-sub home_server_option_list {
-    my $domain = shift;
+sub home_server_form_item {
+    my ($domain,$name,$default,$hide) = @_;
     my %servers = &Apache::lonnet::get_servers($domain,'library');
-    my $result = '';
-    foreach my $hostid (sort(keys(%servers))) {
-        $result.=
-            '<option value="'.$hostid.'">'.
-	    $hostid.' '.$servers{$hostid}."</option>\n";
+    my $result;
+    my $numlib = keys(%servers);
+    if ($numlib > 1) {
+        $result .= '<select name="'.$name.'" />'."\n";
+        if ($default) {
+            $result .= '<option value="default" selected>'.&mt('default').
+                       '</option>'."\n";
+        }
+        foreach my $hostid (sort(keys(%servers))) {
+            $result.= '<option value="'.$hostid.'">'.
+	              $hostid.' '.$servers{$hostid}."</option>\n";
+        }
+        $result .= '</select>'."\n";
+    } elsif ($numlib == 1) {
+        my $hostid;
+        foreach my $item (keys(%servers)) {
+            $hostid = $item;
+        }
+        $result .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.
+                   $hostid.'" />';
+                   if (!$hide) {
+                       $result .= $hostid.' '.$servers{$hostid};
+                   }
+                   $result .= "\n";
+    } elsif ($default) {
+        $result .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.
+                   '" value="default" />';
+                   if (!$hide) {
+                       $result .= &mt('default');
+                   }
+                   $result .= "\n";
     }
-    return $result;
+    return ($result,$numlib);
 }
 
 =pod
@@ -1616,19 +1798,16 @@ END
     }
 
     my $radioval = "'nochange'";
-    if (exists($in{'curr_authtype'}) &&
-        defined($in{'curr_authtype'}) &&
-        $in{'curr_authtype'} ne '') {
-        $radioval = "'$in{'curr_authtype'}arg'";
+    if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
+        if ($in{'curr_authtype'} ne '') {
+            $radioval = "'".$in{'curr_authtype'}."arg'";
+        }
     }
     my $argfield = 'null';
-    if ( grep/^mode$/,(keys %in) ) {
+    if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
         if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse')  {
-            if ( grep/^curr_authtype$/,(keys %in) ) {
-                $radioval = "'$in{'curr_authtype'}'";
-            }
-            if ( grep/^curr_autharg$/,(keys %in) ) {
-                unless ($in{'curr_autharg'} eq '') {
+            if (defined($in{'curr_autharg'})) {
+                if ($in{'curr_autharg'} ne '') {
                     $argfield = "'$in{'curr_autharg'}'";
                 }
             }
@@ -1711,79 +1890,170 @@ sub authform_nochange{
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               @_,
           );
-    my $result = '<label>'.&mt('[_1] Do not change login data',
-                     '<input type="radio" name="login" value="nochange" '.
-                     'checked="checked" onclick="'.
+    my ($authnum,%can_assign) =  &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'}); 
+    my $result;
+    if (keys(%can_assign) == 0) {
+        $result = &mt('Under you current role you are not permitted to change login settings for this user');  
+    } else {
+        $result = '<label>'.&mt('[_1] Do not change login data',
+                  '<input type="radio" name="login" value="nochange" '.
+                  'checked="checked" onclick="'.
             "javascript:changed_radio('nochange',$in{'formname'});".'" />').
 	    '</label>';
+    }
     return $result;
 }
 
-sub authform_kerberos{  
+sub authform_kerberos {
     my %in = (
               formname => 'document.cu',
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               kerb_def_auth => 'krb4',
               @_,
               );
-    my ($check4,$check5,$krbarg);
+    my ($check4,$check5,$krbcheck,$krbarg,$krbver,$result,$authtype,
+        $autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($authnum,%can_assign) =  &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
     if ($in{'kerb_def_auth'} eq 'krb5') {
-       $check5 = " checked=\"on\"";
+       $check5 = ' checked="on"';
     } else {
-       $check4 = " checked=\"on\"";
+       $check4 = ' checked="on"';
     }
     $krbarg = $in{'kerb_def_dom'};
-
-    my $krbcheck = "";
-    if ( grep/^curr_authtype$/,(keys %in) ) {
-        if ($in{'curr_authtype'} =~ m/^krb/) {
-            $krbcheck = " checked=\"on\"";
-            if ( grep/^curr_autharg$/,(keys %in) ) {
+    if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
+        if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'krb') {
+            $krbcheck = ' checked="on"';
+            if (defined($in{'curr_kerb_ver'})) {
+                if ($in{'curr_krb_ver'} eq '5') {
+                    $check5 = ' checked="on"';
+                    $check4 = '';
+                } else {
+                    $check4 = ' checked="on"';
+                    $check5 = '';
+                }
+            }
+            if (defined($in{'curr_autharg'})) {
                 $krbarg = $in{'curr_autharg'};
             }
+            if (!$can_assign{'krb4'} && !$can_assign{'krb5'}) {
+                if (defined($in{'curr_autharg'})) {
+                    $result = 
+    &mt('Currently Kerberos authenticated with domain [_1] Version [_2].',
+        $in{'curr_autharg'},$krbver);
+                } else {
+                    $result =
+    &mt('Currently Kerberos authenticated, Version [_1].',$krbver);
+                }
+                return $result; 
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ($authnum == 1) {
+            $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="krb">';
         }
     }
-
-    my $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('krb',$in{'formname'});";
-    my $result .= &mt
+    if (!$can_assign{'krb4'} && !$can_assign{'krb5'}) {
+        return;
+    } elsif ($authtype eq '') {
+        if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
+            if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
+                if ($authnum == 1) {
+                    $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="krb">';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('krb',$in{'formname'});";
+    if ($authtype eq '') {
+        $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="krb" '.
+                    'onclick="'.$jscall.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.
+                    $krbcheck.' />';
+    }
+    if (($can_assign{'krb4'} && $can_assign{'krb5'}) ||
+        ($can_assign{'krb4'} && !$can_assign{'krb5'} && 
+         $in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'krb5') ||
+        (!$can_assign{'krb4'} && $can_assign{'krb5'} && 
+         $in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'krb4')) {
+        $result .= &mt
         ('[_1] Kerberos authenticated with domain [_2] '.
          '[_3] Version 4 [_4] Version 5 [_5]',
-         '<label><input type="radio" name="login" value="krb" '.
-             'onclick="'.$jscall.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'"'.$krbcheck.' />',
+         '<label>'.$authtype,
          '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
              'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
              'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
          '<label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="4" '.$check4.' />',
          '</label><label><input type="radio" name="krbver" value="5" '.$check5.' />',
 	 '</label>');
+    } elsif ($can_assign{'krb4'}) {
+        $result .= &mt
+        ('[_1] Kerberos authenticated with domain [_2] '.
+         '[_3] Version 4 [_4]',
+         '<label>'.$authtype,
+         '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
+             'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
+             'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
+         '<label><input type="hidden" name="krbver" value="4" />',
+         '</label>');
+    } elsif ($can_assign{'krb5'}) {
+        $result .= &mt
+        ('[_1] Kerberos authenticated with domain [_2] '.
+         '[_3] Version 5 [_4]',
+         '<label>'.$authtype,
+         '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="krbarg" '.
+             'value="'.$krbarg.'" '.
+             'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />',
+         '<label><input type="hidden" name="krbver" value="5" />',
+         '</label>');
+    }
     return $result;
 }
 
