This chapter will cover the steps needed to make changes to the
header.html
andfooter.html
files in thetheme
directory of your Moodle site. You will start by making some small changes, such as changing the logo and the title text so that you can see how easy it is to customize the header in Moodle. You will also look at some basic HTML recommendations to keep your Moodle theme standards-compliant. After this, you will move on to changing the footer, including removing the Moodle logo and the login information links and adding your own copyright or footer text. Finally, in this chapter, you will learn to check that your changes are standards-compliant and look similar in more than one web browser.
In this chapter, you shall:
Replace the Moodle logo with your own
Replace the title text with your own
Replace the footer logo and remove the login link
Add your own customized footer information
Download a different web browser
Test your changes in several...