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[Aaron Wells <1397110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Functionally, the outcome we want is this:

1. You should be able to add files from the Site Files area into blocks
for these templates.

2. Those files should get copied to the user or group files area when
the templates are copied. (And ideally, it should retain the underlying
link to the same physical file, in order to reduce disk usage. I think
the copy logic does this already?)

3. You should be able to place the same blocktypes in these templates,
as in a normal page of that page type. I.e. the same blocks in the
"Group Home Page" template, as you could place in any group home page. I
think we're already fine on that front, because it's based on
Blocktype::allowed_in_view(), and the page's page type, and the template
pages have the right page type.

I understand that probably the reason why you can't put any images in
these pages currently, is because they technically have the root user
(id 0) as their page author. Changing them to be site pages may be the
solution. It doesn't really matter, so long as the above stuff remains
true.

It's also worth noting, that these pages *don't* necessarily need to
have the "view.template" flag set to 1 in the database. That flag
indicates whether they should show up in the list of pages users can
manually make copies of. Users will not be manually making copies of
these.

Cheers,
Aaron

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397110

Title:
  Cannot add image to template files

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  In Progress
Status in Mahara 1.10 series:
  Confirmed
Status in Mahara 15.04 series:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Mahara 1.10+

  When you change the template in Admin -> Config site -> Pages, you
  cannot add an image to either of the three templates. You can put the
  block there and select an image, but it is not going to be displayed.

  The file that you upload does not sit in the site files, but somewhere
  that is not accessible. They seem to be stored under the "System user"
  (also for group homepage), but you don't have access to those on the
  front-end.

  The only image that you can display is the default user profile icon.

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