Fordson

Themes ::: theme_fordson
Maintained by Chris Kenniburg
Part of set Fordson theme.
The Fordson theme is focused on students going from login to learning, with features that help teachers build better courses and students engage with content. Your school is unique and Fordson provides impressive customizations for a professional and modern learning platform. Try out Fordson and show some love by clicking "favourite" ( ♥ ) !

Fordson Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.2

Moodle 3.4
Released: Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 2:00 AM

THEME_Fordson

Fordson

Fordson is a child theme for Moodle's core theme Boost. It is built on Boostrap4 and Mustache templates.

Documentation can be found here: https://goo.gl/oUczeD

Recommended Settings for Best Results

These settings below are found in the Moodle Site Administration Pages. These are not related to the theme but will help bring out the best of Fordson.

  • defaulthomepage = SITE (Default homepage for users. If set to Dashboard your users will not see the Enhanced Homepage upon login.)
  • frontpage = none (Frontpage items to show. Part of Moodle Frontpage Settings tab.)
  • frontpageloggedin = none or Enrolled Courses (Frontpage items to show when logged in. Part of Moodle Frontpage Settings tab.)
  • Optional: forcelogin = Checked (This forces users to login before seeing the homepage.)

Fordson is a child theme of Boost.
This means when Moodle updates the core Boost theme those changes will be applied to Fordson as well in most cases. Documentation can be found here: https://goo.gl/oUczeD

Install from Github

Click on the button to "Clone or Download" https://github.com/dbnschools/moodle-theme_fordson . When downloaded to your computer, unzip it. It should create a folder named "moodle-theme_fordson-master". Rename the folder so that it is "fordson" (without quotes). You can FTP that folder to your moodle site in /moodle/theme/ directory. Or you can create a new ZIP file of the "fordson" folder and upload and install it via the Plugin Administration in Site Administration.

Fordson Moodle 34 1.6.2

  • New Customizable Login Page with 4 icons and 3 featured content areas. This is designed to allow organizations to provide marketing to users as they visit the site's login page. Many organizations force users to login before viewing the sites homepage. This will allow those organizations to provide some information on the login page. All settings are on the Site Admin > Appearance > Fordson > Custom Login page.
  • Modified login form and login page. Provides a toggle to turn custom login page on or off.
  • Added activity next/previous jumping.

Fordson Moodle 34 1.6.1

  • New topic completion progress bar for each topic. This small enhancement makes a big improvement for students. It displays a progress bar based on course completion for each topic in a course. To see it you must use topic course format and set Course Layout to "Show One Section Per Page". On the main course page you will now see the progress bar for each topic.
  • Dearborn Public Schools is now the default preset used by the theme
  • Prevoius default.scss files were re-named to K-12, K-12 Fullscreen Header Image, and K-12 Vertical Block Titles.
  • New default background for theme: https://pixabay.com/en/background-abstract-futuristic-1462755/
  • Default theme settings have been adjusted to reflect settings needed for the new Dearborn Public Schools preset.

Fordson Moodle 34 1.6.1

  • Initial release of a Moodle 3.4 version of Fordson
  • Fixed changes in footer colors from Boost
  • Removed Enrolled Users link from Teacher Dashboard. This is removed and replaced with Participants as they have merged.

Version information

Version build number
2017111300
Version release name
Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.2
Can be updated from
Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.1 (2017110600)
Can be updated to
Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.3 (2017111600), Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.5 (2017113000), Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.5.1 (2017120800), Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.6.6 (2017122000), Moodle 3.4 Fordson v1.7 2018020300 (2018020300)
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
94714aac0edcde905c4c78450390bedb
Supported software
Moodle 3.4

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Themes

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (e.g. "ponies") in the "theme" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation