2.4.2 Managing Existing Themes

All available themes on an ATutor system are listed in the Administrator's Themes section.

Preview

Use the Preview button to test the theme to make sure it doesn't break. If a previewed theme breaks, simply log-out and login again to restore the default theme. The Preview button can also be used to preview disabled themes. This feature is available in ATutor 1.5.1+.

Enable/Disable

Enabled themes are available to users in their Preferences section. Themes can be disabled which something you might want to do while a theme is being modified. If a student's preferred theme is disabled, the system default theme will be used in its place.

Set as Default

If a theme is set as the Default Theme, it will display for students who have not selected a prefered theme, and it will be displayed on public pages, such as the Login screen or Registration screen.

Export

Any theme can be exported from an ATutor installation to share with others. It can also be imported back into an ATutor installation as a copy, available to be modified for creating a new theme.

Delete

A theme is removed from the system if the Delete button is used.

Category Themes

If there are Course Categories defined and the System Preferences Theme Specific Categories has been enabled, themes can be assigned to categories so all courses under a particular category are displayed with the same look and feel. When defining Course Categories while the Category Themes system preference is enabled, a list of themes will be available to select from and assign to each category.

Note that when Category Themes has been enabled, users will no longer be able to select themes from their personal preference settings.