Theming is one of the more complex functions within Evolve and as such we recommend booking in a webinar for more information. However see below for the main steps in creating article styles and check out our YouTube channel for videos.
You can set up to 10 article styles in a theme. Setting article styles allows you to have more flexibility with the theme of your course. Certain article styles can be used for certain content, providing learners with signposts and creating consistency.
Before you set up individual article styles you should first create your global article style;
This will include settings for;
Article
Article locking
Block
Button
Attempts Counter
Caption
Component
Component Item
Label
Link
Marking
Once your global style is set, you can start creating your individual article styles.
Navigate to Appearance in the course youāre updating the theme in
Click the Element drop down to select the next element in the article style to edit - N.B. each element is updated in the same way as the global settings
A couple of helpful hints;
In the General tab of Appearance, turn on Show Article Style Labels in Preview so you can easily see which article style youāre using in the Live Preview.
When youāre editing an article style notice thereās an Apply Element Styles button - use this to copy over styles from certain elements from another article style youāve created.
When you want to update an element double check; is the element you want to change in an article style or in the global settings?
Hi there,
Iām trying to style a flowchart component. Specifically, the background colours, and border. The component does not seem to respond to changes iām making to the component item in the theme.
Am i missing something? Any help would save me some heartburn!
Ben
Hello @benwebber In the case of the flipchart component - you do this via Appearance > your theme > List.
This is where the flowchart takes styling from - each item in the flowchart is considered to be a ālist itemā.
Hi there - Iāve managed to create an Article Styleā¦ woo hoo!!!
Question: How can I duplicate it and tweak it for a similar styling I need? Or do I have to start again for Article Styling? (hoping not).
Go to Appearance > Article Styles and select one of your as yet unused article styles. Name it and save.
In he top right hand corner you should see a button that says Apply Element Styles. Click this and then select the style you want to duplicate and click Apply. That should copy all the settings across.
Some components that have āitemsā rather than a straight forward one-off piece of content, often have an āAppearanceā tab in their settings - and thatās where you will find flipcard colour and alignment for text.
Hi there, Iām curious: Is it possible to add more article styles? At the moment I am able to configure 20 article styles, which is pretty much, but maybe I want to use more than 20 for a course.
Hi @Sam_Cook_Evolve_QA and thanks for the answer. It would be good, if this would be possible sometime. As far as i can tell, the number of articles must have been increased in the past, because the first post of appitierre shows an old screenshot with just ten articles - now i can see twenty of it.
