Need Help with Advanced Theming and MFE Customizations in Open edX (Tutor-Based Setup)

Hey all,

I’m working on the frontend of my Open edX instance right now and I’ve found that basic theming is just not enough. I would really like some advice on what to do for advanced theming, mainly customizing templates and also going deeper into custom UI components, beyond the provided documentation.

I’m stuck on a few questions:

How do I override default templates in MFEs like the Learning MFE without breaking upgrades down the line?

Is there a clean way to manage the custom SASS/SCSS so it won’t conflict with the base theme?

What are best practices or examples of advanced theming that the community recommend from other real-world settings?

I’ve read about Tutor plugins and I’m going to have a Tutor setup, but I’m not sure where to start with advanced theming to perform deeper visual customizations.

I’d appreciate if anyone had step-by-step examples for how to learn cybersecurity or lessons learned from their experience with theming Open edX instances that they could share.

Thanks!
martinanderson

Hey Martin, do you want to try a demo of the platform? We have a very customised demo platform.