Good news, after extensive playing with the firebug thing in Firefox I have finally fixed the error with this theme and the database module.
The database module calls on it's own js.php which was clashing with the one in the theme. So I've renamed the theme one as menujs.php (and ammended the link to it in header.html).
It's available for download - pending approval to the themes database - at http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=26&rid=3934
Hi
I have installed this theme and when a teacher uses the 'Turn editing on' feature they get something like this...
Mary.
The permissions are fine, if I switch to another theme then everything is as it should be - so thats why I posted it in this thread (as it could be a bug in the theme) and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the issue I have.
If you look at the direct link (http://www.dnapromotions.co.uk/menu.jpg) - didnt upload it to the real VLE - and make the image full size, you will see that in the
'Main Menu' and 'Upcoming Event's blocks, the editing icons are over some of the block content and in the case of the 'Main Menu' block - the links within the block have distorted text.
Also, the option to Add a New block has dissapeared from the right hand side.
Again, if I switch to a different theme it all works fine.
I have been a Moodle Admin for about 5 years and actually assist in the upgrade and patching of Moodles for 3 other colleges (although dont really do much with themes -which is why Shaun's theme's are so fantastic!)
Hi Shaun,
brilliant theme. many thanks for sharing.
might be a stupid question but using this theme I cannot seem to find "turn editing on" button anymore.
am I missing something?
many thanks
David Price
Bishopshalt School
Hillingdon
apologies - my mistake - the problem I had was nothing to do with the theme
thanks again.
Hi Shaun,
For some strange reason your theme yui menu plays up on my page when we enter any of the administration block.
See my pic for an example.
Do you know why this is happening? as I would like to keep the theme but can't have it going out of format for my staff.
Jess
Hi Mary,
Thanks for your reply...
* The menu breaks as soon as I enter any part of the site administration.
* I am using the V 1.4 of Aardvark
* I am using the moodle on a business hosting website with negistry (australia)
hmmm. very interesting.
It doesn't happen on Firefox...only on Explorer...
D/L and installed theme on July 6, so based onteh date the fix was posted, i am using the latest versio.
This occurs in IE8 with and without compatibilty mode on:
Not sure if it helps tracking down the issue, but the same thing happens on all pages in IE6. (es, I know the theme wasn't tested on 6)
Here's an interesting tidbit. I found (for me at least) this error is directly related to having the block "local cloclk" present and installed. All of the pages that render incorrectly are editing pages with the local block js in the header. Removed the block, and all pages render correctly. (except in IE6, but seriously, who still uses that except some very slow moving corporations *cough*ups*cough*)
Hi I've just installed this theme which is great - thank you.
However, the Create New Account link which is normally on the Login block is missing and there is no way of creating at new account at the site. Also on the login page (see http://gettingthere.moodle.com.au/login/index.php ) there is no information for Is this your first time here? as there normally is.
Is there a setting that is incorrect which I could fix?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Kaz
Moodle: 1.9.8
Host: JustHust
CPANEL
Sincerely.
ERROR PAGE
An excellent theme that I have modded to be appropriate for our school, thanks!
However one of our staff (who thinks he owns the VLE) has complained that the drop down menu on web page Resources has disappeared. Unfortunately I'm not sure what code to put in where. We use to use the custom corners theme and it displayed correctly there so I assume it is just a little bit of code. It would be nice to shut him up as he is the only who doesn't like the change and is constantly bellyaching about it!
Thanks again!
Dave
Mary,
That would be great! I find the colour scheme in Custom Corners to be horrible and the graphic panels of Aardvark look really good hence we decided to switch. I tried to find the bit of code in custom corners but it has been laid out very badly without line breaks so it is difficult for anyone but the original coder to find the relevant bits of code, unlike Aardvark.
Dave
Mary thanks for the help, with the $menu command I have now managed to get the Profile Block (with smaller picture) and the menu header working together.
I have also suggested the theme session stuff to our admin team to look at.
Dave
Hi all, I really want to use this theme in my school's next theme refresh. Would it be possible for someone to add the username and password login boxes to the header for me or let me know how to do it. We have got used to this method of logging in since using the previous Aarvark 0.5 theme. Any help would be appreciated.
