uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Francisca Wentworth -
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Hi,

I recently installed Moodle 2.2.  I have uploaded the theme bright_drop which I found on the Moodle site to my server and am pretty sure that I did it correctly, however it does not show in theme selector. I have combed through the theme info on Moodle.org and tried some things but still can't get it to work.  What next?  Bright_drop is for 2.0 so I figured it should work.  I previously had Moodle 1.9 and had a theme I liked called ability to learn from Themza but that will no longer work in 2.2 according to the info here. Too bad.

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Mary Evans -
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Unfortunately Themza themes contain hidden code which, fortunately, Moodle 2.2 rejects.  I'm trying to get those themes deleted from in the themes database as they are proving a problem.

Thanks for letting me know about this theme.

Cheers

Mary

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Kristen Walker -

Did you get your theme to show up in the theme selector?  I am having this issue with a cloned theme.  It installed okay but isn't showing up as a choice for me in the list of themes.

 

Thanks,

Kristen

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Mary Evans -
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Kristan,

Check to see if your have this code in your config.php


$THEME->hidefromselector = true;

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Mary Evans -
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oops...I forgot to say, "If you do find it...delete it!" 

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Kristen Walker -

Thanks so much, Mary!  I found this setting in the config files for the two parent themes for this theme, Base and Canvas.  So, I got excited thinking that since those two themes are the parent theme for the SBCEO theme,  I just need to add

$THEME->hidefromselector = false;

to the config.php file for sbceo_theme.  I did this, but unfortunately it is still not showing up.  I cleared the theme cache just to see if that helped, but I still don't see it.

I am basing this theme on Boxxie, which does show up in the theme selector, so I am a little confused about why Boxxie shows up but the new theme doesn't.

Anything else I can check?

 

Thanks so much for all of your help, it's much appreciated!

-Kristen

 

PS

Sorry it took a while to respond, I was out for a little vacation.

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Mary Evans -
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If you have used capital letters for the theme name and used caps throughout this theme then that is the reason it's not being recognised by Moodle. All themename/filename/directory names have to be in lowercase letter.

You could try enabling debugging in Site Administration > Development > Debugging  this will produce Errors and Warnings telling you where you have gone wrong or which files to fix.

HTH

Mary

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Re: uploaded theme not showing in theme selector

by Kristen Walker -

Yay, that's it, that's it!!!!!!  I see it now.  You've been a HUGE help, Mary.

 

Thanks a million!

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-Kristen

 

 

 

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