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Then you can start working on your CSS for any Moodle page from your browser. | Then you can start working on your CSS for any Moodle page from your browser. | ||
You can add CSS properties | You can see and add CSS properties of the two files "temp_user_styles.css" and "user_styles.css". You can not see or change the CSS properties in your other CSS files in your theme folder. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 19:52, 19 April 2006
Template:Moodle 1.6 Chameleon is an interactive Moodle theme. You are welcome to try it at the Chameleon theme test site - please login with username and password "chameleon".
How does Chameleon change its colours?
- Shift-click anywhere on the page to open a floating window showing all elements under the mouse
- Click on elements in the list to create a CSS selector - one or as many as you need
- Click on the "Set Styles" button and set the styles of your choice
- View the changes immediately
Chameleon allows almost complete control over styling elements in Moodle. It makes working with themes easier for theme designers and opens up a wide range of experimental uses for interface designers. Just change and work with the changed page and go on optimizing your theme whilst you work with Moodle.
Chameleon makes use of Ajax technologies.
Saving your changes
As you work, you have the option to save changes in a temporary file, or save them to the theme CSS file on the server. All temporarily saved changes may be reverted.
Alternative uses
In addition to creating a complete theme, Chameleon may also be used to help make changes to your existing theme. Simply experiment with Chameleon until you have achieved the change you desire, then copy the css in the "Free Edit" tab to a style sheet in your theme folder.
Adding the Chameleon "engine" to your theme
You can add the Chameleon engine to any existing theme.
- copy the "ui" folder from the Chameleon theme folder to your theme folder
- copy the two files "temp_user_styles.css" and "user_styles.css" from your Chameleon folder to your theme folder. Set write permissions for your web server user. Delete all CSS properties in these files if you want to start from scratch.
- add the include line in "header.html" (line 9)
7 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $CFG->wwwroot.'/theme/'.current_theme() ?>/favicon.ico" /> 8 9 <?php include('ui/chameleon.php'); ?> 10 <?php include("$CFG->javascript"); ?> 11 </head> 12
- add the Chameleon vars in "config.php" and set them (line 99 to 109)
89 90 $THEME->makenavmenulist = false; 91 92 /// By setting this to true, then you will have access to a 93 /// new variable in your header.html and footer.html called 94 /// $navmenulist ... this contains a simple XHTML menu of 95 /// all activities in the current course, mostly useful for 96 /// creating popup navigation menus and so on. 97 98 99 $THEME->chameleonenabled = true; 100 101 /// By setting this to false it disables editing of the stylsheets 102 /// this saves the overhead of loading chameleon on each page 103 /// viewed by a user who can edit pages. it is recommended to 104 /// set this to false once you're satisfied with your theme. 105 106 $THEME->chameleonteachereditenabled = false; 107 108 /// If you use chameleon as a course theme setting this to true 109 /// will allow teachers on that course to edit the theme. 110
Then you can start working on your CSS for any Moodle page from your browser.
You can see and add CSS properties of the two files "temp_user_styles.css" and "user_styles.css". You can not see or change the CSS properties in your other CSS files in your theme folder.
See also
- Chameleon - an interactive Moodle theme forum discussion
- Link font size bigger forum discussion illustrating an alternative use