2009-11-25 17:08:59
Hello. I have 1.6.2 installed (haven't gotten around to 1.6.3 yet!) and I was wondering how to change the font style/size on tests.
I've looked into the css files on the theme I'm using but I can't see where a change should be made.
Thanks!
2009-11-25 17:36:35
You can author your questions with HTML, so you could change fonts that way, perhaps using the editor function. There isn't a font picker for test if that's what you mean.
2009-11-29 23:58:50
Ok. I was thinking that maybe there was a .css file that could be edited?
Or is there someplace else that tells the size, type, etc. of font to be displayed?
Thanks.
2009-11-30 03:43:16
In the defauls theme tests use ATutor-wide font settings, so those can't be altered in the CSS without affecting font settings everywhere else.
The font sizes can be customized either in the questions/choices themselves, as Greg suggests, or by altering the HTML+CSS of the theme you use.
2010-02-03 15:26:21
How can I implement my own font styles so that I can make them available to me in the Atutor when I am styling my course page content?:(
2010-02-03 15:37:31
You can change system-wide settings by modifying CSS files in the theme you use. Look at folder themes/<name_of_your_theme>/*.css
For styling page content separately, you can put CSS in the Customized Head field when editing those pages.
2010-02-03 15:56:26
thx for your response. However, I'd like for each of the new pages site wide to access that 1 style sheet in the style drop down available for each new page created. I have TOO many pages to put individual css in each head tag. Can this be done or it is not available in Atutor?
2010-02-03 16:14:15
Surely you can do that. Just upload the CSS file(s) via File Manager and then put something like
[b]<link rel="stylesheet" href="path_to_your_stylesheet.css" type="text/css" />[/b]
as a custom head. I think it's an acceptable overhead.
2010-02-03 16:36:06
Thats great to know.... so where exactly do I put my own custom css style sheet within the Atutor application to make it available when I am designing each page of my course content going forward?
2010-02-03 16:42:12
You'll need to upload the CSS file info Manage -> File Manager.
Then, when editing each page (Manage -> content), you'll have to put the HTML tag I gave above into the Custom Head field.
Of course, you'll need to replace path_to_yor_stylesheet with the actual path, relative to the File Manager root.
That is, if you create a folder called "Styles" in the File Manager and put a file called "Content_Pages.css" there, you'll have to replace that "path_to_yor_stylesheet.css" with "Styles/Content_Pages.css".
2010-02-03 17:33:50
Great! So let me be clear... before building a course I upload my custom CSS file via FTP to my "File Manager" folder inside my "/Styles" folder Atutor. Would students access the CSS in my Files in my file manager Then I begin building out my pages.
Now If I misunderstood you please educated me step by step as to what i should do to make this work for me.
thx kindly
2010-02-04 02:25:10
You don't use FTP for that: it's all done via the web interface with the tools I've described in the previous post ("File Manager" and "Content" items on the "Manage" tab).
I think you should familiarize yourself with ATutor before doing that.
Please have a look at the ATutor Handbook, http://help.atutor.ca/instructor/
And specifically at these two pages:
http://help.atutor.ca/instructor/file_manager.php
http://help.atutor.ca/instructor/content_edit.php
2010-02-04 17:29:49
I have read the documentation and I created a course with pages. I not sure what I am doing wrong. 1 - I went to "Manage Tab" 2- Clicked on "File manager" 3- I went to Created Folder then named it "Styles" 4- choose File Button... browses my computer for my css file 5- In the Path to Current Directory: Home, I then checked the box next to "Styles" that created 6- click the upload button
I verified that my " my_stylesheet.css '' is in my styles folder i created.
When I switch to " HTML" I am unable to access my css styles to be in my " I even refreshed my page. No success. Styles" drop down menu. Format, Font family, Font size work fine... Styles do not work
In my "Customized Head" area I have the following below.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/Styles/my_stylesheet.css" type="text/css" />
At this point I am not sure what to do next. I know I am doing something wrong why I am UNABLE to access the styles I've created. What next???????
2010-02-05 03:24:15
At a first glance, looks like you're doing everything right. Not sure why it doesn't show up.
Maybe the reason is in the CSS itself? Does your HTML code for the page correctly refer to the styles specified in the CSS?
Also, try turning off the visual editor.
You can also try to do the same thing in the demo installation, http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/demo.php
I'd look what's happening there when time permits.