- Basic Overview
- Requirements
- Download Training theme for Moodle
- Installation
- Usage
- Updating
- Uninstallation
- Limitations
- Language Support
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Contributing
- Motivation for this plugin
- Further information
- License
Training theme for Moodle is a simple and clean theme for Moodle. It includes support for:
- Large and small size logo or banner;
- Dark on light and light on dark custom menu bar;
- Display of course list in grid view;
- Customizable favicon;
- Customizable CSS;
- Support for Moodle filter tags in the custom menu;
- Accessibility improvements.
IMPORTANT: Although we expect everything to work, this ALPHA release has not been fully tested in every situation. If you find a problem, please help by reporting it in the Bug Tracker.
This plugin requires Moodle 3.1+ from http://moodle.org/
The most recent BETA release can be found at: https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_training
The most recent DEVELOPMENT release can be found at: https://github.com/michael-milette/moodle-theme_training
Install the plugin, like any other plugin, to the following folder:
/theme/training
See https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Installing_a_new_theme for details on installing Moodle plugins.
In order for the themes to work, it must be installed and activated.
To activate, go to Site Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme selector. Click Change theme next to the Default section. Select the Training theme and click Save.
IMPORANT: Although we expect everything to work, this ALPHA release has not been fully tested in every situation. If you find a problem, please help by reporting it in the Bug Tracker.
Configurable settings for this theme include:
- Customizable favicon;
- Large and small size logos;
- To use a banner instead of a logo;
- Place the navbar above or below the logo / banner;
- Dark on light and light on dark custom menu bar;
- Display of course list in Masonry (grid view);
- Hide site pages and links to them in the navigation block on the front page. They will re-appear when in edit mode. This enables you to create public site pages without having to enable guest user access;
- Customizable CSS.
You can configure these setting by going to Site Administration > Appearance > Themes > Training.
There are no special considerations required for updating the plugin.
The first public ALPHA version was released on 2017-11-05.
For more information on releases since then, see CHANGELOG.md.
Uninstalling the plugin by going into the following:
Site Administration > Plugins > Plugins overview > Training
...and click Uninstall. You may also need to manually delete the following folder:
/theme/training
This plugin includes support for the English language.
If you need a different language that is not yet supported, please feel free to contribute using the Moodle AMOS Translation Toolkit for Moodle at
This plugin has not been tested for right-to-left (RTL) language support. If you want to use this plugin with a RTL language and it doesn't work as-is, feel free to prepare a pull request and submit it to the project page at:
http://github.com/michael-milette/moodle-theme_training
IMPORANT: Although we expect everything to work, this BETA release has not been fully tested in every situation. If you find a problem, please help by reporting it in the Bug Tracker.
The optimal size for course summary images when using this theme is 540 px wide by 300 px high. With that said, there really isn't any restriction on how tall you should make an image. However, for best results, be consistent in the height and width.
There are no known security considerations at this time.
Got a burning question that is not covered here? If you can't find your answer, submit your question in the Moodle forums or open a new issue on Github at:
http://github.com/michael-milette/moodle-theme_training/issues
If you are interested in helping, please take a look at our contributing guidelines for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
Michael Milette - Author and Lead Developer
Some of the features we are considering for future releases include:
- Ability to add a background image.
- Ability to specify the name of the site as text (currently needs to be part of the logo but ALT text is included).
- More accessibility improvements.
If you could use any of these features, or have other requirements, consider contributing or hiring us to accelerate development.
The development of this plugin was motivated through our own experience in Moodle development and topics discussed in the Moodle forums and projects we deliver to our customers. The project is sponsored and supported by TNG Consulting Inc.
For further information regarding the theme_training plugin, support or to report a bug, please visit the project page at:
http://github.com/michael-milette/moodle-theme_training
Copyright © 2017-2018 TNG Consulting Inc. - http://www.tngconsulting.ca/
This file is part of Training theme for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
Training theme is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Training theme is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Training theme. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.