 sub authform_internal{  
-    my %args = (
+    my %in = (
                 formname => 'document.cu',
                 kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
                 @_,
                 );
-
-    my $intcheck = "";
-    my $intarg = 'value=""';
-    if ( grep/^curr_authtype$/,(keys %args) ) {
-        if ($args{'curr_authtype'} eq 'int') {
-            $intcheck = " checked=\"on\"";
-            if ( grep/^curr_autharg$/,(keys %args) ) {
-                $intarg = "value=\"$args{'curr_autharg'}\"";
+    my ($intcheck,$intarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($authnum,%can_assign) =  &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
+        if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'int') {
+            if ($can_assign{'int'}) {
+                $intcheck = 'checked="on" ';
+                if (defined($in{'curr_autharg'})) {
+                    $intarg = $in{'curr_autharg'};
+                }
+            } else {
+                $result = &mt('Currently internally authenticated.');
+                return $result;
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        if ($authnum == 1) {
+            $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="int">';
+        }
     }
-
-    my $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('int',$args{'formname'});";
-    my $result.=&mt
+    if (!$can_assign{'int'}) {
+        return;
+    } elsif ($authtype eq '') {
+        if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
+            if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
+                if ($authnum == 1) {
+                    $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="int">';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('int',$in{'formname'});";
+    if ($authtype eq '') {
+        $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="int" '.$intcheck.
+                    ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />';
+    }
+    $autharg = '<input type="text" size="10" name="intarg" value="'.
+               $intarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+    $result = &mt
         ('[_1] Internally authenticated (with initial password [_2])',
-         '<label><input type="radio" name="login" value="int" '.$intcheck.
-             ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />',
-         '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="intarg" '.$intarg.
-             ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" />');
+         '<label>'.$authtype,'</label>'.$autharg);
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -1793,24 +2063,46 @@ sub authform_local{
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               @_,
               );
-
-    my $loccheck = "";
-    my $locarg = 'value=""';
-    if ( grep/^curr_authtype$/,(keys %in) ) {
+    my ($loccheck,$locarg,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($authnum,%can_assign) =  &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
         if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'loc') {
-            $loccheck = " checked=\"on\"";
-            if ( grep/^curr_autharg$/,(keys %in) ) {
-                $locarg = "value=\"$in{'curr_autharg'}\"";
+            if ($can_assign{'loc'}) {
+                $loccheck = 'checked="on" ';
+                if (defined($in{'curr_autharg'})) {
+                    $locarg = $in{'curr_autharg'};
+                }
+            } else {
+                $result = &mt('Currently using local (institutional) authentication.');
+                return $result;
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        if ($authnum == 1) {
+            $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="loc">';
+        }
     }
-
-    my $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('loc',$in{'formname'});";
-    my $result.=&mt('[_1] Local Authentication with argument [_2]',
-                    '<label><input type="radio" name="login" value="loc" '.$loccheck.
-                        ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />',
-                    '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="locarg" '.$locarg.
-                        ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" />');
+    if (!$can_assign{'loc'}) {
+        return;
+    } elsif ($authtype eq '') {
+        if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
+            if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
+                if ($authnum == 1) {
+                    $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="loc">';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('loc',$in{'formname'});";
+    if ($authtype eq '') {
+        $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="loc" '.
+                    $loccheck.' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.
+                    $jscall.'" />';
+    }
+    $autharg = '<input type="text" size="10" name="locarg" value="'.
+               $locarg.'" onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+    $result = &mt('[_1] Local Authentication with argument [_2]',
+                  '<label>'.$authtype,'</label>'.$autharg);
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -1820,16 +2112,92 @@ sub authform_filesystem{
               kerb_def_dom => 'MSU.EDU',
               @_,
               );
-    my $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('fsys',$in{'formname'});";
-    my $result.= &mt
+    my ($fsyscheck,$result,$authtype,$autharg,$jscall);
+    my ($authnum,%can_assign) =  &get_assignable_auth($in{'domain'});
+    if (defined($in{'curr_authtype'})) {
+        if ($in{'curr_authtype'} eq 'fsys') {
+            if ($can_assign{'fsys'}) {
+                $fsyscheck = 'checked="on" ';
+            } else {
+                $result = &mt('Currently Filesystem Authenticated.');
+                return $result;
+            }           
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ($authnum == 1) {
+            $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="fsys">';
+        }
+    }
+    if (!$can_assign{'fsys'}) {
+        return;
+    } elsif ($authtype eq '') {
+        if (defined($in{'mode'})) {
+            if ($in{'mode'} eq 'modifycourse') {
+                if ($authnum == 1) {
+                    $authtype = '<input type="hidden" name="login" value="fsys">';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    $jscall = "javascript:changed_radio('fsys',$in{'formname'});";
+    if ($authtype eq '') {
+        $authtype = '<input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" '.
+                    $fsyscheck.' onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.
+                    $jscall.'" />';
+    }
+    $autharg = '<input type="text" size="10" name="fsysarg" value=""'.
+               ' onchange="'.$jscall.'" />';
+    $result = &mt
         ('[_1] Filesystem Authenticated (with initial password [_2])',
          '<label><input type="radio" name="login" value="fsys" '.
-         'onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />',
+         $fsyscheck.'onchange="'.$jscall.'" onclick="'.$jscall.'" />',
          '</label><input type="text" size="10" name="fsysarg" value="" '.
                   'onchange="'.$jscall.'" />');
     return $result;
 }
 
+sub get_assignable_auth {
+    my ($dom) = @_;
+    if ($dom eq '') {
+        $dom = $env{'request.role.domain'};
+    }
+    my %can_assign = (
+                          krb4 => 1,
+                          krb5 => 1,
+                          int  => 1,
+                          loc  => 1,
+                     );
+    my %domconfig = &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['usercreation'],$dom);
+    if (ref($domconfig{'usercreation'}) eq 'HASH') {
+        if (ref($domconfig{'usercreation'}{'authtypes'}) eq 'HASH') {
+            my $authhash = $domconfig{'usercreation'}{'authtypes'};
+            my $context;
+            if ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^au/) {
+                $context = 'author';
+            } elsif ($env{'request.role'} =~ /^dc/) {
+                $context = 'domain';
+            } elsif ($env{'request.course.id'}) {
+                $context = 'course';
+            }
+            if ($context) {
+                if (ref($authhash->{$context}) eq 'HASH') {
+                   %can_assign = %{$authhash->{$context}}; 
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    my $authnum = 0;
+    foreach my $key (keys(%can_assign)) {
+        if ($can_assign{$key}) {
+            $authnum ++;
+        }
+    }
+    if ($can_assign{'krb4'} && $can_assign{'krb5'}) {
+        $authnum --;
+    }
+    return ($authnum,%can_assign);
+}
+
 ###############################################################
 ##    Get Authentication Defaults for Domain                 ##
 ###############################################################
@@ -1955,7 +2323,7 @@ sub initialize_keywords {
     # Remove special values from %Keywords.
     foreach my $value ('total.count','average.count') {
         delete($Keywords{$value}) if (exists($Keywords{$value}));
-    }
+  }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2154,6 +2522,15 @@ sub getemails {
     }
 }
 
