--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/18 08:33:11	1.723
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/19 00:13:51	1.725
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.723 2008/12/18 08:33:11 riegler Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.725 2008/12/19 00:13:51 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9367,7 +9367,9 @@ sub construct_course {
                    'policy.email',
                    'comment.email',
                    'pch.users.denied',
-                   'plc.users.denied'],
+                   'plc.users.denied',
+                   'hidefromcat',
+                   'categories'],
                    $$crsudom,$$crsunum);
     }
 
@@ -9825,6 +9827,11 @@ sub init_user_environment {
 	    }
 	}
 
+        foreach my $tool ('aboutme','blog','portfolio') {
+            $userenv{'availabletools.'.$tool} = 
+                &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($username,$domain,$tool,'reload');
+        }
+
 	$env{'user.environment'} = "$lonids/$cookie.id";
 	
 	if (tie(my %disk_env,'GDBM_File',"$lonids/$cookie.id",