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Essential
This plugin is up for adoption, please see 'Plugins adoption programme'.
The "Essential" Moodle Theme
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Please note: Essential has reached 'End of life' at Moodle 3.6 - last version for. Please read moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=385903.
Do not attempt to install the theme beyond Moodle 3.6, you will break your site!
With 2.5 now released Julian thought it time to take the opportunity to build a new theme that would push the new theme engine to it's limits a bit. With that in mind he introduced the new "Essential" theme. Now Julian has left us for Canvassian adventures, David and Gareth took over development and maintenance. And now David has left for pastures new, Gareth continues to maintain and make improvements.
The idea of this theme is to make the site look as little like Moodle as possible. In this specific instance, it would be used on sites where Moodle would potentially serve as a company homepage rather than just a course list.
Cool things to know about the theme.
- It attempts to load as many as possible icons from a font.
- Most of what you think are "graphics" are actually the Font Awesome font (fontawesome.io).
- The slider on the front page is completely customisable through theme settings.
- I am really trying to push what Bootstrap (twitter.github.io/bootstrap/) Grids can do. As such the theme is fully responsive.
- The footer is all custom Moodle regions. This means blocks can be added.
- The theme can use Google web fonts (fonts.google.com) to give it that extra bit of shazam!
- Social network icons appear at the top of the page dynamically based on theme settings.
- The entire colour scheme can be modified with theme settings.
Support:
The theme comes with NO support. Please see the 'Support' section in 'README.md' file that comes with the theme. This is because the theme is complex and I regret that I don't have the time / resources to freely assist with questions pertaining to specific enhancements / changes / knowledge improvement.
I will investigate genuine bugs and issue fixes in a timescale set by myself. I will only explain / report my findings at my own discretion. You MUST state the Essential and Moodle versions as I'll only ask for them and that delays time - in software bug fixing there is no 'latest' version as your 'latest' could be different to my 'latest', so please don't use that word or similar like 'current'.
Reporting issues:
Please read the 'Reporting issues' section in 'README.md' file that comes with the theme before posting / contacting me. If there is any missing information then I'll only ask for it which will delay you getting a solution to your problem.
Video Promo:
Properties:
In versions 2.9.1.22, 3.0.1.15, 3.1.1.7 and above.
Versions:
Please note that previously the version for Moodle 2.6 was 2.7.x as well, but since these versions are now separated we also lowered the displayed version number.
Moodle Version |
Essential Version |
Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2.5.8 | Last release for M2.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.6.11 | Last release for M2.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.7.9.5.3 | Last release for M2.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.8.1.11 | Last release for M2.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.9.1.24 |
Last release for M2.9 |
| 3.0 | 3.0.1.17 | Last release for M3.0 |
| 3.1 | 3.1.1.12 | Last release for M3.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2.1.5 | Last release for M3.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.3.1.5 | Last release for M3.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.4.1.5 | Last release for M3.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5.1.5 | Last release for M3.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.6.1.0 | Last release for M3.6 |
| 3.7+ | End of life | Please see: moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=385903 |
Useful links
Screenshots
Contributors
HOW MUCH TIME IS REQUIRED (WEEKS, MONTHS) TO DEVELOP A THEME OF THIS TYPE??
Gracias
As stated in the README.txt file the theme comes with NO support. Please read the readme for further details.
Kind regards,
Gareth
There are no groups at the site level where the slider is, only cohorts, groups are a course concept. Do you have some example code I could use please?
Cheers,
Gareth
I am using the ATTO WORD plugin but now the video option does not display the same, only shows the box of the video. I already uninstalled the ATTO WORD plugin but the bug was not fixed
I don't provide support for other 3-rd party plugins than my own, if it proves to be a theme specific issue then I will attempt to fix it / state what the issue is. In the first instance, please post in the themes forum (https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46) stating:
Moodle version.
Essential theme version.
Details of the ATTO Word plugin and version.
Details of the steps to replicate the issue.
Details of proving that the issue only occurs in Essential and not the Clean theme.
Screen shots of the problem.
This is because I have no idea what you are talking about!
Kind regards,
Gareth
Essential does work on: Moodle 3.3.2+ (Build: 20170928), therefore a local specific issue. Please post on https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46 with all the details the themes forum rules require.
Gareth
I was just curious, as modal confirmation dialogues throughout Moodle would be a huge boon to the user experience. Are you able to shed any further light on this?
Many Thanks
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are describing. Please post some screen shots in the themes forum.
Thanks,
Gareth