# Customizing themes without an Edit code button

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/329601
**Category:** Administrators
**Tags:** customization
**Created:** [October 6, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/329601 "2024-10-06T23:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/329601/1 "2024-10-06T23:23:48Z")

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Sometimes, you may want to customize a Discourse theme but find that there’s no “Custom code” section with an “Edit code” button available. This often happens with remote themes (themes installed from an external source) and the preinstalled themes (Horizon & Foundation).

You can find the full guide here: [Customizing themes without an Edit code button - Documentation - Disco-Docs](https://disco-docs.com/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/349)

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### Author: ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-themes-without-an-edit-code-button/329601/2 "2026-02-25T10:48:12Z")

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Thanks for this! Where can I find documentation on how to add e.g. footer content only to certain types of pages or categories?

Or for example append something to the end of a topic when it’s a “published page”?