Add temporary Threads logo to current Font Awesome version

[Roi]

Is it possible to add Threads to the Font Awesome version currently used in Discourse like it was done with X (Twitter replacement) last year?

Updating Twitter icon to X logo

[professor farnsworth futurama GIF] We’ve temporarily added the X logo as an available icon in core Discourse to allow everyone to make the branding switch on their own. Upgrading the entirety of Font Awesome in Discourse is a very large project, so this is meant to allow a workaround in the mean time. If you’re looking to make the change, you can follow these steps: Add temporary-twitter-x to your svg icon subset site setting Create a new theme component and add the following code to th…

[Roi]

Are there any plans to add such an icon?

[JammyDodger]

I’m afraid there aren’t any plans to add Threads as a temporary logo, and we’re currently still waiting on the upgrade to FontAwesome 6 for this to be available.

@Roi

As soon as a Threads logo is available I will add Threads support, too.

Would this be any help in the meantime?

Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme

You can replace a Discourse’s default SVG icons individually or as a whole with your own custom SVG and override them within a theme or theme component. Step 1 - Create an SVG Spritesheet To get started, you must create an SVG Spritesheet. This can contain anything from a single additional custom SVG icon up to an entire replacement set of hundreds. The spritesheet should be saved as an SVG file. In principle, you are nesting the <svg> tag contents from the original SVG icon file into <symbol>…

[Roi]

@JammyDodger

Would this be any help in the meantime?

In theory, yes. But it looks complicated - just for having a link to our Threads account or having the Threads accounts of our users (nobody entered one in his/her user profile, yet) in the Clickable Social Icon Links on Profile theme component.

But thank you for bringing this up. I was not aware of this. And for sure it is something for “real own” icons which will never be part of FontAwesome.

@JammyDodger

and we’re currently still waiting on the upgrade to FontAwesome 6 for this to be available.

For my use case and the Threads icon I will wait for FontAwesome 6 integration.

Is there any rough time schedule/plan for that?

[JammyDodger]

@Roi

Is there any rough time schedule/plan for that?

As yet, no firm timeline. Though it has been on the books as a potential for some time. I’ve given it a nudge to see if there’s any expected movement.

[JammyDodger]

I think I may have a small slice of good news…

No update on FontAwesome 6 yet, but the Threads icons have now been added:

fab-threads

fab-threads-square

UX: update twitter icon for X, add threads & mastodon icons

[Roi]

@JammyDodger

I think I may have a small slice of good news…

So great, thank you a lot for that!

You can already see it live here in my forum (header menu and footer menu). And I also created a PR for Social Links Clickable theme component just now:

Threads, X/Twitter logo, ordering