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Moodle Theme Development

By : Silvina Paola Hillar
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Moodle Theme Development

By: Silvina Paola Hillar

Overview of this book

Theming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to,according to your target audience. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle themes that you are proud of, and that your students will enjoy, then this is the book for you. We start off by introducing Moodle 3 and explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change the pre-installed Moodle themes in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next, we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made. You can not only plan the customization of theme, but also tailor it using advanced Moodle theming processes; this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own personalized Moodle 3 theme.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Moodle Theme Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Dedication
Preface

Category themes


There is the option of choosing a theme by category. It is not advisable to work with it since there is a warning tip because it may affect performance. Category themes affect other course themes:

  1. Under Site administration, click on Appearance | Themes | Theme selector.

  2. Click on Allow category themes if you consider that it is necessary; otherwise, it is not advisable. It is shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Then scroll down the page and click on Save changes.

    Tip

    When selecting another theme in order to be detected by different mobile devices, smartphones, desktops, and so on, we have to click on Enable device detection.

    Under Site administration, click on Appearance | Themes | Theme settings. Click on Enable device detection, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click on Save changes.