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Moodle 2 Themes
A look at the default themes that come with Moodle 2 and at a selection of themes which have been contributed to the community.
By Gavin Henrick www.somerandomthoughts.com
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Moodle 2 Themes
A look at the default themes that come with Moodle 2 and at a selection of themes whichhave been contributed to the community.
Themes in Moodle are a combination of PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and images files. When you set out todeploy Moodle you will either need to
use an existing available theme
tweak or customise an existing theme
build or source a new theme from scratch (from http://moodle.com/themes/ for example)
When using a theme in Moodle 2, you can select it to work either across the whole site or at different levelsthroughout the site namely:
Site-wide (One theme is used everywhere)
Category level (each category can optionally specify a different theme to the default)
Course level (each course can optionally specify a different theme to the default)
User level (each user can optionally specify a different theme to the default)This paper evolved from the reviews and Moodle 2 theme review page:http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/moodle-2-themes/. During my reading recently I also came across a number of other presentations and documents aboutthemes, they are referred to in the appendix 2.Many thanks to all who helped review the content of the paper - your time is appreciated and thanks also tothose who submitted examples for use in Appendix 3 and 4.For any queries or corrections for paper please contact me gavin@somerandomthoughts.com
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Why read this? ................................................................................................................ 3
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Themes in Moodle 2 ...................................................................................................... 4
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Customising themes ...................................................................................................... 9
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Theme gallery ................................................................................................................13
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About the Author ........................................................................................................ 49
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Creative Commons Copyright .....................................................................................50
Appendix 1 - Community Contributed Themes .................................................................... 51
Appendix 2 - Further Reading ................................................................................................ 52
Appendix 3 - Moodle 2 site Examples .................................................................................... 53
Appendix 4 - Moodle 1.9 site Examples .................................................................................58
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