--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2022/01/16 19:11:03	1.1075.2.162
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2022/01/23 00:53:02	1.1075.2.164
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1075.2.162 2022/01/16 19:11:03 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1075.2.164 2022/01/23 00:53:02 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4753,6 +4753,17 @@ sub blockcheck {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        } elsif (($activity eq 'com') || ($activity eq 'port') || ($activity eq 'blogs') ||
+                ($activity eq 'about') || ($activity eq 'wishlist') || ($activity eq 'passwd')) {
+            my $checkrole;
+            if ($env{'request.role.domain'} eq '') {
+                $checkrole = "cm./$env{'user.domain'}/";
+            } else {
+                $checkrole = "cm./$env{'request.role.domain'}/";
+            }
+            if (($checkrole) && (&Apache::lonnet::allowed('evb',undef,undef,$checkrole))) {
+                $has_evb = 1;
+            }
         }
         unless ($has_evb || $check_ipaccess) {
             my @machinedoms = &Apache::lonnet::current_machine_domains();
@@ -4798,6 +4809,9 @@ sub blockcheck {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (($activity eq 'wishlist') || ($activity eq 'annotate')) {
+            return ();
+        }
     }
     if (defined($udom) && defined($uname)) {
         # If uname and udom are for a course, check for blocks in the course.
@@ -14897,7 +14911,7 @@ sub recurse_categories {
         for (my $k=0; $k<@{$cats->[$depth]{$category}}; $k++) {
             my $name = $cats->[$depth]{$category}[$k];
             my $item = &escape($category).':'.&escape($parents->[-1]).':'.$shallower;
-            my $trailstr = join(' -&gt; ',(@{$parents},$category));
+            my $trailstr = join(' &raquo; ',(@{$parents},$category));
             if ($allitems->{$item} eq '') {
                 push(@{$trails},$trailstr);
                 $allitems->{$item} = scalar(@{$trails})-1;