[Moodle] Off List - reply to Phil Brown - 3in6 Moodle Site - helpoffer

[Mclean, Rachelle L]

Hey Keith,

I've done a bit of PHP/HTML/CSS/Javascript and I KNOW there is a way to
have your pages so they aren't cached.  I'm pretty sure it's a line you
put in the head, but can't remember if it is php, css or JavaScript.

Rachelle

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Keith Richardson
Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 9:50 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Moodle] Off List - reply to Phil Brown - 3in6 Moodle Site -
helpoffer

Hi Phil.
Wonderful to hear from you!

My intention is to modify the theme until it looks like the 3in6
website, so many of the changes I was able to copy from it (as I had
designed it totally from scratch over the mid-summer break).

The Moodle Forums suggested that I work using the CSS in the 'standard
theme', so that is what I have done.
The colour changes are too many to list, but quite logical. Once I
worked out the colour swaps I wanted, I simple did a search and replace,
then slowly went through cleaning up the bits.

Interesting Problem: IE6 is a frustrating beast in the way it sticks
stubbornly to cache. To shake it off I often have to press Ctrl-Reload
multiple times. Any suggestions?
I have spent many hours reverse-engineering the CSS and the html trying
to work out its div structure then making necessary changes.
I would say that I am only about half-way there so far. Do you have much
experience working with websites whose content feeds into the html via
php? I have worked with HTML-CSS OK, but am concerned that some of the
php calls are disguising the html bits I want to unravel, if you know
what I mean.

What I would appreciate asistance with, if you don't mind, is the
functional aspects of the 3in6-moodle site - correctly employing
resources and activities to achieve the functionality I want to service
the needs of the 3in6 community..
So far I am just playing around ("sand-boxing" I guess) without too much
confidence. Before I go fully 'live', I want to make sure that
everything is functionally is set correctly as I want it. I don't want
to stuff-up publicly if you know what I mean!!!

Ciao for now Phil.
Warm regards, Keith



On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:04:21 +1000, "Phil Brown"
<harvestdrive at optusnet.com.au> said:
> >   
> This is great Keith! Seems how you dived into the CSS sheet 
> (styles_color.css) it would be good to have better indicators or 
> comments next to the section so that we could identify each bit and
what 
> it does so that building our own themes would be easier. EG:
> 
> /* course, entry-page, login ~ /What ever this bit is and if I change 
> the color it will have the following effect/*/
> .headingblock {
>   border-color:#DDDDDD;
> }
> Perhaps we could choose a theme and collaborate our efforts.
> 
> Phil Brown
> Wellington SC
> 
> Keith Richardson wrote:
> > I will be with you all in spirit from Townsville - visiting family
for a
> > few days while school is closed for Passover.
> > You might like to take a sneak preview - I am exploring changing the
> > 'look' of Moodle using CSS plus a few more inspirations.
> > It is not officially launched yet, but feel free to take a look and
tell
> > me what you think.
> > http://3in6.openlab.net.au/moodle
> > Warm Moodling Regards, Keith
Keith Richardson
Leibler Yavneh College
Elsternwick Ph (03)9528 4911
keithcr at fastmail.fm

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