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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.

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 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]].
-{{Note|
+==I have a question about themes==
-This page describes what is mostly suitable for v1.9. Please feel free to update it to more recent information.
+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]].
-}}
-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.
+==How do I manage themes on my site?==
-==Moodle themes==
+See the documentation on [[Theme settings]]
-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.
+==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!
-== Installing a theme ==
+==See also==
-To install a theme:
+* [[Theme credits]]
-# 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'' (version 1.7+) or ''Administration > Configuration > Themes'' (older versions).
-See [[Installing a new theme]] for more information.
-==Themes in standard install==
-Themes included in Moodle 1.9 are [[Chameleon theme|chameleon]], cornflower, [[Custom corners theme|custom corners]], formal white, metal, oceanblue, orangewhite, orangewhitepda, standard (default), standardblue, standardgreen, standardlogo, standardred, standardwhite, wood.  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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