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Topics format (colours)
Colours course format
This course format, based on the 'Topics' standard format, allows a teacher to specify the foreground and background colours for each course section.
About
This format was created by Davo Smith of Synergy Learning, on behalf of Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg.
The main lib.php and formats.php files are only lightly modified from those found within the standard format_topics, the rest is new code.
Usage
This format is now compatible with Moodle 2.3 - make sure you download the appropriate version, based on which Moodle version you are running.
- On the course settings page, choose the format 'Topics format (colours)'.
- Click on the 'Edit colours' icon (on the left of a course section) to edit the colours for that section.
- Click on the 'Copy colours' icon (below the 'Edit colours' icon) to copy the colours from another section into the current section.
Note: only users with the capability 'format/colours:editcolours' (by
default, manager, coursecreator and editingteacher roles) can edit
course colours.
Note: This is compatible with the core Moodle Themes, but may not work
as well custom themes.
Further enquiries
If you have any questions about this plugin or are interested in further development work, please contact info@synergy-learning.com
Screenshots
Seems good, but it gave me an error of "not compatible with 2.3" (I am running Moodle 2.3.2+ (Build: 20120927)), debug info follows:
Capability "format/colours:editcolours" was not found! This has to be fixed in code.
line 377 of /lib/accesslib.php: call to debugging()
line 31 of /course/format/colours/locallib.php: call to has_capability()
line 112 of /course/format/colours/renderer.php: call to format_colour_edit_icon()
line 148 of /course/format/renderer.php: call to format_colours_renderer->section_left_content()
line 116 of /course/format/colours/renderer.php: call to format_section_renderer_base->section_header()
line 656 of /course/format/renderer.php: call to format_colours_renderer->section_header()
line 58 of /course/format/colours/format.php: call to format_section_renderer_base->print_multiple_section_page()
line 276 of /course/view.php: call to require()
I downloaded file format_colours_moodle23_2012080800 from Moodle plugins page.
Can you please check if the file above is the newest version, or replace it please.
Thanks in advance for another great contribution to Moodle,
Thanks for the new version. It works beautifully. Thanks again for a nice, very user-friendly plugin. Keep on the good work.
PS: Spanish translation of this plugin now available in AMOS.
it's a great plug in. Just wondering whether there would be function in the feature to upload image as background (most likely a pattern)
Thanks for your great invention
I haven't yet looked at what would be involved in upgrading this to Moodle 2.5 - the plugin was created on behalf of LMZ and they haven't (yet) asked me to look at upgrading it. Unfortunately, I already have quite a lot of plugins that I have created and support in my spare time, so this is one of those that I can only really maintain in work time, if a client is willing to pay for it (aside from obvious bugs that need correcting).
Sorry, I can't really help much more than that (but I am perfectly happy to integrate a new version if someone else fixes the 2.5 compatibility).