How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Prashad Wang -
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I have a site that's been running for several years with version 1.9.  It's time for an upgrade!

After I upgrade to 2.7, approximately how long would it take to customize?  A few months?  I'll be starting with a premium theme.  I know this is a question that could receive a broad range of answers, so feel free to be conservative.

Thanks,
Prashad

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回复Prashad Wang

Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Joseph Rézeau -
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What do you call "a premium theme"?

Joseph

PS.- To moderator, this discussion should probably be moved to the Theme forum.

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Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Mary Cooch -
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I don't know much about themes -but in common parlance I'd have thought a premium theme was one you have paid for, yes? is this a premium 1.9 theme which you need to customise to work with 2+ or are you starting making a premium theme for your upgraded Moodle site? It would help the themers who contribute here if you can give details of which theme  you are dealing with. Also - the answer is likely to be (as we say in English) "how long is a piece of string" 微笑 It could take anything between a  few hours if you do it non-stop and are a themes expert, or months if you do it every now and then and are not familiar with theme changes between 1.9 and 2+

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回复Mary Cooch

Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Gareth J Barnard -
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As Mary says, "how long is a piece of string", but... from experience, here are some values when you know what you are doing:

  1. Clone the Clean theme to start making a new one: 1 hour or so.
  2. Customise from point 1, to have changed colours, added the odd setting and logo: half a day.
  3. Customise an existing theme to your requirements (depending on the requirements, such as transposing functionality from other themes), say around fifteen changes: two days.
  4. Create a new theme from scratch and add lots of new wizzy functionality, i.e. my Shoehorn theme: six weeks and counting.
  5. Maintain an existing theme with changes to core API: around two days per Moodle release if done incrementally.
  6. Maintain an existing contributed theme that everybody uses, i.e. Essential: one to three days a week.

I hope this helps.

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回复Gareth J Barnard

Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Clive Gibson -

If you want to brand you platform, I would use the essential theme. It's a free plugin that I used to completely brand our Moodle site. It took me about 2 hours to transform the whole site. And it looks really professional with media spots and a slideshow. I found it easy to use and my boss loves it.


I would highly recommend it.

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回复Prashad Wang

Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Mary Evans -

Following on from what Gareth says, it depends on where you are starting from, and where you want to take it.

Two minutes if it is just making a few alterations to the style sheet, or forever if you are constantly looking to improve the look and feel of your Moodle site.

Cheers

Mary

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Re: How long does it take to customize a Moodle theme?

Rick Jerz -
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As I understand 2.7 (Clean & More), More offers a little more.  So, what I did was I started with MORE, then began customizing it based upon my own visual desires.  Actually, I have a second "experimental" moodle installation where I practice things before implementing them on my "production" moodle system.

The same is true about other non-theme customization in Moodle.  Try making changes to an experimental moodle first, see that the change does, then implement what you like on your production moodle.

I have been customizing my Moodle for over 6 years.  I don't ever plan to be done.  Mary Evans' post is correct.

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