I’m not familiar with Discourse admin and I’m learning on the job. There are things that I’d like to do, such as create christmas banners. How can I do this in a non-intrusive way? I don’t want all the users to see the mistaken attempts that I make as I iterate through the code. I’d like some way t…

[image] fyodorovich: I don’t want all the users to see the mistaken attempts that I make as I iterate through the code. I’d like some way to be able to experiment privately until I’m satisfied and then push the code live. In addition to what Hawk shared, you have the theme preview which is de…

Here are some resources which might help you navigate the process. Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI Installing a theme or theme component

Thanks for the feedback and links. I’m glad that there are some safe sandboxes for me to play in.

How do I test drive UI changes?

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osioke (Osioke Itseuwa) November 11, 2021, 10:46am 3

In addition to what Hawk shared, you have the theme preview which is detailed in the first post Hawk shared:

Topic		Replies	Views
Total newbie struggling to preview the signup modal with my test theme, what am I missing? Support	4	164	November 27, 2025
Theme Creator, create and show themes without installing Discourse! Announcements theme-creator	5	25040	January 22, 2024
Native theme support Feature rfc	24	16223	April 12, 2017
How to create a theme (if I am a pure end user) Support	5	1401	August 18, 2021
Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes Site Management reference , customization	12	84708	July 9, 2026

How do I test drive UI changes?

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