Moodle 1.9 Theme Design: Beginner's Guide

by Paul James Gadsdon

Overview

If you are a Moodle administrator, ICT technical personnel, designer or a teacher and you wish to enhance your Moodle site to make it visually attractive, then this book is for you. You need to be familiar with the basics of Moodle operation, and some familiarity with web design techniques, such as HTML and CSS, will be helpful. This is a Packt Beginner's Guide, so it has plenty of worked examples, step-by-step visual guides, and clear explanations. The topics covered include: an introduction to Moodle explaining how it works; Moodle themes and how they work; Tools you may need to create a stunning Moodle theme; Customizing the header and footer; Adjusting colors and fonts; Changing the layout; Planning your own Moodle theme; Creating a theme design mock-up using graphics software; Creating a Moodle theme from your mock-up; Theming navigation, the login Screen, and blocks; Theming core functionality and modules; Further enhancements. The book ends with a Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849510141
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	04/23/2010
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Paul James Gadsdon has been a web designer/developer since 1996. He specializes in graphic design, ASP, ASP.net, PHP, and DotNetNuke. He has recently been working as an educational technologist and currently works as a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment developer for the University of Wales, Lampeter.