Letting users select different themes

[sam (Sam Saffron)]

This is on our tentative roadmap but not slotted for any release yet, the new theme work will have to precede this

Native theme support

At the moment Discourse supports 3 mechanisms for amending the “theme” of a Discourse instance: Plugins Plugins can amend both backend and frontend code. They are the most advanced level of customisation. Advantages: Can change backend or frontend Straightforward to distribute, live on Github Disadvantages: Tricky to install as it requires a container rebuild High risk as it is allowed to amend backend code Hard to isolate to a single site In a multisite environment admin on master site m…