Themes

I can answer a few of your questions. Others will have to help with the rest.

All of your CSS files should be in the theme folder for the theme you currently have selected. However, by default, the CSS in Moodle's themes 'cascade' down to the CSS in the Standard theme. So, whatever theme you are using is calling up BOTH the CSS from your file and from the standard file.

It may be the case (but am not sure because I don't use this theme) that the standardlogo theme calls up only the standard theme's CSS and perhaps a new header (that allows for a logo)??? This could be the reason you're not finding the CSS files in your theme folder.

Typically, the config.php will ask you which CSS files you wish to call up within your theme folder. Then, it will ask you if you would like to also search the standard theme folder for additional CSS files.

With the exception of very small CSS files that reside within each block, all CSS files come from either your current theme folder, the standard theme folder, or both.

To alter your theme, simply alter the CSS files in your chosen theme folder. If one does not exist, then create one calling it what you like. Then, alter the config.php file to call up that CSS file before calling up the standard theme CSS.

There is no reason to copy image files over to your theme unless you plan to choose different images.

You can set the config file to call up any css file you want in your current theme's folder. You can also set the config to search ONLY your theme folder to search for images. By default, Moodle will call up images from the standard theme. You can also tell Moodle NOT to look in the standard folder for CSS files. Again, all this is set through config.php.

It is possible to have all the css files and graphics in your theme folder. This is set up through the config.php. I would advise you to create your own css that builds upon the standard theme to create your modified theme (unless you're going for a major modification). The argument is that your theme will then be safe from becoming too outdated with future upgrades. Plus, you save yourself a lot of headache.

I hope this helps. I am one of the newer theme modifiers in this forum. Perhaps others can answer your questions more thoroughly. Let me know if I can be of more help.

PS: I cannot help with print.css. Perhaps others will be more useful on that.

Here is the best I can do explaining config.php files you may be interested in:

$THEME->sheets = array('yourstyle'); - Here is where you put the name of your custom css files. Do not include the .css after the name of your theme.

$THEME->standardsheets = true; - Set to false to NOT look for the standard sheets.

$THEME->parent = ' '; - You can set Moodle to look in a parent theme in the same way that it would look to the standard theme as specified above. If you were to do this, you would put the name of that theme folder in the provided space.

$THEME->parentsheets = false; - The same as above, but not an entire theme - only css files.

$THEME->modsheets = true; - Turns off the sheets for modules.

$THEME->blocksheets = true; - Turns off the sheets for blocks.

$THEME->custompix = true; - Can be set to false to look only in your theme folder for image files.

Hi Jenny,

I hope you have thoroughly studied the Themes Documentation. In order to find out how different theme creators go about using the standard theme, etc. I recommend having a good look at the various themes provided with current Moodle distributions.

Joseph