+sub flush_email_cache {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    if (!$udom)  { $udom =$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'};   }
+    return if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public');
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('emailscache',$id);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenname
 
 =pod
@@ -2227,7 +2604,8 @@ sub track_student_link {
         $target = '';
     }
     if ($start) { $link.='&amp;start='.$start; }
-    
+    $title = &mt($title);
+    $linktext = &mt($linktext);
     return qq{<a href="$link" title="$title" $target>$linktext</a>}.
 	&help_open_topic('View_recent_activity');
 }
@@ -2456,9 +2834,11 @@ sub preferred_languages {
 	@languages=(@languages,
 		    split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'environment.languages'}));
     }
-    my $browser=(split(/\;/,$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'}))[0];
+    my $browser=$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'};
     if ($browser) {
-	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$browser));
+	my @browser = 
+	    map { (split(/\s*;\s*/,$_))[0] } (split(/\s*,\s*/,$browser));
+	push(@languages,@browser);
     }
     if (&Apache::lonnet::domain($env{'user.domain'},'lang_def')) {
 	@languages=(@languages,
@@ -2480,14 +2860,40 @@ sub preferred_languages {
     my @genlanguages;
     foreach my $lang (@languages) {
 	unless ($lang=~/\w/) { next; }
-	push (@genlanguages,$lang);
+	push(@genlanguages,$lang);
 	if ($lang=~/(\-|\_)/) {
 	    push(@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$lang))[0]);
 	}
     }
+    #uniqueify the languages list
+    my %count;
+    @genlanguages = map { $count{$_}++ == 0 ? $_ : () } @genlanguages;
     return @genlanguages;
 }
 
+sub languages {
+    my ($possible_langs) = @_;
+    my @preferred_langs = &preferred_languages();
+    if (!ref($possible_langs)) {
+	if( wantarray ) {
+	    return @preferred_langs;
+	} else {
+	    return $preferred_langs[0];
+	}
+    }
+    my %possibilities = map { $_ => 1 } (@$possible_langs);
+    my @preferred_possibilities;
+    foreach my $preferred_lang (@preferred_langs) {
+	if (exists($possibilities{$preferred_lang})) {
+	    push(@preferred_possibilities, $preferred_lang);
+	}
+    }
+    if( wantarray ) {
+	return @preferred_possibilities;
+    }
+    return $preferred_possibilities[0];
+}
+
 ###############################################################
 ##               Student Answer Attempts                     ##
 ###############################################################
@@ -2562,25 +2968,15 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
 	for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
 	  $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Transaction '.$version.'</td>';
 	    foreach my $key (sort(keys(%lasthash))) {
-	       my $value;
-	       if ($key =~ /timestamp/) {
-		  $value=scalar(localtime($returnhash{$version.':'.$key}));
-	       } else {
-		  $value=$returnhash{$version.':'.$key};
-	       }
-	       $prevattempts.='<td>'.&unescape($value).'&nbsp;</td>';   
+		my $value = &format_previous_attempt_value($key,
+							   $returnhash{$version.':'.$key});
+		$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';   
 	    }
 	 }
       }
       $prevattempts.='</tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffe6"><td>Current</td>';
       foreach my $key (sort(keys(%lasthash))) {
-	my $value;
-	if ($key =~ /timestamp/) {
-	  $value=scalar(localtime($lasthash{$key}));
-	} else {
-	  $value=$lasthash{$key};
-	}
-	$value=&unescape($value);
+	my $value = &format_previous_attempt_value($key,$lasthash{$key});
 	if ($key =~/$regexp$/ && (defined &$gradesub)) {$value = &$gradesub($value)}
 	$prevattempts.='<td>'.$value.'&nbsp;</td>';
       }
@@ -2593,6 +2989,19 @@ sub get_previous_attempt {
   }
 }
 
+sub format_previous_attempt_value {
+    my ($key,$value) = @_;
+    if ($key =~ /timestamp/) {
+	$value = &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($value);
+    } elsif (ref($value) eq 'ARRAY') {
+	$value = '('.join(', ', @{ $value }).')';
+    } else {
+	$value = &unescape($value);
+    }
+    return $value;
+}
+
+
 sub relative_to_absolute {
     my ($url,$output)=@_;
     my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$output);
@@ -2751,9 +3160,9 @@ sub pprmlink {
     if (!$symb) { $symb=&Apache::lonnet::symbread(); }
     $symb=&escape($symb);
     if ($target) { $target="target=\"$target\""; }
-    return '<a href="/adm/parmset?&command=set&'.
-	'symb='.$symb.'&uname='.$uname.
-	'&udom='.$udom.'" '.$target.'>'.$text.'</a>';
+    return '<a href="/adm/parmset?command=set&amp;'.
+	'symb='.$symb.'&amp;uname='.$uname.
+	'&amp;udom='.$udom.'" '.$target.'>'.$text.'</a>';
 }
 ##############################################
 
@@ -3338,7 +3747,7 @@ sub designparm {
 
 =back
 
-=head1 HTTP Helpers
+=head1 HTML Helpers
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -3379,6 +3788,9 @@ Inputs:
 
 =item * $args, optional argument valid values are
             no_auto_mt_title -> prevents &mt()ing the title arg
+            inherit_jsmath -> when creating popup window in a page,
+                              should it have jsmath forced on by the
+                              current page
 
 =back
 
@@ -3427,15 +3839,12 @@ sub bodytag {
     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 $extra_body_attr = &make_attr_string($forcereg,\%design);
 
 # construct main body tag
     my $bodytag = "<body $extra_body_attr>".
-	&Apache::lontexconvert::init_math_support();
+	&Apache::lontexconvert::init_math_support($args->{'inherit_jsmath'});
 
     if ($bodyonly) {
         return $bodytag;
@@ -3547,7 +3956,7 @@ ENDROLE
 
     my $imgsrc = $img;
     if ($img =~ /^\/adm/) {
-        $imgsrc = 'http://'.$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.':'.$lonhttpdPort.$img;
+        $imgsrc = &lonhttpdurl($img);
     }
     my $upperleft='<img src="'.$imgsrc.'" alt="'.$function.'" />';
 
@@ -3632,20 +4041,12 @@ sub make_attr_string {
 
 =pod
 
-=back
-
-=head1 HTML Helpers
-
-=over 4
-
 =item * &endbodytag()
 
 Returns a uniform footer for LON-CAPA web pages.
 
