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| == Why print styles? ==
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| Sometimes you might want to print a page but without some of its elements, e.g. the navigation bar or the footer.
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| Here's an example of a Database Activity entry.
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| == Screen display ==
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| That's how the entry looks in the browser:
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| [[Image:Database activity entry browser view.png]]
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| == Creating a print CSS ==
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| The trick for creating print styles is using CSS's [http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/at-media @media rule]. That way the CSS will only be applied to the specified medium, "print" in our case.
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| Put the following CSS in a file called ''printstyles.css'' in your theme folder and add the style to your theme by modifying the theme's '''config.php''':
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| <pre>
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| $THEME->sheets = array('styles_layout', 'styles_fonts', 'styles_color', 'printstyles');
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| </pre>
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| === printstyles.css ===
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| <code php>
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| /* Print styles for Moodle database activity */
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| @media print {
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| html, body {
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| margin: 0;
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| padding: 0;
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| width: 100%;
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| }
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| body {
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| background-color: White;
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| color: Black;
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| font-size: 75%;
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| }
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| div.tabtree, div#header, div.navbar,
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| div.headermenu, div.paging, div#footer,
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| div.datapreferences {
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| display: none;
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| }
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| table {
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| text-align: left;
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| }
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| </code>
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| You can use any CSS you like. These are only some examples:
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| * We unset the page margins and padding to use as much space on the printed page as possible.
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| * We hide those parts of the page we don't want get printed by using "display: none;".
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| * We set the color scheme to black & white.
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| * We decrease the font-size.
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| * We change the text-alignment for easier reading.
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| == The result ==
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| And here's the print preview of the same database entry:
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| [[Image:Database entry print preview 75.png]]
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| == Further resources ==
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| You will find more detailed instructions in the following articles by CSS guru Eric Meyer:
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| * [http://meyerweb.com/eric/articles/webrev/200001.html "Print Different"] - that's what you see in the screenshots above
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| * [http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/ "CSS Design: Going to Print"]
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| * His book also contains a whole chapter on [http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/projects/06/ "Styling for Print"].
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| == Useful tools ==
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| * [[Firebug]] - for live analyzing and testing of CSS settings
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| * [[Stylish]] - for permanently applying your own CSS to any webpage - or if you don't want to or can't change any CSS files on your server
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| ** [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12105/ Stylish-Custom] - an enhancement for Stylish with lots of useful features - highly recommended!
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| == See also: ==
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| Moodle Docs:
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| * [[CSS FAQ]]
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| * [[Themes FAQ]]
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| Forum discussions:
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| * [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=127754 More print styles using media="print"]
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| * [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=130118 Printer Friendly Reports]
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| General information:
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| * [http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=278#7 "!important is Actually Useful (in Print Style Sheets)"] - Sitepoint Tech Times article
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| * [http://line25.com/tutorials/handy-tips-for-creating-a-print-css-stylesheet "Handy Tips for Creating a Print CSS Stylesheet"]
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