Themes/NotesNewOutline

This is a temporary page to outline and make notes about reorganization of the Themes pages.--Chris collman 12:03, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Users

Types of users who look at these pages and what they are looking for

Less experienced

• • Definitions, terms, overview
  • Using existing themes

More experienced

• • Tweaking theme code
  • Creating theme information
  • Installing new or copy of existing theme

Administrators

• • Permissions
  • Locations and path defined

Outline of tasks for pages

Proposed template

• Theme -define, how to activate theme,

• Theme basics (Entry point for both new users and new tweakers) activate section.
• Modifing Themes (new page, summary)
• Chameleon theme (for initial tweakers)
• Themes 2.0 (I like this)
• Intro to CSS
• Theme config file (I like the intent) but maybe Theme reference is same?
• Theme settings (Should be strickly for site admin block settings = rename?) with below?
• Theme directory (Moodle config.php file settings, needs new name, for site/web admin) with above?
• Theme examples of uses (not how tos)
• Themes FAQ (Absolutely belongs)

Links and lists

Here is some existing data.

Template Feb 2010

• Theme basics (Entry point for both new users and new tweakers)
• Theme reference (Could be useful but it is sort of empty and 2.0 will change?)
• Themes 2.0 (I like this)
• Theme settings (Should be strickly for site admin block settings = rename?)
• Theme directory (Moodle config.php file settings, needs new name, for site/web admin)
• Chameleon theme (for initial tweakers)
• Custom corners (too specific to be on this template for tweakers)
• Sources (This is a list of "See also", why not there)
• Standards (Another page that is fluff)
• W3C validation (Many pages link here, so I guess for theme developers)
• Theme config file (I like the intent)
• Themes FAQ (Absolutely belongs)

Feb 2010

Here is the category list of files, note user gaggle (less, tweaker, developer, admin)

• Alternate icon set (tweaker)
• CSS (tweaker)(developer)
• CSS FAQ (tweaker) (developer)
• CSS styles color.css (tweaker)(developer)
• CSS styles fonts.css (tweaker)(developer)
• CSS styles layout.css (tweaker)(developer)
• Center Forum Posts (tweaker)
• Chameleon theme (tweaker)
• Creating a custom theme (tweaker)(developer)
• Custom corners theme (tweaker)(developer)
• Development:Output renderers (developer)
• Development:Replacing icons with CSS3 (developer)
• Development:Theme changes in 2.0 (tweaker)(developer)
• Development:Theme directory guide
• Development:Themes 2.0 (tweaker)(developer)
• Favicon (tweaker)
• Fixed-width theme (tweaker)
• Footer positioning (tweaker)
• Header logo (tweaker)
• Homepage design (tweaker)
• Left-align quiz
• Make your own theme (tweaker)
• Replacing icons with CSS (developer)
• Standards (developer)
• Student projects/Customisable theme
• Stylish (developer) Firefox tool
• Theme basics (tweaker)
• Theme config file (tweaker)
• Theme credits
• Theme directory (Site/Web Admin) Misnamed page for content
• Theme reference (tweaker)(developer) Incomplete page
• Theme scrapbook redirect to FAQ (tweaker) really collection of "examples of use"
• Theme settings (Site/Web Admin)
• Theme sources (developer)
• Themes (less)(tweaker)(developer)
• Themes 2.0 FAQ (tweaker)(developer)
• Themes FAQ (tweaker)(developer)
• 1.5 theme upgrade (tweaker)
• 1.6 theme upgrade (tweaker)
• 1.7 theme upgrade (tweaker)
• 1.8 theme upgrade (tweaker)
• W3C validation (developer)
• Web developer extension (developer)
• theme/custom theme/settings (tweaker) "how to" customize own theme