BCU

Themes ::: theme_bcu
Maintained by Mike Grant, Jez H
Part of set BCU UI.
This is the theme from the moodle site of Birmingham City University. It's based on bootstrap and allows for extensive customisation and some unique features to help improve Moodle's usability.

BCU 1.3.1

Moodle 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9
Released: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 10:45 PM

Changes in version 1.3.1 (2015070100)

Fixed issues with the menu and general tweask

Changes in version 1.3 (2015051400)

  • Fix: Issue #142 - Fixes styling issues with messages dropdown
  • Fix: Issue #146 - Added ability to use images in html editors
  • Fix: Issue #160 - Added options to control navigation bar
  • Fix: Issue #161 - Added more colour settings
  • Fix: Issue #162 - Fixed issues with using multilang filter
  • Fix: Issue #163 - Fixed issue with menus on small screens
  • Fix: Issue #164 - Fixed issue with language menu text on small screens
  • Fix: Issue #165 - Fixed issue with grader report blocks and fixed header

Changes in version 1.2.1 (2015041600)

  • FIX: Issues #159 - Fixed issue with catchable error in messages

Changes in version 1.2 (2015041000)

  • FIX: Issue #90 - Added a tools menu that can be populated through BCU theme setting (Header)
  • FIX: Issue #120 - Improve accessibility by outlining links when focussed
  • FIX: Issue #121 - Remove more hardcoded language strings
  • FIX: Issue #122 - Fix user menu on small screens
  • FIX: Issue #123 - Updated the method that jquery is included
  • FIX: Issue #124 - Added an option to hide the customisable footer blocks
  • FIX: Issue #126 - Updated flexslider, and fix issue with slider when changing screensize
  • FIX: Issue #127 - Fix issue with tools menu showing html in tooltip
  • FIX: Issue #128 - Footer blocks don't respond well to browser size changes
  • FIX: Issue #129 - Prevent unnecessary vertical scrollbar
  • FIX: Issue #137 - Fix issues with advanced grading report
  • FIX: Issue #139 - Resolved outstanding content overflow issues
  • FIX: Issue #146 - Removed legacy files from pix
  • FIX: Issue #147 - Add more colour picker settings
  • FIX: Issue #151 - Fix issues with the size of modal boxes
  • FIX: Issue #152 - Fix issue with removing the Full Site Name
  • FIX: Issue #153 - Fixed issues with language selector
  • FIX: Issue #157 - Fixed issue with dropdown menus jumping when hovering

Changes in version 1.1.1 (2015022500)

  • FIX: Issue #50 - Include Moodle fix for older Moodle versions to correct threading in forums (LINK)
  • FIX: Issue #95 - Fixed issue with coursebox renders on frontpage.
  • FIX: Issue #101 - Prevent role assignments table from overflowing content area
  • FIX: Issue #102 - Upgrade FontAwesome from 4.2 to 4.3
  • FIX: Issue #103 - Prevent activity completion report from overflowing content area
  • FIX: Issue #104 - Restore Moodle's default renderer for rendering list of courses
  • FIX: Issue #105 - Added ability to set a target for the help link (uses this)
  • FIX: Issue #107 - Fix issue with "My Sites" link in IE
  • FIX: Issue #108 - Docking is now enabled by default for Moodle versions higher than 2.6.3
  • FIX: Issue #109 - Fixed overflowing select box on enrolling users
  • FIX: Issue #110 - Fix issue with whitespace when showing/hiding blocks in FireFox
  • FIX: Issue #113 - Fixed issue with the menu on smaller screen sizes
  • FIX: Issue #116 - Added option to display all course contacts
  • FIX: Issue #117 - Removed javascript debugging code
  • FIX: Issue #118 - Improve consistency of header on smaller screens

Changes in version 1.1 (2015012300)

  • FIX: Issue #22 - Fixes issues with the menu when viewing on an iPad
  • FIX: Issue #88 - Removed the "switch theme" link from the footer.
  • FIX: Issue #89 - Fixes some overflow issues with mod_lesson
  • FIX: Issue #99 - Fix issues with menus (that have child elements) when viewing on a mobile phone
  • FIX: Issue #100 - The search box appears incorrectly when using an iPad in portrait mode.
  • FIX: Force the "All Courses" link on the homepage to always be on a new line
  • NEW: Added the ability for users to hide / show course contacts
  • NEW: Added the ability to display a users role, or as an image when viewing course contacts
  • NEW: Blocks can now be moved to the left hand side (Controllable in theme settings)

Changes in version 1.0.2 (2015010600)

  • FIX: Issue #98 - Fixed issue with language strings in language pack not being displayed to the user
  • FIX: Issue #97 - Hardcoded language strings for changing the visibility of blocks and screen width (Thanks to André Yamin for providing the fix for this)
  • FIX: Issue #96 - Added option to display the page load time
  • FIX: Issue #95 - Fixed issue with displaying courseboxes when less than 2 in a row, merging and appearing as one row
  • FIX: Issue #87 - Added file uploader for default course image when displaying the coursebox w/ renderer
  • FIX: Issue #83 - Restructured the admin sections to be more consistent and easier to find settings
  • FIX: Issue #80 - Added option to hide the title of the site from the homepage
  • FIX: Issue #78 - Added extra height and padding to the top navbar to make it easier to use.

Version information

Version build number
2015070100
Version release name
1.3.1
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
924a87955e18b80306e0a41a1273c0ee
Supported software
Moodle 2.6, Moodle 2.7, Moodle 2.8, Moodle 2.9
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.6
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.7
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.8
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.9

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS branch
master
VCS tag
v1.3.1

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