Ta
Manj
Hi Mary
Thanks for your reply. I just wanted to double check this code - I tried looking for the code above and could not find it in the header.html file.
The functionality I need is to be able to have set of username and password boxes in the Header so users can login on the homepage. This used to exist on the old Aardvark themes and also in the Aardvark - liteheaded.
If you could send me a modified header.html file this would be really appreciated.
Thanks for your help
Manj
Hi Mary
Yes, the very old and but very functional aardvark! I have sent you through a pm with my email address. Thanks ever so much for your help!
Manj
Hi Mary
I have replied by email.
Thanks
Manj
Edit, didn't realise that there was a page 2 for this discussion, posted in the correct branch above.
Hi Shaun
I have made suite of themes based on your fab Aardark 1.4. What i would like to do enable the themes to use just one copy of the aardvark_menu.php file. Could you help me with where the file is called from as i can't seem to locate it.
Cheers Stephen
I've been looking through everything i can, but i can't seem to figure out how you put a picture at the top of the center column above the student news section. Is it a setting in moodle or is it in the coding?
Try looking in Frontpage>Frontpage settings.
There is a 'Tick Box' next to Site Topic which is the area which you are talking about.
Site Topic is supposed to be activated by default, but it's not. Ticking the box will make it appear on the site. So tick the box and save the page then go back to the homepage and Click 'Turn editing ON' You should then see the resouce and activity form menus appear above Site news. Above these two menus you will see to the left a tiny Edit icon that looks like a hand holding a pen. Click this and the Text Editor page pops up. Add your text/images here, save and display.
A note of warning here. If you are going to add images make them smaller or resize them as you add them, so that they fit easily in the Site topic area, which is limited to about 500px to 550px on a 1024x768 resolution screen, as the side blocks are both set to 210px by default. Otherwise if the images are too big they will distort the page.
Hope this helps?
Mary
I have a question about widths.I currently have width set as a precentage but this is causing layout problems in certain courses and looks odd when browser windows are resized.
I know how to fix overall width in css sheet. However I would also like to fix the width of the block units and the position of the block units which sometimes get pushed out to the side and the blocks also shrink in width in certain cases.
Would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction.
You can set sideblock width in
#layout-table #left-column,
#layout-table #left-column { width: 210px }
Also, I have found if you set
#page { width: 95%; margin: 0 auto;}
This gives you a nice border eitherside of the page and if you set the widths of the left and right column as written above, your pages adjust accordingly.
Also you could set
#layout-table #middle-column { width: 98%; padding: 0 1%;}
this keeps the middle column in it's place.
Hope this helps?
Mary
Thanks for the speedy response. I have tried setting sideblock width but in certain cases especially when I try to fix #page width the blocks on the left shrink.
Not sure how this happens if I have fixed width.
There is also this which I am not sure what it is setting
#pagelayout {
width:960px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
Hi,
I don't think #pagelayout exists. I have hunted for it in Aardvark theme and never found it. Leave it in but change the width to match the setting you have in #page or comment it out. There was a #wrapper at one time in an earlier version, but that got deleted, but some end </div> tags still remain in the footer. So my advice to you is...
1. validate all the CSS files you have for this theme using W3C Validator by uploading your CSS files
2. Check thoroughly to see if all <div> have a corresponding </div> in both header.html and footer.html.
3. As a last resort to fix the sideblocks you could try this
.sideblock { width: 210px !important}
If you have any problems with CSS errors you can't fix let me know and I'll fix them.
Hope this helps?
Mary
Hi. I've got a customised theme with big logo. The site looks great, but I have a problem with the chat module. Is there a way to customise, remove logo ou change background colour of the chat background window? Thanks!
Thanks Mary.
Now i have a white background, but i still have the header!
How can i remove the header in the chat module?
Thanks again!
Hi Paulo,
This works...I've just tested it...
.mod-chat-gui_header_js { background: none!important; }
Hope it works for you?
Mary
It works!
Thanks again!
I've added that fix as an option to the code in the Moodle Doc link I posted earlier.
Glad all is working now!
Your site looks great by the way!
Cheers
Mary
