Hi! I have fair, though a bit outdated, CSS knowledge, but I’m in no way a designer. To create a simple theme with only CSS overrides, what should the starting point(s) be? I’m not talking about tools (discourse_theme and stuff like that), just purely from a design perspective. A good example of …

[image] Canapin: I thought of starting from the /styleguide page since it’s probably its purpose, but it’s easy to notice that the problem is often quite the same. Yeah, starting from the styleguide isn’t the most helpful approach here. Looks like the main change is adding panels in front of …

I didn’t have a thorough look at canvas because I wanted to know first if it would use or be compatible with the foundation redesign :slight_smile: But I’ll have a look, thanks!

Best practice to create a simple theme?

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stephtara (Stephanie Booth) February 28, 2026, 7:35am 2

I haven’t yet had a go at trying to do what you’re trying to do, but I highly suspect that when I do (it’s in the plans) I will have the same problems as you… so watching.

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Best practice to create a simple theme?

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