Themes: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:59, 15 January 2014

This page is a starting point for Moodle theme developers.

For documentation on installing and using themes, please see the Themes user documentation and Themes FAQ.

Moodle has a powerful themes system that allows for a variety of effects through the use of XHTML and CSS.

Themes overview
Creating a theme - A quick step by step guide to creating your first theme.
Cloning a theme
Using images in a theme - How to use and override images within your theme.
Creating a theme settings page - Looks at how to add a setting page making your theme easily customisable.
Extending the theme custom menu - Customising the custom menu.
Overriding a renderer - A tutorial on creating a custom renderer and changing the HTML Moodle produces.
Theme checklist - Things that you might miss when you think you have finished your theme.
Clean theme (new in 2.5) - How to copy and customise the Clean theme to create your own theme.
How to add a 'Watermark' as a background image to your theme.

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 * [[Extending the theme custom menu]] - Customising the custom menu.
 * [[Overriding a renderer]] - A tutorial on creating a custom renderer and changing the HTML Moodle produces.
+* [[Theme checklist]] - Things that you might miss when you think you have finished your theme.
 * [[Clean theme]] (new in 2.5) - How to copy and customise the Clean theme to create your own theme.
 * [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=224651 How to add a 'Watermark' as a background image to your theme.]