 Inputs: none
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub endbodytag {
@@ -3662,8 +4063,6 @@ sub endbodytag {
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &standard_css()
 
 Returns a style sheet
@@ -3674,8 +4073,6 @@ Inputs: (all optional)
             function       -> force usage of a specific rolish color scheme
             bgcolor        -> override the default page bgcolor
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub standard_css {
@@ -3732,7 +4129,7 @@ table.thinborder tr td {
 
 form, .inline { display: inline; }
 .center { text-align: center; }
-.LC_filename {font-family: $mono;}
+.LC_filename {font-family: $mono; white-space:pre;}
 .LC_error {
   color: red;
   font-size: larger;
@@ -3978,13 +4375,13 @@ table.LC_data_table, table.LC_mail_list
 }
 table.LC_nested_outer {
   border: 1px solid #000000;
-  border-collapse: separate;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
   border-spacing: 0px;
   width: 100%;
 }
 table.LC_nested {
   border: 0px;
-  border-collapse: separate;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
   border-spacing: 0px;
   width: 100%;
 }
@@ -4036,7 +4433,8 @@ table.LC_nested tr.LC_info_row td {
   font-size: small;
   text-align: center;
 }
-table.LC_nested tr.LC_info_row td.LC_left_item {
+table.LC_nested tr.LC_info_row td.LC_left_item,
+table.LC_nested_outer tr th.LC_left_item {
   text-align: left;
 }
 table.LC_nested td {
@@ -4267,9 +4665,7 @@ table#LC_helpmenu_links a:hover {
   border: 1px solid #8888FF;
   background: #CCCCFF;
 }
-
 table.LC_pick_box {
-  width: 100%;
   border-collapse: separate;
   background: white;
   border: 1px solid black;
@@ -4282,6 +4678,14 @@ table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_title {
   width: 184px;
   padding: 8px;
 }
+table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_value {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+}
+table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_select {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+}
 table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_separator {
   padding: 0px;
   height: 1px;
@@ -4290,7 +4694,48 @@ table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_separat
 table.LC_pick_box td.LC_pick_box_submit {
   text-align: right;
 }
-
+table.LC_pick_box td.LC_evenrow_value {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background-color: $data_table_light;
+}
+table.LC_pick_box td.LC_oddrow_value {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background-color: $data_table_light;
+}
+table.LC_helpform_receipt {
+  width: 620px;
+  border-collapse: separate;
+  background: white;
+  border: 1px solid black;
+  border-spacing: 1px;
+}
+table.LC_helpform_receipt td.LC_pick_box_title {
+  background: $tabbg;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-align: right;
+  width: 184px;
+  padding: 8px;
+}
+table.LC_helpform_receipt td.LC_evenrow_value {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background-color: $data_table_light;
+}
+table.LC_helpform_receipt td.LC_oddrow_value {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background-color: $data_table_light;
+}
+table.LC_helpform_receipt td.LC_pick_box_separator {
+  padding: 0px;
+  height: 1px;
+  background: black;
+}
+span.LC_helpform_receipt_cat {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
 table.LC_group_priv_box {
   background: white;
   border: 1px solid black;
@@ -4435,6 +4880,10 @@ span.LC_nobreak {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+span.LC_cusr_emph {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
 table.LC_docs_documents {
   background: #BBBBBB;
   border-width: 0px;
@@ -4502,13 +4951,58 @@ table.LC_docs_adddocs th {
   background: #DDDDDD;
 }
 
+table.LC_sty_begin {
+  background: #BBFFBB;
+}
+table.LC_sty_end {
+  background: #FFBBBB;
+}
+
+table.LC_double_column {
+  border-width: 0px;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 2px;
+}
+
+table.LC_double_column tr td.LC_left_col {
+  top: 2px;
+  left: 2px;
+  width: 47%;
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+table.LC_double_column tr td.LC_right_col {
+  top: 2px;
+  right: 2px; 
+  width: 47%;
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+span.LC_role_level {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+div.LC_left_float {
+  float: left;
+  padding-right: 5%;
+  padding:bottom: 4px;
+}
+
+div.LC_clear_float_header {
+  padding:bottom: 2px;
+}
+
+div.LC_clear_float_footer {
+  padding:top: 10px;
+  clear: both;
+}
+
 END
 }
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &headtag()
 
 Returns a uniform footer for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -4532,8 +5026,6 @@ Inputs: $title - optional title for the
             no_auto_mt_title
                            -> prevent &mt()ing the title arg
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub headtag {
@@ -4589,16 +5081,12 @@ ADDMETA
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &font_settings()
 
 Returns neccessary <meta> to set the proper encoding
 
 Inputs: none
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub font_settings {
@@ -4615,22 +5103,20 @@ sub font_settings {
 
 =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{'internal.start_page'}==1) {
+	&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
+    }
 
     if ($env{'browser.mathml'}) {
 	$output='<?xml version="1.0"?>'
@@ -4649,16 +5135,12 @@ sub xml_begin {
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &endheadtag()
 
 Returns a uniform </head> for LON-CAPA web pages.
 
 Inputs: none
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub endheadtag {
@@ -4667,8 +5149,6 @@ sub endheadtag {
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &head()
 
 Returns a uniform complete <head>..</head> section for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -4676,8 +5156,6 @@ Returns a uniform complete <head>..</hea
 Inputs: $title - optional title for the page
         $head_extra - optional extra HTML to put inside the <head>
 
-=back
-
 =cut
 
 sub head {
@@ -4687,8 +5165,6 @@ sub head {
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &start_page()
 
 Returns a complete <html> .. <body> section for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -4727,7 +5203,9 @@ Inputs: $title - optional title for the
 
                   no_auto_mt_title -> prevent &mt()ing the title arg
 
-=back
+                  inherit_jsmath -> when creating popup window in a page,
+                                    should it have jsmath forced on by the
+                                    current page
 
 =cut
 
@@ -4780,8 +5258,6 @@ sub start_page {
 
 =pod
 
-=over 4
-
 =item * &head()
 
 Returns a complete </body></html> section for LON-CAPA web pages.
@@ -4939,10 +5415,61 @@ sub simple_error_page {
     }
 }
 
