Is it possible to change the afterburner theme logo in moodle 2.1 when it doesn't have a settings page?
Hi,
The challenge set was to let the user create their own settings page to add a logo or whatever.
You will find Development: Themes 2.0 a good starting point.
Mary
The documentation for Themes development in Moodle 2.0 is very good. However I do have a couple of questions.
1) Does everything documented for 2.0 still apply for 2.1 ?
2) Does 2.1 have anything extra that we should know about but is missing from the 2.0 theme documentation ?
3) The appendices are dated - Theme options as of April 28th, 2010 and The different layouts as of August 17th, 2010 both dates more than 12 months ago, is the information provided still complete and correct ?
Thanks
Hi,
To answer your questions:
1. Generally speaking anything marked 2.0 is still relevant for Moodle 2.1
2. Yes there are a couple of things which need updating in some of the Tutorials with regards the changes to the layout files and some different syntax for the settings pages. However, the settings page will still work the way it is written now.
3. All that is listed is correct, needs report adding as an additional layout.
HTH
Mary
I am not able to find lang folder
Can you explain better...saying you cannot find lang folder means nothing to me.
First I will like to thank you for your quick response.
I want to use customized theme. At http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Themes_FAQ, Why is the new theme I uploaded not showing up in Theme Selector?- the lan folder is mentioned. I think it should be in theme/standard folder, but I am not getting it. Please help. Thanks again in advance.
Hi,
If you are customising a theme i would recommend you start off with taking a look at these pages
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Themes_2.0_creating_your_first_theme
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Themes_2.0_how_to_clone_a_Moodle_2.0_theme
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Themes_2.0
That should give you a good start, including where to find the lang folder
This is assuming that you are using Moodle2 as you have posted in a thread about a moodle2 theme. However, moodle2 theme standard has a very easy to find lang folder (as do all moodle 2 themes) while Moodle1.9 themes do not. So your first task should be to confirm what version of moodle you are actually using as the themes (and customising them) is different in the two versions.
Richard
Hi,
If you are looking for a Custom theme based on the BASE theme, which is the main theme in Moodle and parent to all themes, you need to enable "Theme Designer Mode" before you see this theme in the Theme Selector.
To set Theme Designer Mode go to Site Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme Settings ->> Theme Designer Mode is 2nd box from the top of this page. Click the 'tick' box to ENABLE then scroll to bottom of this page to SAVE changes. Now you should be able to see all the themes in the Theme selector.
HTH
Mary
Thanks, both the replies found very useful to me. I have upgraded moodle 1.9 to 2.1.1 recently.
Hello Mary,
I think this is a generally problem for themes in moodle standard packages if they are branded. From my point of view each theme in the standard moodle package as we could download should be neutral and all brands should be deleted. An exception may be a Moodle logo as default setting. Generally its a problem if in the standard package themes is no option to replace the logo from admin interface.
I created a bug tracker entry for this MDL-29601
Hi Ralf,
This is strange as I was think of doing this myself yesterday morning. Thanks for saving me the trouble, and thanks again for letting me know about this too.
Regards
Mary
Hello
Is it possible to stretch the afterburner logo to span the whole page?
I've tried changing the logo width in the css file but it doesn't make any difference. At the moment my logo is the width of the light3.png file, what should I alter in the CSS file?