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Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

01.10.08 / Using the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox to Decipher Your Moodle Theme CSS

I bet that if one were to count the number of posts in the Moodle Themes discussion forum that asked for help locating the various parts of Moodle that people want to change, one would reach well into the hundreds of posts.
In my opinion, all of these posts are unnecessary, and are evidence [...]

12.03.07 / Using Basic HTML and CSS to Add a Custom Logo to Your Moodle Theme

Whenever I add a custom logo to a client’s Moodle theme, I always try to leave the H1 tag and title in the HTML for search engines and screen readers to find. And, since this isn’t the method described in the Moodle Documentation, I thought it was time I shared my method in the [...]

06.28.07 / Using Absolute Positioning to Move Moodle Blocks to Other Places!

On two separate Moodle themes (VikingNet and Serenity), I’ve hacked the CSS of the login block so that it appears in the header instead of in a sideblock column, where it belongs. For some layouts (VikingNet is a good example), this really works. So, I thought it might be helpful to others if [...]