+=pod
+
+=item * &inhibit_menu_check($arg)
+
+Checks for a inhibitmenu state and generates output to preserve it
+
+Inputs:         $arg - can be any of
+                     - undef - in which case the return value is a string 
+                               to add  into arguments list of a uri
+                     - 'input' - in which case the return value is a HTML
+                                 <form> <input> field of type hidden to
+                                 preserve the value
+                     - a url - in which case the return value is the url with
+                               the neccesary cgi args added to preserve the
+                               inhibitmenu state
+                     - a ref to a url - no return value, but the string is
+                                        updated to include the neccessary cgi
+                                        args to preserve the inhibitmenu state
+
+=cut
+
+sub inhibit_menu_check {
+    my ($arg) = @_;
+    &get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}, ['inhibitmenu']);
+    if ($arg eq 'input') {
+	if ($env{'form.inhibitmenu'}) {
+	    return '<input type="hidden" name="inhibitmenu" value="'.$env{'form.inhibitmenu'}.'" />';
+	} else {
+	    return
+	}
+    }
+    if ($env{'form.inhibitmenu'}) {
+	if (ref($arg)) {
+	    $$arg .= '?inhibitmenu='.$env{'form.inhibitmenu'};
+	} elsif ($arg eq '') {
+	    $arg .= 'inhibitmenu='.$env{'form.inhibitmenu'};
+	} else {
+	    $arg .= '?inhibitmenu='.$env{'form.inhibitmenu'};
+	}
+    }
+    if (!ref($arg)) {
+	return $arg;
+    }
+}
+
 ###############################################
 
 =pod
 
+=back
+
+=head1 User Information Routines
+
+=over 4
+
 =item * &get_users_function()
 
 Used by &bodytag to determine the current users primary role.
@@ -5503,8 +6030,291 @@ sub get_secgrprole_info {
     return (\@sections,\@groups,$allroles,$rolehash,$accesshash);
 }
 
+sub user_picker {
+    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller) = @_;
+    my $currdom = $dom;
+    my %curr_selected = (
+                        srchin => 'dom',
+                        srchby => 'lastname',
+                      );
+    my $srchterm;
+    if (ref($srch) eq 'HASH') {
+        if ($srch->{'srchby'} ne '') {
+            $curr_selected{'srchby'} = $srch->{'srchby'};
+        }
+        if ($srch->{'srchin'} ne '') {
+            $curr_selected{'srchin'} = $srch->{'srchin'};
+        }
+        if ($srch->{'srchtype'} ne '') {
+            $curr_selected{'srchtype'} = $srch->{'srchtype'};
+        }
+        if ($srch->{'srchdomain'} ne '') {
+            $currdom = $srch->{'srchdomain'};
+        }
+        $srchterm = $srch->{'srchterm'};
+    }
+    my %lt=&Apache::lonlocal::texthash(
+                    'usr'       => 'Search criteria',
+                    'doma'      => 'Domain/institution to search',
+                    'uname'     => 'username',
+                    'lastname'  => 'last name',
+                    'lastfirst' => 'last name, first name',
+                    'crs'       => 'in this course',
+                    'dom'       => 'in selected LON-CAPA domain', 
+                    'alc'       => 'all LON-CAPA',
+                    'instd'     => 'in institutional directory for selected domain',
+                    'exact'     => 'is',
+                    'contains'  => 'contains',
+                    'begins'    => 'begins with',
+                    'youm'      => "You must include some text to search for.",
+                    'thte'      => "The text you are searching for must contain at least two characters when using a 'begins' type search.",
+                    'thet'      => "The text you are searching for must contain at least three characters when using a 'contains' type search.",
+                    'yomc'      => "You must choose a domain when using an institutional directory search.",
+                    'ymcd'      => "You must choose a domain when using a domain search.",
+                    'whus'      => "When using searching by last,first you must include a comma as separator between last name and first name.",
+                    'whse'      => "When searching by last,first you must include at least one character in the first name.",
+                     'thfo'     => "The following need to be corrected before the search can be run:",
+                                       );
+    my $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',1,1);
+    my $srchinsel = ' <select name="srchin">';
+
+    my @srchins = ('crs','dom','alc','instd');
+
+    foreach my $option (@srchins) {
+        # FIXME 'alc' option unavailable until 
+        #       loncreateuser::print_user_query_page()
+        #       has been completed.
+        next if ($option eq 'alc');
+        next if ($option eq 'crs' && !$env{'request.course.id'});
+        if ($curr_selected{'srchin'} eq $option) {
+            $srchinsel .= ' 
+   <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+        } else {
+            $srchinsel .= '
+   <option value="'.$option.'">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+        }
+    }
+    $srchinsel .= "\n  </select>\n";
+
+    my $srchbysel =  ' <select name="srchby">';
+    foreach my $option ('lastname','lastfirst','uname') {
+        if ($curr_selected{'srchby'} eq $option) {
+            $srchbysel .= '
+   <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+        } else {
+            $srchbysel .= '
+   <option value="'.$option.'">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+         }
+    }
+    $srchbysel .= "\n  </select>\n";
+
+    my $srchtypesel = ' <select name="srchtype">';
+    foreach my $option ('begins','contains','exact') {
+        if ($curr_selected{'srchtype'} eq $option) {
+            $srchtypesel .= '
+   <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+        } else {
+            $srchtypesel .= '
+   <option value="'.$option.'">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
+        }
+    }
+    $srchtypesel .= "\n  </select>\n";
+
+    my ($newuserscript,$new_user_create);
+
+    if ($forcenewuser) {
+        if (ref($srch) eq 'HASH') {
+            if ($srch->{'srchby'} eq 'uname' && $srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'exact' && $srch->{'srchin'} eq 'dom' && $srch->{'srchdomain'} eq $env{'request.role.domain'}) {
+	        $new_user_create = '<p> <input type="submit" name="forcenew" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode(&mt('Make new user "[_1]"',$srchterm),'<>&"').'" onclick="javascript:setSearch(\'1\','.$caller.');" /> </p>';
+            }
+        }
+
+        $newuserscript = <<"ENDSCRIPT";
+
+function setSearch(createnew,callingForm) {
+    if (createnew == 1) {
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchby.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchby.options[i].value == 'uname') {
+                callingForm.srchby.selectedIndex = i;
+            }
+        }
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchin.length; i++) {
+            if ( callingForm.srchin.options[i].value == 'dom') {
+		callingForm.srchin.selectedIndex = i;
+            }
+        }
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchtype.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchtype.options[i].value == 'exact') {
+                callingForm.srchtype.selectedIndex = i;
+            }
+        }
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchdomain.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchdomain.options[i].value == '$env{'request.role.domain'}') {
+                callingForm.srchdomain.selectedIndex = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+ENDSCRIPT
+
+    }
+
+    my $output = <<"END_BLOCK";
+<script type="text/javascript">
+function validateEntry(callingForm) {
+
+    var checkok = 1;
+    var srchin;
+    for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchin.length; i++) {
+	if ( callingForm.srchin[i].checked ) {
+	    srchin = callingForm.srchin[i].value;
+	}
+    }
+
+    var srchtype = callingForm.srchtype.options[callingForm.srchtype.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchby = callingForm.srchby.options[callingForm.srchby.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchdomain = callingForm.srchdomain.options[callingForm.srchdomain.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchterm =  callingForm.srchterm.value;
+    var srchin = callingForm.srchin.options[callingForm.srchin.selectedIndex].value;
+    var msg = "";
+
+    if (srchterm == "") {
+        checkok = 0;
+        msg += "$lt{'youm'}\\n";
+    }
+
+    if (srchtype== 'begins') {
+        if (srchterm.length < 2) {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'thte'}\\n";
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (srchtype== 'contains') {
+        if (srchterm.length < 3) {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'thet'}\\n";
+        }
+    }
+    if (srchin == 'instd') {
+        if (srchdomain == '') {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'yomc'}\\n";
+        }
+    }
+    if (srchin == 'dom') {
+        if (srchdomain == '') {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'ymcd'}\\n";
+        }
+    }
+    if (srchby == 'lastfirst') {
+        if (srchterm.indexOf(",") == -1) {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'whus'}\\n";
+        }
+        if (srchterm.indexOf(",") == srchterm.length -1) {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "$lt{'whse'}\\n";
+        }
+    }
+    if (checkok == 0) {
+        alert("$lt{'thfo'}\\n"+msg);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (checkok == 1) {
+        callingForm.submit();
+    }
+}
+
+$newuserscript
+
+</script>
+
+$new_user_create
+
+<table>
+ <tr>
+  <td>$lt{'doma'}:</td>
+  <td>$domform</td>
+  </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+  <td>$lt{'usr'}:</td>
+  <td>$srchbysel
+      $srchtypesel 
+      <input type="text" size="15" name="srchterm" value="$srchterm" />
+      $srchinsel 
+  </td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<br />
+END_BLOCK
+
+    return $output;
+}
+
+sub username_rule_check {
+    my ($srch,$caller) = @_;
+    my ($response,@curr_rules,%inst_results,$rulematch);
+    my ($rules,$ruleorder) = &Apache::lonnet::inst_userrules($srch->{'srchdomain'});
+    if (ref($srch) eq 'HASH') {
+        (my $inst_response,%inst_results) = 
+            &Apache::lonnet::get_instuser($srch->{'srchdomain'},
+                                          $srch->{'srchterm'});
+        my %domconfig = &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',
+                              ['usercreation'],$srch->{'srchdomain'});
+        if (ref($domconfig{'usercreation'}) eq 'HASH') {
+            if (ref($domconfig{'usercreation'}{'username_rule'}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                @curr_rules = @{$domconfig{'usercreation'}{'username_rule'}};
+            }
+        }
+        if (@curr_rules > 0) {
+            my $domdesc = &Apache::lonnet::domain($srch->{'srchdomain'},'description');
+            my $instuser_reqd;
+            my %rule_check = &Apache::lonnet::inst_rulecheck($srch->{'srchdomain'},$srch->{'srchterm'},\@curr_rules);
+            foreach my $rule (@curr_rules) {
+                if ($rule_check{$rule}) {
+                    $rulematch = $rule;
+                    if ($inst_response eq 'ok') {
+                        if (keys(%inst_results) == 0) {
+                            if ($caller eq 'new') {
+                                $response = &mt('The username you chose matches the format of usernames defined for <span class="LC_cusr_emph">[_1]</span>, but the user does not exist in the institutional directory.',$domdesc).'<br />'.&mt("You must choose a username with a different format -- one that will not conflict with 'official' institutional usernames.");
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    last;
+                }
+            }
+            if ($response) {
+                if ((ref($rules) eq 'HASH') && (ref($ruleorder) eq 'ARRAY')) {
+                    if (@{$ruleorder} > 0) {
+                        $response .= '<br />'.&mt('Usernames with the following format(s) may <span class="LC_cusr_emph">only</span> be used for verified users at [_1]:',$domdesc).' <ul>';
+                        foreach my $rule (@{$ruleorder}) {
+                            if (grep(/^\Q$rule\E$/,@curr_rules)) {
+                                if (ref($rules->{$rule}) eq 'HASH') {
+                                    $response .= '<li>'.$rules->{$rule}{'name'}.': '.
+                                                 $rules->{$rule}{'desc'}.'</li>';
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    $response .= '</ul>';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return ($response,$rulematch,$rules,%inst_results);
+}
+
 =pod
 
