Theme scrapbook

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Themes

• Themes overview
• Creating a theme based on boost
• Creating a theme based on classic
• Using images
• Theme settings page
• Adding theme upgrade code
• Extending the custom menu
• Overriding a renderer
• Theme checklist
• Templates
• Bootstrap

The Moodle theme scrapbook is a collection of small how-to descriptions. You theme designers and Moodle users working with themes add your knowledge here to help new Moodle users with tips and tricks for their theme work.

Feel free to add to this list! Don't know how? Read our Guidelines for contributors.

Changing things

Colors

• Forcing the colour of the chat discussion pane (pop-up mode)

Logo and icons

• Using an alternate icon set in Moodle
• Change the logo that shows in front of the web address
• Replace the logo with your web address and/or or own logo

Adding things

• Adding a logo to the theme header

Hiding things

• Hiding an element with CSS is generally achieved using the display: none; property on the element.

Moving things

• Centre smaller forum posts on the page
• Positioning the page footer
• Left align quiz questions and answers
• Indentation for nested categories
• Positioning login and choose language field

Miscellaneous

• Creating a fixed-width theme
• Homepage design of moodle.org

See also:

• Themes FAQ
• CSS FAQ