Hi there, when using additional installed themes with Discourse it is possible to install multiple copies of the same theme (i.e. https://github.com/discourse/discourse-air) with different names, and then configure different theme components for each copy of the theme to offer different user-selecta…

I think I figured it out. So when creating a new named Theme with this dialogue the base theme will be the Discourse “Default” one? [Screenshot from 2025-04-01 08-05-07]

Yes that works. For example on one of my sites I have a couple of themes and two installs of the Topic List Previews Theme Component which have different names and settings and are associated with a different Theme.

Hi Robert, thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn’t explain myself, I’m talking about multiple copies of the same full Theme such as the ones found in Theme - Discourse Meta , not Theme Components. It is possible to install multiple instances of the same add-on Theme, but since the Discourse “Default” Th…

My example includes two Themes.

Hi again, I’m referring to the Install button at /admin/customize/themes. It does not appear possible to install another instance of the Discourse “Default” theme while also maintaining its update dependence on upstream.

I think you are slightly over thinking this? The default theme is just an empty shell of a Theme repo with two files, one in a folder :slight_smile: Export it, inspect it? And a Theme is not much more than a Theme Component with “false” in the component parameter … You can definitely “install” m…

It is very simple as Robert said For example if I want to install “Ghost Theme” twice I simply edit the name of one Ie Ghost2 Theme

Wie man mehrere Kopien des Default-Themas hat

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rahim123 1. April 2025 um 13:07 7

Ich glaube, ich habe es herausgefunden. Wenn ich also ein neues benanntes Theme mit diesem Dialogfeld erstelle, ist das Basistheme das “Standard”-Theme von Discourse?

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Whats the default theme? Support	2	671	1. September 2023
Update / re-download the default theme and color palette Support	7	658	6. April 2023
Default theme on existing install Support	11	218	3. Dezember 2024
Native theme support Feature rfc	25	16100	12. April 2017

Wie man mehrere Kopien des Default-Themas hat

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