diff --git a/course/format/topics/format.php b/course/format/topics/format.php
index 7485e77a72f..0ce43b3d6ba 100644
--- a/course/format/topics/format.php
+++ b/course/format/topics/format.php
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
     echo '<table id="layout-table" cellspacing="0"><tr>';
 
 /// The left column ...
+// uh-changes start
+    $lt = (empty($THEME->layouttable)) ? array('left', 'middle', 'right') : $THEME->layouttable;
+    foreach ($lt as $column) {
+        switch ($column) {
+            case 'left':
+// uh-changes end
 
     if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_LEFT) || $editing) {
         echo '<td style="width:'.$preferred_width_left.'px" id="left-column">';
@@ -75,6 +81,10 @@
         echo '</td>';
     }
 
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+            case 'middle':
+// uh-changes end
 /// Start main column
     echo '<td id="middle-column"><a name="startofcontent"></a>';
 
@@ -260,6 +270,10 @@
 
     echo '</td>';
 
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+            case 'right':
+// uh-changes end
     // The right column
     if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_RIGHT) || $editing) {
         echo '<td style="width:'.$preferred_width_right.'px" id="right-column">';
@@ -267,6 +281,11 @@
         echo '</td>';
     }
 
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+// uh-changes end
     echo '</tr></table>';
     
 ?>
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 3eb173be3f0..4fa2e0191a1 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -99,13 +99,24 @@
 <table id="layout-table" summary="">
   <tr>
   <?php
-
+// uh-changes start
+    // $CFG->LayoutTable = array('left', 'middle', 'right');
+    // $CFG->LayoutTable = array('left', 'right', 'middle');
+    // $CFG->LayoutTable = array('middle', 'left', 'right');
+    $lt = (empty($THEME->layouttable)) ? array('left', 'middle', 'right') : $THEME->layouttable;
+    foreach ($lt as $column) {
+        switch ($column) {
+            case 'left':
+// uh-changes end
     if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_LEFT) || $editing) {
         echo '<td style="width: '.$preferred_width_left.'px;" id="left-column">';
         blocks_print_group($PAGE, $pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_LEFT);
         echo '</td>';
     }
-
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+            case 'middle':
+// uh-changes end
     echo '<td id="middle-column">';
 
 
@@ -225,7 +236,10 @@
     }
 
     echo '</td>';
-
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+            case 'right':
+// uh-changes end
     // The right column
     if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_RIGHT) || $editing || has_capability('moodle/site:config', get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM, SITEID))) {
         echo '<td style="width: '.$preferred_width_right.'px;" id="right-column">';
@@ -236,6 +250,11 @@
         blocks_print_group($PAGE, $pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_RIGHT);
         echo '</td>';
     }
+// uh-changes start
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+// uh-changes end
 ?>
 
   </tr>