Preview image for own themes

[Roi]

Hi all,

first of all, I would like to point out that my question is about a totally unimportant thing, but I wanted to ask it anyway :

Where/how do I set a preview image for own themes. It looks a bit naked in the admin area without a proper preview image:

My inner Adrian Monk makes himself known here every time. And I know everyone has an inner Adrian Monk, and some are like mine. So it might matter at least a little bit to other people as well.

Please forgive me if this was already answered here on Meta. But I did not find anything suitable through the search.

[Moin]

I remember this guide, but I don’t know if that’s what you are looking for:

Adding preview screenshots to Discourse themes

This guide explains how to add preview screenshots to your Discourse theme to showcase how it looks in both light and dark modes. Required user: Theme developers Adding preview screenshots to your Discourse theme helps users quickly understand how your theme looks before they install it. This guide will walk you through adding light and dark mode screenshots to your theme. Creating the screenshots folder To add preview screenshots to your theme: Create a…

[Roi]

Thank you, but not really. Or I do not understand - which is always a possibility.

I created the theme in the screenshot of the standard theme from my self-hosted Discourse instance. So I did not download or upload it anywhere. Also I do not see a theme directory in the shared file paths outside the Docker container.

So I am still a little lost here…

[NateDhaliwal]

I believe the screenshots are only for themes you create yourself from Github, like developing it yourself. Hence it’s in Documentation > Developer Guides.