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.…

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

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!! [image]

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

That’s how I see your site looks using dark mode: [Screenshot_20241024_133641_Firefox]

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. [image] If i click ‘copy to clipboard’, and i paste it in a notepad. Th…

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

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

What do you see at https://pu.discourse.group/my/preferences/interface ? Are you able to choose color schemes there? [Screenshot_20241024_134454_Firefox]

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

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

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) October 24, 2024, 11:20am 2

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

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