Hi! I recently upgraded our site to “Discourse v2026.5.0-latest — Commits · discourse/discourse · GitHub — Ember v6.10.1”. It has lots of cool improvements. However, I noticed that it has also started showing the blue dots splash screen on page load: [image] I can’t find the setting to disable th…

Yes, we recently removed the setting to disable this splash screen. The setting was originally added when the feature was experimental, but it’s been stable for years now. Disabling the splash screen actually can result in a worse core web vitals score (a factor in Google rankings), so it was a bit…

[圖片] GaurangBlaze: However, I noticed that it has also started showing the blue dots splash screen on page load: Wow. This was added in 2022, nearly 4 years ago now. You should really be better about updating your site, generally healthy sites are updated every 2-3 weeks… [圖片] …

Hi @darkpixlz I update my forum every four weeks :slightly_smiling_face: It’s a little unexpected. Maybe I’m just noticing the Discourse Splash now or it is showing for longer in recent days.

I would still like to hide the dots, because they make the site look slower even if nothing’s changed. I’m wondering if editing the theme CSS is the right way to achieve this. I’m not sure if the theme CSS will be applied at that early loading stage.

[圖片] GaurangBlaze: splash_screen_image This setting is to replace the blue dots with a cistom loading animations. You could tecnically replace it with something empty, but it might then not provide any indication that the page is loading to your users.

[圖片] darkpixlz: generally healthy sites are updated every 2-3 weeks… [Man Presses Citation Needed Button] [圖片] awesomerobot: Here’s a zip containing a transparent animated SVG, if it’s helpful blank-animated.svg.zip (1 KB) Oh good idea!

I’d say generally healthy sites are updated when the dashboard emoji becomes red :face_with_tongue:

[圖片] awesomerobot: we recently removed the setting to disable this splash screen Thanks for confirming! I’m glad I wasn’t misremembering this :smiley: As per your suggestion, I will monitor our site’s core web vitals score over the coming weeks to understand the impact of the loading indicato…

如何在 Discourse 实例中禁用“preloader-image”？

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) 2026年五月8日 18:54 8

我觉得通常健康的站点会在仪表板上的表情符号变红时进行更新：

話題		回覆	觀看
Personal branding for the splash screen Feature completed , splash	9	886	2026年二月4日
Introducing Discourse Splash - A visual preloader displayed while site assets load Announcements new-feature , splash	30	7029	2023年十月9日
Change loading animation Support splash	2	327	2026年二月4日
Loading plugin for Discourse Support	3	475	2022年六月26日
How to customize the loading splash screen? Support splash	4	1699	2024年八月29日

如何在 Discourse 实例中禁用“preloader-image”？

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