diff --git a/element/border/lang/en/customcertelement_border.php b/element/border/lang/en/customcertelement_border.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Strings for component 'customcertelement_border', language 'en'.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_border
+ * @copyright  2013 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+$string['pluginname'] = 'Border';
+$string['invalidwidth'] = 'The width has to be a valid number greater than 0.';
+$string['width'] = 'Width';
+$string['width_help'] = 'Width of the border.';
diff --git a/element/border/lib.php b/element/border/lib.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die('Direct access to this script is forbidden.');
+
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/mod/customcert/element/element.class.php');
+
+/**
+ * The customcert element border's core interaction API.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_border
+ * @copyright  2013 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class customcert_element_border extends customcert_element_base {
+
+    /**
+     * This function renders the form elements when adding a customcert element.
+     *
+     * @param mod_customcert_edit_element_form $mform the edit_form instance
+     */
+    public function render_form_elements($mform) {
+        // We want to define the width of the border.
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'width', get_string('width', 'customcertelement_border'), array('size' => 10));
+        $mform->setType('width', PARAM_INT);
+        $mform->addHelpButton('width', 'width', 'customcertelement_border');
+
+        // The only other thing to define is the colour we want the border to be.
+        parent::render_form_element_colour($mform);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles rendering the element on the pdf.
+     *
+     * @param pdf $pdf the pdf object
+     * @param bool $preview true if it is a preview, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function render($pdf, $preview) {
+        $colour = TCPDF_COLORS::convertHTMLColorToDec($this->element->colour, $colour);
+        $pdf->SetLineStyle(array('width' => $this->element->data, 'color' => $colour));
+        $pdf->Line(0, 0, $pdf->getPageWidth(), 0);
+        $pdf->Line($pdf->getPageWidth(), 0, $pdf->getPageWidth(), $pdf->getPageHeight());
+        $pdf->Line(0, $pdf->getPageHeight(), $pdf->getPageWidth(), $pdf->getPageHeight());
+        $pdf->Line(0, 0, 0, $pdf->getPageHeight());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs validation on the element values.
+     *
+     * @param array $data the submitted data
+     * @param array $files the submitted files
+     * @return array the validation errors
+     */
+    public function validate_form_elements($data, $files) {
+        // Array to return the errors.
+        $errors = array();
+
+        // Check if width is not set, or not numeric or less than 0.
+        if ((!isset($data['width'])) || (!is_numeric($data['width'])) || ($data['width'] <= 0)) {
+            $errors['width'] = get_string('invalidwidth', 'customcertelement_border');
+        }
+
+        // Validate the colour.
+        $errors += $this->validate_form_element_colour($data);
+
+        return $errors;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the data on the form when editing an element.
+     *
+     * @param mod_customcert_edit_element_form $mform the edit_form instance
+     */
+    public function definition_after_data($mform) {
+        $this->element->width = $this->element->data;
+        parent::definition_after_data($mform);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This will handle how form data will be saved into the data column in the
+     * customcert_elements table.
+     *
+     * @param stdClass $data the form data
+     * @return string the json encoded array
+     */
+    public function save_unique_data($data) {
+        return $data->width;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/element/border/version.php b/element/border/version.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * This file contains the version information for the border plugin.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_border
+ * @copyright  2013 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die('Direct access to this script is forbidden.');
+
+$plugin->version   = 2013072301;
+$plugin->requires  = 2013040500; // Requires this Moodle version.
+$plugin->component = 'customcertelement_border';