--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/11 18:46:14	1.692.2.3
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/25 04:45:35	1.692.2.10
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.692.2.3 2008/12/11 18:46:14 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.692.2.10 2008/12/25 04:45:35 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2717,6 +2717,42 @@ sub flush_email_cache {
     &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('emailscache',$id);
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- getlangs
+
+=pod
+
+=item * &getlangs($uname,$udom)
+
+Gets a user's language preference and returns it as a hash with key:
+language.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getlangs {
+    my ($uname,$udom) = @_;
+    if (!$udom)  { $udom =$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'};   }
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    my ($langs,$cached)=&Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('userlangs',$id);
+    if ($cached) {
+        return %{$langs};
+    } else {
+        my %loadlangs=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['languages'],
+                                           $udom,$uname);
+        &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('userlangs',$id,\%loadlangs);
+        return %loadlangs;
+    }
+}
+
+sub flush_langs_cache {
+    my ($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.':'.$udom;
+    &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('userlangs',$id);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenname
 
 =pod
@@ -3171,7 +3207,7 @@ sub relative_to_absolute {
     }
     $thisdir=~s-/[^/]*$--;
     foreach my $link (@rlinks) {
-	unless (($link=~/^http:\/\//i) ||
+	unless (($link=~/^https?\:\/\//i) ||
 		($link=~/^\//) ||
 		($link=~/^javascript:/i) ||
 		($link=~/^mailto:/i) ||
@@ -4598,7 +4634,7 @@ table#LC_mainmenu td.LC_mainmenu_column
 .LC_menubuttons_link {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
-#2008--9-5: new menu style sheet.Changed category
+/*2008--9-5: new menu style sheet.Changed category*/
 .LC_menubuttons_category {
   color: $font;
   background: $pgbg;
@@ -4669,6 +4705,10 @@ td.LC_menubuttons_img {
   font-size: smaller;
 }
 
+.LC_mail_functions {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 table.LC_aboutme_port {
   border: 0px;
   border-collapse: collapse;
@@ -5482,6 +5522,11 @@ fieldset#LC_mainmenu_fieldset {
   margin:0px 10px 10px 0px;
 
 }
+
+div.LC_createcourse {
+    margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
+}
+
 END
 }
 
@@ -9021,7 +9066,9 @@ sub construct_course {
                    'policy.email',
                    'comment.email',
                    'pch.users.denied',
-                   'plc.users.denied'],
+                   'plc.users.denied',
+                   'hidefromcat',
+                   'categories'],
                    $$crsudom,$$crsunum);
     }
 
@@ -9479,6 +9526,11 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 	    }
 	}
 
+        foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','portfolio') {
+            $userenv{'availabletools.'.$tool} = 
+                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$tool,'reload');
+        }
+
 	$env{'user.environment'} = "$lonids/$cookie.id";
 	
 	if (tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',"$lonids/$cookie.id",
@@ -9517,7 +9569,7 @@ sub _add_to_env {
 # --- Get the symbolic name of a problem and the url
 sub get_symb {
     my ($request,$silent) = @_;
-    (my $url=$env{'form.url'}) =~ s-^http://($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}|$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'})--;
+    (my $url=$env{'form.url'}) =~ s-^https?\://($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'}|$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'})--;
     my $symb=($env{'form.symb'} ne '' ? $env{'form.symb'} : (&Apache::lonnet::symbread($url)));
     if ($symb eq '') {
         if (!$silent) {