Developer Area/Development Tutorials

Here are various tutorials to help new contributors developing plugins for Mahara.

This is for people who want to understand how Mahara works, or want to develop new code or plugins for Mahara. If you want to customise your Mahara - e.g. change the language/theme, or simply install plugins, check out the Customising section.

artefact plugins

• Creating basic artefact plugin - article, which explains how to write the most basic artefact plugin

auth plugins

• Creating basic auth plugin - article, which explains how to write the most basic auth plugin

blocktype plugins

• Creating basic blocktype plugin - article, which explains how to write the most basic blocktype plugin
• Creating regular blocktype plugin - article, which explains how to write a regular blocktype plugin

static pages

• Creating a local "static pages" page - article, which explains how to add a "static page" page that you can edit via the admin interface