Thank you Mark 
Hi Gareth
Firstly thank you for creating this wonderful theme! We had a request from a donor for a front page that would show off their many visuals and also allow for offline use .Hence I selected this theme and used it on Spoodle.(Im not a developer...only a learning designer so it was a steep but a manageable and enjoyable learning curve to say the least!)
We've now been asked to train the many universities who would like to implement the offline Spoodle onto their cloud. If the theme cannot be exported to later versions of Moodle( i had no idea at the time what the implications of that would mean when i selected the theme as our version was an old version of Moodle) , what can i suggest to Universities ito of exporting the content to later versions of Moodle?
I'd hate to think that all the work done in customising the content(used the Book module mainly) would be lost if one wanted to implement the course on a later version...
Any advice on how to tackle this issue would be most appreciated!
Hi Fatima,
I did not create the theme, Julian Ridden did, however I then took it over (long story).
The code is still available so you're welcome to copy / adapt some or all of it to a new theme or attempt updating from BS2.3.2 to BS4 by asking / employing a developer. So the work is not lost, just available for reference.
I did not make the decision lightly to stop development of the theme.
G
I did not create the theme, Julian Ridden did, however I then took it over (long story).
The code is still available so you're welcome to copy / adapt some or all of it to a new theme or attempt updating from BS2.3.2 to BS4 by asking / employing a developer. So the work is not lost, just available for reference.
I did not make the decision lightly to stop development of the theme.
G
Thanks for your response Gareth.
Maybe my question is not clear then...If i wanted to import the Spoodle course with the Essential theme onto Moodle 3.10, could I still do this or what level of expertise e would be required ito of the code you refer to ...Sorry Im not a developer hence the dumb question...
Its just that i need to brief folk about the limitations of this course that I've created on a USB drive and who may wish to import it to their institutions online LMS . What exactly can they do ?...for eg Would the content be exportable but just not the pretty interface?
I am so sorry for bothering you just a bit in angst now ..
Dear Fatima,
Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about or how it relates to Essential. From my point of view I have stopped with Essential.
G
Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about or how it relates to Essential. From my point of view I have stopped with Essential.
G
Hi Fatima,
What your backup contains are ONLY backing up the content / activities and resources.
When restored on other Moodle sites your course will use whatever theme is installed on that site.
So, you don't need to worry about the theme at all
What your backup contains are ONLY backing up the content / activities and resources.
When restored on other Moodle sites your course will use whatever theme is installed on that site.
So, you don't need to worry about the theme at all
Thanks so much for your kind and polite response Jez! (a theme that should be in all versions of Moodle and developers alike )
That helps a great deal!!! I guess my concern remains the front page of the theme which used a slide feature to showcase all the visuals that the donor wanted profiled. So I'll lose that but that's fine.
Again I really appreciate your feedback! I'm going to try to install the Spoodle solution with the Essential theme on our new Moodle 3.8 I think and see.
Have a great weekend and be safe!!