Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

by Danny Wahl -
Number of replies: 4

Simplex [sim-pleks]

adjective: simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.

I've decided to create a new Moodle theme with a specific emphasis on elementary/primary and tablet usage scenarios.  We're planning on doing a lot of use/user testing, A/B tests and a lot of wireframes, mock-ups and other fun stuff.

At this point we're teaming up and looking to recruit students, teachers, and devs for input.  Currently (by design) we have no initial work, ideas, or mock-ups.  We are purely soliciting ideas for input at this point.

If you're interested in finding out more, head over to the github page:

http://thedannywahl.github.io/simplex-for-moodle/

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And for the record, the whole project is GPL3 and freely available.  I mean everything: the code, the wiki, even the page is hosted on github.  And I'm not even getting paid for this one wink

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Re: Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

by David Scotson -
Hi Danny,

I notice you say you've not started work, but your theme config.php seems to have already taken the unusual step of only having a "side-pre" and no "side-post".

I'm looking to do the same thing (though I've called it "side-post" as it's going to go after the content) and wondered if you'd hit any weird problems with this? Does Moodle expect/require both to be present? My initial testing suggests it works fine, but it would be good to hear from others who've tried the same thing.

I just checked Julian's github for his Elegance theme and he's doing the same (though "side-post") so is this a new trend?

https://github.com/moodleman/moodle-theme_elegance/blob/master/config.php
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Re: Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

by Julian Ridden -

Not sure I would call it a "trend" yet. Elegance is built on ideas I have seen in multiple Moodle Themes, including Simplex. Danny's design (which I love) prompted me to also come up with my own 2 column based design.

Julian

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Re: Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

by Danny Wahl -

right now I'm trialing a lot if different things, but basically yes, I've decided on the initial release to only have side-pre.

The reason for this is because the theme is being built using Zurb's Foundation 5 which includes native off-canvas:

http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/components/offcanvas.html

My goal eventually is to add back a region-post that will be "on-page", kind of making off-canvas function like the "dock", but  you know, functional...

to answer your question, if the theme configs only declare one region moodle is perfectly fine with it smile

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Re: Simplex Theme - Now Recruiting

by Eric Ellis -

Is this project still active?  The last commit appears to have been over a year ago. 

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