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What are themes?

Themes provide a "skin" to completely change the look and feel of your site (or even an individual course).
Moodle sites (with the exception of MoodleCloud sites) come with two Standard themes called Boost and Classic.
If you are able to add additional plugins to your site, you can download and install contributed themes from the Themes area of the Plugins directory. More information is available from Installing a new theme.

How do I select a theme?

You can change from one of the two standard themes Boost or Classic, or select a newly installed theme from Site administration > Appearance > Themes.

Where do I find specific settings for my chosen theme?

For Boost and Classic, click the cog icon for the relevant theme from Site administration > Appearance > Themes.
For other contributed themes you have installed, ....???

I have a question about themes

Participate in the discussions in the Themes forum on Moodle.org and read our Themes FAQ.

How do I manage themes on my site?

See the documentation on Advanced theme settings

I want to develop a new theme

See dev:Themes. Not all information is up to date but feel free to contribute your own improvements!

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+==What are themes?==
+*Themes provide a "skin" to completely change the look and feel of your site (or even an individual course).
+*Moodle sites (with the exception of MoodleCloud sites) come with two [[Standard themes]] called Boost and Classic.
+*If you are able to add additional plugins to your site, you can download and install contributed themes from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3 Themes area of the Plugins directory]. More information is available from [[Installing a new theme]].
+==How do I select a theme?==
+You can change from one of the two standard themes Boost or Classic, or select a newly installed theme from ''Site administration > Appearance > Themes.''
+==Where do I find specific settings for my chosen theme?==
+* For Boost and Classic, click the cog icon for the relevant theme from ''Site administration > Appearance > Themes.''
+* For other contributed themes you have installed, ....???
-A Moodle theme is a pre-designed user "view" (interface) that can be changed by the site administrator, teacher, or student.  While robust, it does not affect how Moodle functions, just how it looks.  Moodle comes with a standard set of themes and there is a [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6552  large free library] available to download.
+==I have a question about themes==
+Participate in the discussions in the [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46` Themes forum on Moodle.org] and read our [[Themes FAQ]].
-==Moodle themes==
+==How do I manage themes on my site?==
-Themes may be [[Theme settings|selected]] at site level, course level and/or user level as long as the Moodle site has been configured to allow changes at these levels.
+See the documentation on [[Advanced theme settings]]
-== Installing a theme ==
+==I want to develop a new theme==
+See [[:dev:Themes]]. Not all information is up to date but feel free to contribute your own improvements!
-To install a theme:
+==See also==
-# Unzip the .zip file to an empty local directory.
-# Upload folder to your web server to the /moodle/theme/[Theme Name]. (Replace [Theme Name] with the name of the theme you have downloaded.) Ensure the new theme folder and its contents are readable by the webserver.  Change Read and Write permissions (CHMOD) for the files and folder to 755 - Owner read/write/execute, Group read/execute, Everyone read/execute.  Incorrect permissions may prevent display of the newly installed theme.
-# Choose your new theme from within Moodle via ''Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme selector''.
-[[Image:themes01.png|thumb|400px|center|The new Theme Selector is a two step procedure.]]
-See [[Installing a new theme]] for more information.
-==Themes in standard install==
-Themes included in Moodle 2.1 are Arialist, Brick, Formal white, Fusion, Magazine, Nimble,
+* [[Standard themes]]
-Nonzero, Overlay, Sky High, Splash.  See [[Standard themes]] for screen shots of each.
-==See also==
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPUB_ReBPeg Installing 3rd Party Modules and Themes in Moodle video]
+[[Category:Themes]]
-* [[Themes FAQ]]
-* [[:dev:Theme_development|Theme development]]
-* [[Development: Themes 2.0]]
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