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

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? Blackout: How to Enable Dark Mode on Your Browser

What do you see at psychic university - body and mind ? 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]

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Moin October 24, 2024, 11:20am 3

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

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