+=back
+
+=head1 HTTP Helpers
+
+=over 4
+
 =item * get_unprocessed_cgi($query,$possible_names)
 
 Modify the %env hash to contain unprocessed CGI form parameters held in
@@ -5754,28 +6564,50 @@ sub record_sep {
             $i++;
         }
     } else {
-        my @allfields;
+        my $separator=',';
         if ($env{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'semisv') {
-            @allfields=split(/;/,$record,-1);
-        } else {
-            @allfields=split(/\,/,$record,-1);
+            $separator=';';
         }
         my $i=0;
-        my $j;
-        for ($j=0;$j<=$#allfields;$j++) {
-            my $field=$allfields[$j];
-            if ($field=~/^\s*(\"|\')/) {
-		my $delimiter=$1;
-                while (($field!~/$delimiter$/) && ($j<$#allfields)) {
-		    $j++;
-		    $field.=','.$allfields[$j];
-		}
-                $field=~s/^\s*$delimiter//;
-                $field=~s/$delimiter\s*$//;
-            }
-            $components{&takeleft($i)}=$field;
-	    $i++;
+# the character we are looking for to indicate the end of a quote or a record 
+        my $looking_for=$separator;
+# do not add the characters to the fields
+        my $ignore=0;
+# we just encountered a separator (or the beginning of the record)
+        my $just_found_separator=1;
+# store the field we are working on here
+        my $field='';
+# work our way through all characters in record
+        foreach my $character ($record=~/(.)/g) {
+            if ($character eq $looking_for) {
+               if ($character ne $separator) {
+# Found the end of a quote, again looking for separator
+                  $looking_for=$separator;
+                  $ignore=1;
+               } else {
+# Found a separator, store away what we got
+                  $components{&takeleft($i)}=$field;
+	          $i++;
+                  $just_found_separator=1;
+                  $ignore=0;
+                  $field='';
+               }
+               next;
+            }
+# single or double quotation marks after a separator indicate beginning of a quote
+# we are now looking for the end of the quote and need to ignore separators
+            if ((($character eq '"') || ($character eq "'")) && ($just_found_separator))  {
+               $looking_for=$character;
+               next;
+            }
+# ignore would be true after we reached the end of a quote
+            if ($ignore) { next; }
+            if (($just_found_separator) && ($character=~/\s/)) { next; }
+            $field.=$character;
+            $just_found_separator=0; 
         }
+# catch the very last entry, since we never encountered the separator
+        $components{&takeleft($i)}=$field;
     }
     return %components;
 }
@@ -5846,20 +6678,21 @@ sub csv_print_samples {
     my ($r,$records) = @_;
     my $samples = &get_samples($records,3);
 
