Note: This documentation is for Moodle 2.7. For up-to-date documentation see Header and footer.

Header and footer

From MoodleDocs

Additional HTML

An administrator can add additional HTML or CSS or JavaScript to every page in Site administration > Appearance > Additional HTML.

These settings allow you to specify HTML or CSS or JavaScript that you want added to every page without altering the Moodle code files.

You can add HTML, CSS or JavaScript, to three sections in the Additonal HTML page.

  1. Within HEAD: within the <head></head> tag for the page. (Example: Meta tags, CSS, JavaScript).
  2. When BODY is opened: above the header section of the main body of the page that is displayed. (Example: Banner image or text heading, alert message).
  3. When BODY is closed: below the footer of the page. (Example: Google Analytics).

Doing this allows you add custom headers or footers on every page, or add support for services like Google Analytics very easily and independent of your chosen theme.

Another way of adding a custom footer or support for Google Analytics is via the settings of certain themes such as the Clean theme.

Moodle Docs

'Moodle Docs for this page' link

Moodle Docs is an abbreviation for Moodle documentation.

By default, managers, teachers and non-editing teachers (and any other users with the capability moodle/site:doclinks) have "Moodle Docs for this page" links at the bottom of each page in Moodle for accessing context-specific documentation.

An administrator can change Moodle Docs settings in Administration > Site administration > Appearance > Moodle Docs.

The default path is to docs.moodle.org. If a user has selected a language for which there is documentation available, the "Moodle Docs for this page" links will link to the documentation in that language.

If the Moodle Docs document root field is left blank, no "Moodle Docs for this page" links will appear.

You may find that teachers prefer the documentation to open in a new window, so they can easily return to their page in Moodle. If so, click the "Open in new window" checkbox.

As you may have discovered, Moodle Docs contains many searchable pages which represents 1,000s of hours of refinement by the Moodle community. For example, it is common to see a link from a forum in Moodle.org to a specific page or section in a Moodle Docs page. Likewise, something can be added to Moodle Docs to cover a new feature or to give a more detail description of a process that is not possible or desirable in a forum or as part of the help files.

Moodle Docs is a living document that is constantly changing at docs.moodle.org . Anyone in the Moodle community who sees a need is invited to make an addition or add their opinion in the page comments tab.

Tip: If your site language is one for which there is unmaintained documentation (see Moodle Docs overview) e.g. Czech and you wish to make use of the archived documentation, you can set the Moodle Docs document root to https://docs.moodle.org/archive/cs/.

The document root may also be changed to point to some custom online documentation. The paths the custom documentation should follow the same format as https://docs.moodle.org.

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