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Theme for Moodle 3.3+
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Fordson Child-Theme? #42

Closed antibrick closed 5 years ago

antibrick commented 5 years ago

Is it possible to create a child template of Fordson? When we try, we always encounter "Exception - Call to undefined method core_renderer::region_main_settings_menu()" "line 57 of /theme/fordson/layout/frontpage.php: Error thrown"… I'd really like it! We need to make a bunch of customisations.

dbnschools commented 5 years ago

Not quite sure how you would do that. I can tell you Fordson is a child theme of Boost. So that might play into the error you are getting. How are you going about making a child theme? What is your file structure? There are several files that must be there. I've never made a child theme to a child theme. Ask Richard Oelmann or Gareth Barnard at Moodle.org as they might offer some insights on this. https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=46

antibrick commented 5 years ago

Hmm… I've already tried out a lot, following this tutorial: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Creating_a_theme_based_on_boost Child theme of child theme shouldn't be a problem… I'll keep trying.

dbnschools commented 5 years ago

I wonder what the error would be with this: $regionmainsettingsmenu = $OUTPUT->region_main_settings_menu();

Richard Oelmann was originally who helped me get started with creating a child theme. Boost was a bit different and the docs might not be complete.

antibrick commented 5 years ago

I just commented out the $regionmainsettingsmenu = $OUTPUT->region_main_settings_menu(); line… Now I can install the theme, it just looks strange and shows a bunch of notices… I will try to contact Mr Oelmann, too… Thanks.