Moodle Theme Maker
Maker is a responsive Moodle theme based on Boost. It’s packed with all of the features you need to transform your Moodle into the perfect learning platform. It comes with 6 theme colour presets but you can also easily pick your own colours to suit your site’s branding via theme settings. Built based on Moodle’s latest core theme Boost meaning it gets the best user experience out of Moodle. Made with outstanding UI design, it will take your learning platform to a new level. Check out the theme demo and our blog post about Maker’s main features to see what the theme can do for your site.
This theme is now compatible with Moodle 3.9.
Theme Licenses
Single Application License (For Moodle 3.9)
Multiple Applications License (For Moodle 3.9)
Single Application License (For Moodle 3.8)
Multiple Applications License (For Moodle 3.8)
100% Money-Back Guarantee
We confidently offer a 100% money-back guarantee with all of our Moodle/Mahara themes. If you decide you don’t want to use it and email us why within 30 days of buying, we promise you a full refund – no questions asked!
Theme Reviews
Description
Theme Summary
- Theme Version: v6.0 (Moodle 3.9) | v5.1 (Moodle 3.8)
- Last updated: 2020/06/15
- Compatibility: Moodle 3.9 and 3.8
- Theme Parents: Moodle Boost Theme
Theme Features
- Beautiful UI and UX
- 6 colour presets (switch via theme settings)
- Custom brand colours
- Custom logo
- Custom menu
- User menu
- Custom Google fonts
- Boost navigation
- Header Dropdown Menu (Learn more) New (Moodle 3.8 only)
- Header/Footer social media links (custom links available)
- Login page background image option
- Course list layout styles(3 options: Default, Cards and Masonry)
- Default Course Image
- Course header image option (Learn more)
- Custom icons for course activities and files
- Frontpage header alert (customisable background colour)
- Frontpage hero slideshow (add up to 4 slides)
- Frontpage slideshow video link (Youtube or Vimeo)
- Frontpage course search box
- Frontpage benefits section (add up to 6 items)
- Frontpage featured blocks (add up to 12 items)
- Frontpage promo carousel (add up to 6 items with video options)
- Frontpage logos section (add up to 6 logos)
- Frontpage Categories Section (Learn more) New (Moodle 3.8 only)
- Frontpage teachers section (add up to 10 teachers)
- Frontpage testimonials section (add up to 6 items)
- Frontpage FAQ section (add up to 10 Q&A)
- Frontpage Call-To-Action section
- Frontpage CTA Section data box (learn more) New (Moodle 3.8 only)
- Footer content blocks (4 blocks) – Useful HTML code
- Footer widget areas
- Page “back-to-top” link
- Custom SCSS/CSS
- Google analytics
- iOS homescreen icons
- Supports Multi-language content
- Supports RTL language site
- Supports Frontpage course list with course thumbnails and excerpts
- Supports popular Moodle course format plugins (Grid Format, Collapsed Topics and Buttons) with custom theme styling.
- Supports Moodle social logins (Facebook/Google/Linkedin/Microsoft)
- Supports Bootstrap 4 components
- Supports Moodle Static Pages Plugin
- Supports Moodle Atto plugins (Full screen and Templates)
- Supports Moodle Level Up! Plugin
- Supports Google Material icons (900+ icons)
- Supports FontAwesome v4.7.0 icons (600+ icons)
- Supports intranet
- Compatible Browsers: Latest IE, Latest Chrome, Latest Firefox, Latest Safari
Theme Support
If you would like to report theme bugs and issues, please email us at elearning@3rdwavemedia.com.
FAQ
Theme FAQ
Once installed you can go to the theme settings page to configure the theme: Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Maker
You might find this tutorial useful.
It’s super easy and we’ve got a tutorial for you.
We’ve written some useful tutorials to help you with some basic theme customisations:
You probably need to purge the Moodle cache. If purging the cache doesn’t work please try the steps list in this tutorial.
You need to replace the whole theme folder with the new one to ensure you don’t miss any changes. Also remember to purge the Moodle cache to see all the changes.
No, you won’t. All of your theme configurations are safely stored in your database so you won’t lose anything.
Please email us at elearning@3rdwavemedia.com with your Moodle version/build and theme version so we can investigate and fix the bug/issue for you asap.
Installation
Theme Installation
- Download the theme zip file
- Extract the /maker/ folder and the files.
- Upload the /maker/ folder to your hosting server’s Moodle theme directory:
Your Moodle installation > theme > maker - Log into your Moodle site as an admin, and navigate to the theme selector:
Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme selector - Click “use theme” next to the maker theme to activate
For more detailed instructions, please check out our tutorial here.