-    $r->print(&mt('Samples').'<br /><table border="2"><tr>');
+    $r->print(&mt('Samples').'<br />'.&start_data_table().
+              &start_data_table_header_row());
     foreach my $sample (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) { 
         $r->print('<th>'.&mt('Column&nbsp;[_1]',($sample+1)).'</th>'); }
-    $r->print('</tr>');
+    $r->print(&end_data_table_header_row());
     foreach my $hash (@$samples) {
-	$r->print('<tr>');
+	$r->print(&start_data_table_row());
 	foreach my $sample (sort({$a <=> $b} keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
 	    $r->print('<td>');
 	    if (defined($$hash{$sample})) { $r->print($$hash{$sample}); }
 	    $r->print('</td>');
 	}
-	$r->print('</tr>');
+	$r->print(&end_data_table_row());
     }
-    $r->print('</tr></table><br />'."\n");
+    $r->print(&end_data_table().'<br />'."\n");
 }
 
 ######################################################
@@ -5884,12 +6717,13 @@ sub csv_print_select_table {
     my $i=0;
     my $samples = &get_samples($records,1);
     $r->print(&mt('Associate columns with student attributes.')."\n".
-	     '<table border="2"><tr>'.
+	      &start_data_table().&start_data_table_header_row().
               '<th>'.&mt('Attribute').'</th>'.
-              '<th>'.&mt('Column').'</th></tr>'."\n");
+              '<th>'.&mt('Column').'</th>'.
+              &end_data_table_header_row()."\n");
     foreach my $array_ref (@$d) {
 	my ($value,$display,$defaultcol)=@{ $array_ref };
-	$r->print('<tr><td>'.$display.'</td>');
+	$r->print(&start_data_table_row().'<tr><td>'.$display.'</td>');
 
 	$r->print('<td><select name=f'.$i.
 		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
@@ -5899,9 +6733,10 @@ sub csv_print_select_table {
                       ($sample eq $defaultcol ? ' selected="selected" ' : '').
                       '>Column '.($sample+1).'</option>');
 	}
-	$r->print('</select></td></tr>'."\n");
+	$r->print('</select></td>'.&end_data_table_row()."\n");
 	$i++;
     }
+    $r->print(&end_data_table());
     $i--;
     return $i;
 }
@@ -5928,11 +6763,13 @@ sub csv_samples_select_table {
     my $i=0;
     #
     my $samples = &get_samples($records,3);
-    $r->print('<table border=2><tr><th>'.
-              &mt('Field').'</th><th>'.&mt('Samples').'</th></tr>');
+    $r->print(&start_data_table().
+              &start_data_table_header_row().'<th>'.
+              &mt('Field').'</th><th>'.&mt('Samples').'</th>'.
+              &end_data_table_header_row());
 
     foreach my $key (sort(keys(%{ $samples->[0] }))) {
-	$r->print('<tr><td><select name="f'.$i.'"'.
+	$r->print(&start_data_table_row().'<td><select name="f'.$i.'"'.
 		  ' onchange="javascript:flip(this.form,'.$i.');">');
 	foreach my $option (@$d) {
 	    my ($value,$display,$defaultcol)=@{ $option };
@@ -5946,9 +6783,10 @@ sub csv_samples_select_table {
 		$r->print($samples->[$line]{$key}."<br />\n"); 
 	    }
 	}
-	$r->print('</td></tr>');
+	$r->print('</td>'.&end_data_table_row());
 	$i++;
     }
+    $r->print(&end_data_table());
     $i--;
     return($i);
 }
@@ -6634,6 +7472,45 @@ sub commit_studentrole {
 ############################################################
 ############################################################
 
