SCORM player.php is not inserting footer when SCORM is placed within the page. It's just hanging SCORM below the header and throws the footer out. That is very tragic: Moodle pages need always to include header and footer because we can add outer layout structures to Moodle pages opened in header which need to be closed in footer.

For a project I needed to find a solution for this issue:

player.php calls print_footer('none'); at the end. And in rd.js the #content div is calculated too to be a bit bigger than #scormobject.

When no footer shall be shown on SCORM pages you can hide unwanted parts in the theme with
if ($course != 'none')

and always close elements opened in the header.

Please confirm and add to Moodle as soon as possible.
Thank you very much.

The patch:
Index: player.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/mod/scorm/player.php,v
retrieving revision 1.34.2.4
diff -u -r1.34.2.4 player.php
— player.php 31 Jul 2008 22:31:04 -0000 1.34.2.4
+++ player.php 5 Aug 2008 15:23:49 -0000
@@ -374,11 +374,5 @@
?>
</div> <!-- SCORM object -->
</div> <!-- SCORM box -->

• </div> <!-- SCORM content -->
• <?php if (!empty($THEME->customcorners)) { - print_container_end(); - }

  ?>

• </div> <!-- Content -->
• </div> <!-- Page -->
  -</body>
  -</html>
  \ No newline at end of file
  + </div> <!-- SCORM page -->
  + <?php print_footer('none'); ?>
  Index: rd.js
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/mod/scorm/rd.js,v
  retrieving revision 1.1.2.2
  diff -u -r1.1.2.2 rd.js
  • • rd.js 28 Jul 2008 00:44:49 -0000 1.1.2.2
      +++ rd.js 5 Aug 2008 15:23:49 -0000
      @@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
      var scoframe2 = document.getElementById('scoframe1');
      document.getElementById('scormobject').style.height = (winheight - totalheight) + 'px';
      }
      +
      + // resize the content container too to move the footer below the SCORM content
      + var contenti3 = document.getElementById('content-i3');
      + if (contenti3) { + contenti3.style.height = (winheight - totalheight + 30) + 'px'; + }

      else

      { + document.getElementById('content').style.height = (winheight - totalheight + 30) + 'px'; + }

}