{"id":5,"date":"2024-05-24T11:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/block-category-overview\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:47:41","slug":"site-administrator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/block-category-overview\/site-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Site administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6972f5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6972f5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc4bb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"afc4bb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cee594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cee594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/block-category-overview\/\">Home<\/a> &#8211; Site administrator<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<main class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee9eaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ee9eaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6952458 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6952458\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8cdbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d8cdbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67053a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67053a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This Category Overview block provides a central hub that both teachers and students can use to navigate to courses they\u2019re enrolled in. The block can be used to view the courses within specific categories, and search for courses you have access to across all of the categories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d195f11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d195f11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eabb9d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eabb9d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/block-category-overview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/05\/block_coursecategories_4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-70\" alt=\"The Category overview block displaying links to the three categories: Science, History, and Art. 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