+sub check_clone {
+    my ($args,$linefeed) = @_;
+    my $cloneid='/'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.'/'.$args->{'clonecourse'};
+    my ($clonecrsudom,$clonecrsunum)= &LONCAPA::split_courseid($cloneid);
+    my $clonehome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($clonecrsunum,$clonecrsudom);
+    my $clonemsg;
+    my $can_clone = 0;
+
+    if ($clonehome eq 'no_host') {
+        $clonemsg = &mt('No new course created.').$linefeed.&mt('A new course could not be cloned from the specified original - [_1] - because it is a non-existent course.',$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'});     
+    } else {
+	my %clonedesc = &Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($cloneid,{'one_time' => 1});
+	if ($env{'request.role.domain'} eq $args->{'clonedomain'}) {
+	    $can_clone = 1;
+	} else {
+	    my %clonehash = &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['cloners'],
+						 $args->{'clonedomain'},$args->{'clonecourse'});
+	    my @cloners = split(/,/,$clonehash{'cloners'});
+            if (grep(/^\*$/,@cloners)) {
+                $can_clone = 1;
+            } elsif (grep(/^\*\:\Q$args->{'ccdomain'}\E$/,@cloners)) {
+                $can_clone = 1;
+            } else {
+	        my %roleshash =
+		    &Apache::lonnet::get_my_roles($args->{'ccuname'},
+					 $args->{'ccdomain'},
+                                         'userroles',['active'],['cc'],
+					 [$args->{'clonedomain'}]);
+	        if (($roleshash{$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.':cc'}) || (grep(/^\Q$args->{'ccuname'}\E:\Q$args->{'ccdomain'}\E$/,@cloners))) {
+		    $can_clone = 1;
+	        } else {
+                    $clonemsg = &mt('No new course created.').$linefeed.&mt('The new course could not be cloned from the existing course because the new course owner ([_1]) does not have cloning rights in the existing course ([_2]).',$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'},$clonedesc{'description'});
+	        }
+	    }
+        }
+    }
+    return ($can_clone, $clonemsg, $cloneid, $clonehome);
+}
+
 sub construct_course {
     my ($args,$logmsg,$courseid,$crsudom,$crsunum,$udom,$uname,$context) = @_;
     my $outcome;
@@ -6641,6 +7518,25 @@ sub construct_course {
     if ($context eq 'auto') {
         $linefeed = "\n";
     }
+
+#
+# Are we cloning?
+#
+    my ($can_clone, $clonemsg, $cloneid, $clonehome);
+    if (($args->{'clonecourse'}) && ($args->{'clonedomain'})) {
+	($can_clone, $clonemsg, $cloneid, $clonehome) = &check_clone($args,$linefeed);
+	if ($context ne 'auto') {
+            if ($clonemsg ne '') {
+	        $clonemsg = '<span class="LC_error">'.$clonemsg.'</span>';
+            }
+	}
+	$outcome .= $clonemsg.$linefeed;
+
+        if (!$can_clone) {
+	    return (0,$outcome);
+	}
+    }
+
 #
 # Open course
 #
@@ -6661,81 +7557,39 @@ sub construct_course {
     # if anyone ever decides to not show this, and Utils::Course::new
     # will need to be suitably modified.
     $outcome .= &mt('New LON-CAPA [_1] ID: [_2]',$crstype,$$courseid).$linefeed;
-
 #
 # Check if created correctly
 #
     ($$crsudom,$$crsunum)= &LONCAPA::split_courseid($$courseid);
     my $crsuhome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($$crsunum,$$crsudom);
     $outcome .= &mt('Created on').': '.$crsuhome.$linefeed;
+
 #
-# Are we cloning?
-#
-    my $cloneid='';
-    if (($args->{'clonecourse'}) && ($args->{'clonedomain'})) {
-        my $can_clone = 0;
-	$cloneid='/'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.'/'.$args->{'clonecourse'};
-        my ($clonecrsudom,$clonecrsunum)= &LONCAPA::split_courseid($cloneid);
-	my $clonehome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($clonecrsunum,$clonecrsudom);
-        my $clonemsg;
-	if ($clonehome eq 'no_host') {
-            $clonemsg = &mt('Attempting to clone non-existing [_1]',$crstype);
-            if ($context eq 'auto') {
-                $outcome .= $clonemsg;
-            } else {
-	        $outcome .= '<font color="red">'.$clonemsg.'</font>';
-            }
-            $outcome .= $linefeed;
-	} else {
-            my %clonedesc = &Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($cloneid,{'one_time' => 1});
-            if ($env{'request.role.domain'} eq $args->{'form.clonedomain'}) {
-                $can_clone = 1;
-            } else {
-                my %clonehash = &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['cloners'],
-                            $args->{'clonedomain'},$args->{'clonecourse'});
-                my @cloners = split(/,/,$clonehash{'cloners'});
-                my %roleshash =
-                    &Apache::lonnet::get_my_roles($args->{'ccuname'},
-                        $args->{'ccdomain'},'userroles',['active'],['cc'],
-                        [$args->{'clonedomain'}]);
-                if (($roleshash{$args->{'clonecourse'}.':'.$args->{'clonedomain'}.':cc'}) || (grep(/^\Q$args->{'ccuname'}\E:\Q$args->{'ccdomain'}\E$/,@cloners))) {
-                    $can_clone = 1;
-                } else {
-                    $clonemsg = &mt('The new course was not cloned from an existing course because the course owner ([_1]) does not have cloning rights in the existing course ([_2]).',$args->{'ccuname'}.':'.$args->{'ccdomain'},$clonedesc{'description'});
-                    if ($context eq 'auto') {
-                        $outcome .= $clonemsg;
-                    } else {
-                        $outcome .= '<font color="red">'.$clonemsg.'</font>';
-                    }
-                    $outcome .= $linefeed;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if ($can_clone) {
-	    $clonemsg = &mt('Cloning [_1] from [_2]',$crstype,$clonehome);
-            if ($context eq 'auto') {
-                $outcome = $clonemsg;
-            } else { 
-                $outcome .= '<font color="green">'.$clonemsg.'</font>';
-            }
-            $outcome .= $linefeed;
-	    my %oldcenv=&Apache::lonnet::dump('environment',$$crsudom,$$crsunum);
+# Do the cloning
+#   
+    if ($can_clone && $cloneid) {
+	$clonemsg = &mt('Cloning [_1] from [_2]',$crstype,$clonehome);
+	if ($context ne 'auto') {
+	    $clonemsg = '<span class="LC_success">'.$clonemsg.'</span>';
+	}
+	$outcome .= $clonemsg.$linefeed;
+	my %oldcenv=&Apache::lonnet::dump('environment',$$crsudom,$$crsunum);
 # Copy all files
-	    &Apache::lonclonecourse::copycoursefiles($cloneid,$$courseid);
+	&Apache::lonclonecourse::copycoursefiles($cloneid,$$courseid);
 # Restore URL
-	    $cenv{'url'}=$oldcenv{'url'};
+	$cenv{'url'}=$oldcenv{'url'};
 # Restore title
-	    $cenv{'description'}=$oldcenv{'description'};
+	$cenv{'description'}=$oldcenv{'description'};
 # restore grading mode
-	    if (defined($oldcenv{'grading'})) {
-		$cenv{'grading'}=$oldcenv{'grading'};
-	    }
-# Mark as cloned
-	    $cenv{'clonedfrom'}=$cloneid;
-	    delete($cenv{'default_enrollment_start_date'});
-	    delete($cenv{'default_enrollment_end_date'});
+	if (defined($oldcenv{'grading'})) {
+	    $cenv{'grading'}=$oldcenv{'grading'};
 	}
+# Mark as cloned
+	$cenv{'clonedfrom'}=$cloneid;
+	delete($cenv{'default_enrollment_start_date'});
+	delete($cenv{'default_enrollment_end_date'});
     }
+
 #
 # Set environment (will override cloned, if existing)
 #
@@ -6843,7 +7697,7 @@ sub construct_course {
                            ' ('.$lt{'adby'}.')';
         if ($context eq 'auto') {
             $outcome .= $badclass_msg.$linefeed;
-            $outcome .= '<font color="red">'.$badclass_msg.$linefeed.'<ul>'."\n";
+            $outcome .= '<div class="LC_warning">'.$badclass_msg.$linefeed.'<ul>'."\n";
             foreach my $item (@badclasses) {
                 if ($context eq 'auto') {
                     $outcome .= " - $item\n";
@@ -6854,7 +7708,7 @@ sub construct_course {
             if ($context eq 'auto') {
                 $outcome .= $linefeed;
             } else {
-                $outcome .= "</ul><br /><br /></font>\n";
+                $outcome .= "</ul><br /><br /></div>\n";
             }
         } 
     }
@@ -6876,7 +7730,7 @@ sub construct_course {
             if ($context eq 'auto') {
                 $outcome .= $krb_msg;
             } else {
-                $outcome .= '<font color="red" size="+1">'.$krb_msg.'</font>';
+                $outcome .= '<span class="LC_error">'.$krb_msg.'</span>';
             }
             $outcome .= $linefeed;
         }
@@ -6974,7 +7828,8 @@ sub construct_course {
 	if ($errtext) { $fatal=2; }
         $outcome .= ($fatal?$errtext:'write ok').$linefeed;
     }
-    return $outcome;
+
+    return (1,$outcome);
 }
 
 ############################################################
@@ -7017,10 +7872,27 @@ sub icon {
     return &lonhttpdurl($iconname);
 } 
 
-sub lonhttpdurl {
-    my ($url)=@_;
+sub lonhttpd_port {
     my $lonhttpd_port=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonhttpdPort'};
     if (!defined($lonhttpd_port)) { $lonhttpd_port='8080'; }
+    # IE doesn't like a secure page getting images from a non-secure
+    # port (when logging we haven't parsed the browser type so default
+    # back to secure
+    if ((!exists($env{'browser.type'}) || $env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer')
+	&& $ENV{'SERVER_PORT'} == 443) {
+	return 443;
+    }
+    return $lonhttpd_port;
+
+}
+
+sub lonhttpdurl {
+    my ($url)=@_;
+
+    my $lonhttpd_port = &lonhttpd_port();
+    if ($lonhttpd_port == 443) {
+	return 'https://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.$url;
+    }
     return 'http://'.$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}.':'.$lonhttpd_port.$url;
 }