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Moodle Theme Development

By : Silvina Paola Hillar
Book Image

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

Replacing the SVG file


It is time to start replacing the files in order to see how the icon changes in Moodle on-premises in further steps. We need to replace files to see this change. We will have to make copies of files and rename files. In this step, we will replace the SVG file.

We have already made a copy of the original file in order to keep it. What we have to do is to rename the edited file as the original so that Moodle changes the file.

Therefore, we will make another copy of the original file and rename the edited file as the original. In order to do it, follow these steps:

  1. Look for the original SVG file.

  2. Right-click on it and click on Copy, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Right-click and click on Paste. We have just made the copy of the original icon.

  4. The following icons appear, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Tip

    The screenshot shows three SVG files. From left to right the copies that we have just made of the original icon appear. The original icon and the edited icon...