# Can themes include logos?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301 "2017-06-28T21:30:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/1 "2017-06-28T21:30:35Z")

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I’m working on theming a new site. I was thinking that I could include logos (e.g., `logo url`, `logo small url` and so on) as part of the theme and then link to those in SystemSettings, but that seems to be wrong.

Am I missing something? Do we still have to upload all of the images into Assets for Site design? If so, that means that it’s not yet possible to completely separate theming from posts. What I’d like to do is be able to get all of the theme stuff straight on one site and then install that on another instance where the data has been imported.

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/2 "2017-06-28T21:33:48Z")

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It’s a bit hacky, but you can ‘override’ the logo using CSS:

> [@Allow users to select new color palettes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-select-dark-light-theme/60857/7):
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> This is actually pretty simple: play_button old method

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### Author: ![gingerbeardman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gingerbeardman/32/540824_2.png) [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/3 "2017-12-07T11:40:45Z")

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Just encountered this need.

This should be easier.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/4 "2020-02-09T22:14:37Z")

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/5 "2020-02-09T22:20:23Z")

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~~Almost 3 years later, we have a much better solution 😃 [https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-logos-for-dark-light-themes/88502](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-logos-for-dark-light-themes/88502) .~~

Edit: another few years later, superseded by [Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593)

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301/6 "2020-02-09T22:20:26Z")

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