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Essential
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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
Ok, firstly, please post on the themes forum - https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46 - with a screen shot of the issue and full details (Moodle and Essential) versions.
Secondly, I have literally spent days on this in the past. It is not to do with overflow but in fact to do with the unexpected position of the navbar being lower than the top for the JavaScript to work correctly. The current version avoids this core conflict by doing something else that prevents the core JS from making bad decisions.
G
We have selected Essential as our theme for a commercial eLearning site we are developing and understand from that the ability to include sliding photos (I think this is cSlider which can no longer be used due to T&C) has had to be removed from the theme. Would it be possible to develop similar functionality to Essential theme if so do you think this would be too expensive to be sponsored as we would be interested in assisting with the funding of this but maybe if you have had similar requests crowdfunding could be used. Appreciate you need an income and also probably get lots of requests which cause distraction to you - any thoughts?
Ok, re-visiting the source site: http://tympanus.net/codrops/licensing/ - it appears that I could use the code in a 'child theme' specific to you that was not re-distributed - I think. The reasons I had to remove it from Essential stem from their license and the fact that it is not (or does not appear to be) GPLv3 compatible, and thus I would be unable to continue to publish the theme on Moodle.org (or perhaps anywhere). I'm not sure if it would be a violation of the GPLv3 license if used in a child theme for a specific site, what do you think?
In terms of the functionality, I did implement a 'beside' option. Additionally, for accessibility reasons 'sliders' are going out of fashion.
So.... therefore I believe the simplest solution would be a 'child theme' specific to you after the GPLv3 license has been clarified for that situation.
Kind regards,
Gareth
Ok, prove it by posting evidence (after Purging all caches and getting the version number to be a correct one) in the themes forum. I tested https://github.com/gjb2048/moodle-theme_essential/issues/780 and it has been fixed, unless you are thinking of something else.
Gareth
This would allow you to target specific selectors if you wish.
Martin's solution may not be the complete story if you want to change every selector where font size is defined. As the theme comes with NO support any I give would have to be paid for time.
Kind regards,
Gareth
Thank you
Daniel Méthot
Please read 'About the M3.2 version' on: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343033.
Kind regards,
Gareth
great job on this one, I love it! But I've one question/Problem: I'm not able to switch between months on the calendar-block on my frontpages. If I click on this small arrows, they just redirect me to the front page again.
Do you might now how to resolve this or are you aware of this issue? (Moodle Version: Moodle 3.0.2+ (Build: 20160304)
Thanks in advance and have a wonderful time,
Wishes
Christian.
Thank you for your kind compliment. The Essential theme comes with no support. You can either post on the themes forum: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46 or I will help for a fee. In either case it is imperative that you state the Essential version.
Kind regards.
Gareth