How to change the background color from the default white to black

[Muccku]

This is something i have researched for awhile, but still no luck.

I went to appearance > color schemes > dark. That’s what i want, with dark background and grey text. However, i don’t find a button to click to make it apply to the site.

I browsed on this forum and it requires css coding change. yet, going through the admin account, i cannot find the place to edit code.

May someone please point me the right direction? It could be a few minutes from your typing but it has been 1 hour of research for me already. Thank you so much!

I want to achieve something like this, as per picture below

[NateDhaliwal]

You could either select a theme that is dark, or go to Admin > Customize and change the CSS manually.

[Moin]

You need to select the color scheme to your theme
Go to admin → themes and change the color palette

[Muccku]

Oh that’s why…because i am still using a trial version (for 20 days), so that’s why the admin > theme part is not working. No wonder why i looked into every tabs and has no result. Thanks for the quick reply!!

[Moin]

That’s surprising. Since Discourse didn’t hide the color scheme section, maybe there is a different way to add it
What happens if you change the default dark mode color scheme id site setting?

[Moin]

That’s how I see your site looks using dark mode:

[Muccku]

Hello Moin,

This is what i have. It doesn’t have a button for me to apply the color scheme. It gives me css code, but i don’t know where can i apply the css code. I cannot find ‘customize’ as what NateDhaliwal suggested.

If i click ‘copy to clipboard’, and i paste it in a notepad. This is what i see.

[Muccku]

Woo! That’s what i want (i will change the logo later), but my homepage is stil shown as white background.

[Moin]

Did you enable dark mode in your browser or device’s settings?
Blackout: How to Enable Dark Mode on Your Browser

[Moin]

What do you see at psychic university - body and mind? Are you able to choose color schemes there?

[Muccku]

Just checked. I don’t think i have enable dark mode. The color is default blue

[Moin]

You can also select dark mode in your browser

[Muccku]

I actally don’t see something similar to your picture.

I don’t have the option to choose ‘regular’ or ‘dark mode’. Which tab are you in?

[Moin]

@Muccku

Which tab are you in

https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/interface

But I don’t know the conditions which show or hide the color scheme section in the preferences. So it’s possible that it is hidden on your site.

[Muccku]

OHHHH, thanks so much for sending me that link, so i know where i need to change. i get it now. It’s in another heading…before going into admin

So you go to the hamburger button (the 3 lines icon), choose preference

Choose Preferences at first row, and Inferface at second row. Color schemes is the first item for changes.

[Firepup650 (Firepup Sixfifty)]

For windows, dark mode should be under the “Colors” section of the “Personalization” menu.

[Muccku]

Thank you! I don’t think i am in dark mode

[Muccku]

Hello Moin, after i logged out and use a visitor account to access the forum, it is in white background. So i believe what the change in preference is only for my ‘account’, not the forum setting.

Nevertheless, we have tried and I guess i have to upgrade to standard mode in order to change background color (i assume).

Thank you for your time once again.

[Moin]

Yes. Your preferences are just for you. The default color scheme is usually based on the theme. So I don’t know whether that is possible with your current hosting plan. I don’t know much about the details of different hosting plans. In general, as a hosted customer, you can also contact the Discourse team instead of asking the community for support. They know a lot more about their hosting than random members of this forum.