# Installed theme not showing on site
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097 "2019-02-01T07:55:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/1 "2019-02-01T07:55:21Z")
i installed 3 themes (Category Icons,
Header Links Theme Component and
Users Top Nav) but didnt showed up on my site but only the Header Links Theme Component showed only on the preview. Any help please?
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/2 "2019-02-01T08:16:26Z")
The Users Top Nav theme component is currently broken and needs an update. That’s why it’s in the #customization:theme:broken-theme category.
It may be the cause of the issue you’re seeing. Can you try removing it and checking again?
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/3 "2019-02-01T08:41:42Z")
ok what about the other 2 themes ? why not showing on my site? are they broken also?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/4 "2019-02-01T09:11:51Z")
They aren’t themes, they’re theme components.
Once you install them you select a theme and use the drop-down at the bottom of said theme to add/enable them.
Are they enabled? Are you testing the theme you enabled them in?
Which discourse version is it?
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/5 "2019-02-01T13:11:20Z")
version 2.1.8 and yes i enabledit
  i believe i did everything right yet not showing on my site
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/6 "2019-02-01T15:43:15Z")
Did you configure the category icons component? That component doesn’t do anything unless you enter some details in the settings. Feel free to post a screenshot.
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/7 "2019-02-01T17:14:38Z")
yes i did but not working. None of the theme component worked for me. Don’t know why though ☹ what im i doing wrong? see screenshot
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/8 "2019-02-01T17:26:28Z")
Did You add them to your primary theme as a component?
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/9 "2019-02-01T17:41:07Z")
yes i did not still working
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/10 "2019-02-01T17:44:23Z")
Once You’ve enabled them, you have to refresh your browser for the changes to take effect. If it still doesn’t work for You, You’d need to provide what version of discourse you’re running.
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/11 "2019-02-01T17:48:23Z")
i refreshed many times yet nothing worked. im using version 2.1.8
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/12 "2019-02-01T17:54:02Z")
It’s a bit difficult to debug the issue without being able to look at your site and check for errors.
If your site is public, please post the url as that would make it easier to find where the problem is.
(you can PM the link to me if it’s not public)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/14 "2019-02-02T01:31:04Z")
This is because your site is out of date @dave_odiakaose – update to latest
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### Author:  [@dave\_odiakaose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dave_odiakaose)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/15 "2019-02-02T18:53:40Z")
thanks for the assistance:)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-theme-not-showing-on-site/108097/16 "2019-03-04T18:54:54Z")
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