tutor-contrib-branding 16.1.1

Tutor plugin that simplifies branding an Open edX instance

This plugin, inspired in Indigo, allow changing the look and feel of Open edX installations. It can control the appearance of both legacy pages based on HTML (like the course catalog, dashboard, login, register, etc.), as well as MFE components.

Installation

pip install tutor-contrib-branding

Configuration

Customize colors

Most Bootstrap variables can be set using settings. These are the available variables and their defaults:

• BRANDING_PRIMARY: #0000FF

• BRANDING_SECONDARY: #454545

• BRANDING_FONT_FAMILY: <no default>

• BRANDING_BRAND: #9D0054

• BRANDING_SUCCESS: #178253

• BRANDING_INFO: #006DAA

• BRANDING_DANGER: #C32D3A

• BRANDING_WARNING: #FFD900

• BRANDING_LIGHT: #E1DDDB

• BRANDING_DARK: #273F2F

• BRANDING_ACCENT_A: #00BBF9

• BRANDING_ACCENT_B: #FFEE88

• BRANDING_BACKGROUND: #ffffff

• BRANDING_BG_PRIMARY: #ffffff

• BRANDING_BODY: #FFFFFF

• BRANDING_HOMEPAGE_BG_IMAGE: “”

You can add these settings to the config.yml file or using the tutor config --set "<setting>=<value>" command.

These settings affect the Bootstrap’s _variables.scss file in the comprehensive theme and in the MFE branding module.

You can also add CSS overrides using the BRANDING_EXTRAS and the BRANDING_OVERRIDES variables, to impact the comprehensive theme and the MFE branding module respectively.

E.g., this setting will add a CSS block to change the color of h1 texts in all MFE:

BRANDING_OVERRIDES: >-
  h1 {
        color: red;
  }

Managing fonts

Set BRANDING_FONTS_URLS to a list of URLS pointing to a zipped set of font files. Then use the tutor branding download-fonts command to download an unzip the font files to $(tutor config printroot)/env/build/openedx/themes/theme/lms/static/fonts and $(tutor config printroot)/env/plugins/mfe/build/mfe/brand-openedx/fonts if the mfe plugin is enabled.

Tip: copy the download url from the https://fonts.google.com site, for instance https://fonts.google.com/download?family=Roboto%20Flex.

E.g., to add Roboto Flex font, set:

BRANDING_FONTS_URLS:
- https://fonts.google.com/download?family=Roboto%20Flex

Then run

tutor branding download-fonts

To add a specific font definition, use the BRANDING_FONTS setting, e.g.:

BRANDING_FONTS: >-
    @font-face {
        font-family: 'Roboto Flex';
        src: url('RobotoFlex-VF.woff2') format('woff2 supports variations'),
           url('RobotoFlex-VF.woff2') format('woff2-variations');
    }

Learn more about using flex fonts here.

Finally, set the font family using the BRANDING_FONT_FAMILY variable:

BRANDING_FONT_FAMILY: Roboto Flex

Downloading images

CMS and LMS images can be included as long as they can be accessed through a HTTP(S) request. Most important images are:

LMS:

• favicon.ico

• logo.png

CMS:

• studio-logo.png

A banner can also be added to the homepage.

E.g., to add custom logos and banner set the following:

BRANDING_LMS_IMAGES:
- filename: banner.png
  url: https://url/to/banner.png
- filename: favicon.ico
  url: https://url/to/favicon.ico
- filename: logo.png
  url: https://url/to/logo.png
BRANDING_CMS_IMAGES:
- filename: studio-logo.png
  url: https://url/to/studio-logo.png
BRANDING_HOMEPAGE_BG_IMAGE: banner.png

Then run

tutor branding download-images

Custom HTML block in home page

You can add a custom HTML code to be rendered in the home page after the banner and before the list of courses by setting BRANDING_INDEX_ADDITIONAL_HTML.

Customize HTML certificate

By setting BRANDING_CERTIFICATE_HTML you can override the standard certificate with your own HTML code.

Tip: Create a file with the HTML code (e.g., branding_certificate_html.html) and then update the configuration from the file.

tutor config save --set BRANDING_CERTIFICATE_HTML="$(cat branding_certificate_html.html)"

Customizing static pages

You can set your own HTML content to the typical static pages by setting the corresponding variable:

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_404

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_429

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_ABOUT

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_BLOG

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_CONTACT

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_DONATE

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_EMBARGO

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_FAQ

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_HELP

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_HONOR

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_JOBS

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_MEDIA_KIT

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_NEWS

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_PRESS

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_PRIVACY

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_SERVER_DOWN

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_SERVER_ERROR

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_SERVER_OVERLOADED

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_SITEMAP

• BRANDING_STATIC_TEMPLATE_TOS

Use custom MFEs

You can create alternate versions of existing MFEs or new ones. Starting from Palm, Tutor will not accept MFE repo overrides in the configuration file. This plugin brings back that functionality, allowing you to specify the repo, port and version of the MFEs to override in the configuration file without the need to create a plugin just for this.

To override the MFE repo information, set the BRANDING_MFE variable as in this example:

BRANDING_MFE:
  authn:
    port: 2001
    repository: https://github.com/myorg/myfork
    version: mybranch

Customizing MFE header and footer

To use a custom header or footer, clone frontend-component-header and/or frontend-component-footer, push to your custom repository and set the repository URL in the variables:

• BRANDING_FRONTEND_COMPONENT_HEADER_REPO

• BRANDING_FRONTEND_COMPONENT_FOOTER_REPO

Usage

tutor plugins enable branding
tutor branding download-images
tutor branding download-fonts
tutor images build openedx
tutor images build mfe
tutor local settheme theme

In K8s deployments, you will need to push the docker images and restart Tutor.

License

This software is licensed under the terms of the AGPLv3.