Creating a custom Moodle Theme - LIVE!!

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Well, this has been a gamble. I don’t even know if I’ll call it successful, but here it is for you all to see Many ask me how I go about building Moodle themes. They assume it is difficult, time consuming and a realm for experts. Well I am here to say “Poppycock!” to that and give you a brief glimpse into how quick and easy it is with just a little knowledge of CSS and HTML. Below I have recorded myself developing a theme for a client..the whole shebang, while trying to provide some useful commentary. I don’t know how many will survive the entire duration. but it does show how simple the process can be. It is not necessarily best practice and I have tried to simplify as much as possible, but it should be enough to get even the most layman of people going. The Video’s Due to limits with YouTube, this has been split into 5 files. The first is embedded, the rest are links. Theming in Moodle - LIVE! (Part 2) Theming in Moodle - LIVE! (Part 3) Theming in Moodle - LIVE! (Part 4) Theming in Moodle - LIVE! (Prt 5) Tools Used: MAMP - The personal webserver for local testing) XAMP - A windows version of the MAMP Tool CSSEdit - My glorious CSS editing tool. I can’t live without it! BBEdit - A great text editing tool for OSX Textpad - If your on windows, try this for your test editing Firefox - The browser of champions Web Developer Plugin - You NEED this Firefox plugin if your going to do Moodle themes Photoshop - The best image editor on the planet. Gimp - The cheapest best image editor on the planet Useful Links My Presentation outlining all the Moodle Theme Variables and files (You need this one) MoodleDocs link for Themeing Themes database on Moodle.org Great Sites To Buy Themes Too lazy to do it yourself? Want a theme thats cool without the effort? Try these options. New School Learning - Best site for purchasing professional themes. These are the best I have seen and are cheap as well Get me to do it! - Cant resist the s
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