Changelog
Changelog
Moodle v3.9 ONLY
2020-06-15: v6.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v3.8 ONLY
2020-04-16: v5.1
- New feature: header dropdown menu
- New feature: frontpage CTA section data box
- Theme improvements and bug fixes
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > layout folder
maker > scss > theme folder
maker > templates folder
maker > lang folder
maker > classes folder
maker > settings folder
maker > version.php
maker > lib.php
2019-11-18: v5.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v3.7 ONLY
2019-11-15: v4.1
- Theme improvements and bug fixes
- Added default course image
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme folder
maker > templates folder
maker > lang folder
maker > classes folder
maker > settings folder
maker > version.php
maker > lib.php
2019-05-20: v4.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v3.6 ONLY
2019-05-15: v3.6
- Theme improvements and bug fixes
- Added frontpage teachers section
- Enabled frontpage side blocks
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme folder
maker > templates folder
maker > lang folder
maker > classes folder
maker > plugins folder
maker > settings folder
maker > version.php
2019-05-03: v3.5
- Theme improvements and bug fixes
- Added support for intranet
- Added more popular Google fonts
- Updated js libs
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme folder
maker > templates folder
maker > lang folder
maker > classes folder
maker > plugins folder
maker > settings folder
maker > version.php
2019-04-24: v3.4
- Theme improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme folder
maker > templates >fp_slideshow.mustache
maker > lang folder
maker > classes folder
maker > lib.php
maker > settings > fpslideshow_settings.php
maker > version.php
2019-03-28: v3.3
- Theme improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme > _moodle.scss
maker > scss > theme > _frontpage.scss
maker > templates >columns2.mustache
maker > templates >fp_promo.mustache
maker > templates >frontpage.mustache
maker > templates >frontpage_guest.mustache
maker > version.php
2019-02-04: v3.2
- Bug fixes and minor improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss > theme > _moodle.scss
maker > version.php
2019-01-08: v3.1
- Bug fixes and minor improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes > output > core > course_renderer.php
maker > scss > theme > _frontpage.scss
maker > templates > core > secure.mustache
maker > version.php
2018-12-05: v3.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v3.5 ONLY
2018-11-12: v2.3
- Updated the theme to work with Moodle’s latest security feature (Moodle 3.5.3+).
- Affected files & folders:
maker > templates > core > loginform.mustache
maker > version.php
2018-08-19: v2.2
- Bug fixes and theme improvements
- Added RTL support
- Added theme language file for Dutch
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes > output > core_renderer.php
maker > lang (folder)
maker > layout > frontpage.php
maker > settings > general_settings.php
maker > scss > theme (folder)
maker > templates > frontpage_guest.mustache
maker > templates > frontpage.mustache
maker > templates > fp_javascript.mustache
maker > version.php
2018-06-27: v2.1
- Bug fixes and theme improvements
- Added new course related settings
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes (folder)
maker > lang (folder)
maker > scss (folder)
maker > settings (folder)
maker > templates (folder)
maker > lib.phpmaker > version.php
2018-05-12: v2.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v3.4 ONLY
2018-11-12: v1.6
- Updated the theme to work with Moodle’s latest security feature (Moodle v3.4.6+).
- Affected files & folders:
maker > templates > core > loginform.mustache
maker > version.php
2018-06-27: v1.5
- Bug fixes and theme improvements
- Added new course related settings
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes (folder)
maker > lang (folder)
maker > scss (folder)
maker > settings (folder)
maker > lib.php
maker > version.php
2018-05-12: v1.4
- Bug fixes and theme improvements
- Added theme support for Moodle’s content filters.
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes (folder)
maker > scss (folder)
maker > version.php
2018-05-10: v1.3.1
- Updated the theme to support Moodle’s GDPR updates
- Theme improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > classes (folder)
maker > scss (folder)
maker > version.php
2018-05-01: v1.3
- Added course header image option
- Added custom course activity icons
- Added theme UX/UI improvements
- Affected files & folders:
maker > config.php
maker > scss (folder)
maker > lib.php
maker > lang (folder)
maker > classes (folder)
maker > templates (folder)
maker > pix_core (folder)
maker > pix_plugins (folder)
maker > settings (folder)
maker > settings.php
maker > version.php
Changelog
2018-04-19: v1.2.2
- Added support for Moodle course formats: Grid, Collapsed Topics and Buttons
- Added support for Moodle Atto Templates plugin
- Added support for Moodle Atto Fullscreen plugin
- Affected files & folders:
maker > scss (folder)
maker > version.php
2018-04-13: v1.2.1
- Added frontpage FAQ section for non-loggedin users
- Affected files & folders:
maker > templates > frontpage_guest.mustache
maker > version.php
2018-04-12: v1.2
- Bug fixes
- Added frontpage FAQ section
- Added support for Moodle’s staticpage plugin
- Affected files & folders:
maker > lang > en > theme_maker.php
maker > classes > output > core_renderer.php
maker > settings > fpfaq_settings.php
maker > templates > fp_faq.mustache
maker > templates > frontpage.mustache
maker > javascript > home.js
maker > scss (folder)
maker > version.php
2018-04-09: v1.1
- Fixed a frontpage slideshow bug
- Improved login page oauth2 styling
- Affected files & folders:
maker > lib.php
maker > classes > output > core_renderer.php
maker > templates > fp_slideshow.php
maker > templates > loginpage.php
maker > templates > core > loginform.php
maker > scss > preset (folder)
maker > version.php
2018-04-03: v1.0
- Initial Release
Credits
Theme Credits
- Moodle Boost Theme (Theme parents)
- Bootstrap v4 (alpha)
- Flexslider
- Owl Carousel 2
- Google Material Icons
- FontAwesome 4.7.0
- Google Fonts
- Demo Images – All images are shown for demonstration purposes only
- User profile images – uifaces.com