Can't find theme in Admin dashboard

ben-xs · November 29, 2021, 10:37am

Hi there,
I was performing all steps as described in Theming ownCloud :: ownCloud Documentation
I’m stucking at 2. Enable the theme in the ownCloud Admin dashboard., because I can’t find it in Admin dashboard.
The Theme-App is listed in Apps, but nothing more.
What to do?

Regards,
Ben

alfredb · November 29, 2021, 1:22pm

Then is is not loaded. Usually, owncloud.log might know more about the why.

cortho · November 29, 2021, 1:47pm

Hi ben-xs,

you should find your theme in disabled apps (enable it there), then it should show up in enabled apps.

The documentation is wrong. There is no admin dashboard in ownCloud.

FYI: I filed an issue to have this fixed

github.com/owncloud/docs

Dev Docs: enable theme is misleading

opened 01:30PM - 29 Nov 21 UTC

cortho

## WHAT Needs to be Documented? At https://doc.owncloud.com/server/10.8/develop…er_manual/core/theming.html#how-to-create-a-new-theme it reads > 2. Enable the theme in the ownCloud Admin dashboard. In ownCloud there is no admin dashboard. Most probably this should be the disabled apps panel. ## WHERE Does This Need To Be Documented (Link)? https://doc.owncloud.com/server/10.8/developer_manual/core/theming.html#how-to-create-a-new-theme ## WHAT Needs to be Documented? How to properly enable a theme. ## WHY Should This Change Be Made? The current documentation is wrong. In ownCloud there is no admin dashboard. Most probably this should be the disabled apps panel. ## (Optional) What Type Of Content Change Is This? - [ ] New Content Addition - [ ] Old Content Deprecation - [ ] Existing Content Simplification - [x] Bug Fix to Existing Content ## (Optional) Which Manual Does This Relate To? - [ ] Admin Manual - [x] Developer Manual - [ ] User Manual - [ ] Android - [ ] iOS - [ ] Branded Clients - [ ] Desktop Client - [ ] Other

alfredb · November 29, 2021, 2:05pm

But

Any theme is an app.
My theme-abu was enabled and listed out of the box at Settings->Apps.

ben-xs · November 29, 2021, 2:08pm

Hey guys, thx for your fast reply.
My theme-app is already enabled.
For example the background.jpg for the login-page is not displayed.
How does owncloud know to use this theme?

cortho · November 29, 2021, 2:19pm

Correct. but there is no admin dashboard. This is the apps panel The documentation is wrong here.

@ben-xs Did you follow the instructions at How to Change the Login Background Image?
Ist the file readable by your webserver user?

There is an example theme as well, maybe you want to try this out to get deeper insights: https://github.com/owncloud/theme-example/

ben-xs · November 29, 2021, 2:25pm

@cortho I used the example theme (only changed the name). So there should be a new background image. The folder, subfolders and files are owned by the webserver user.
But again the question, how does owncloud know to use the styles.css from my app?

cortho · November 29, 2021, 3:51pm

By enabling the theme (which is a special app) ownCloud knows, when loading the apps, that there is a theme present. There can only be exactly one theme enabled.

When you have got the file core/css/styles.css in your theme this will be loaded after owncloud’s style.css, so there you can override css properties.

Common pitfalls with themes:

Clear the browser cache else outdated contents might be shown
If you have configured a local memcache in config.php make sure it is working. If not sure, comment out the line with 'memcache.local' for testing purposes

ben-xs · November 30, 2021, 7:28am

My browser cache is cleared, this is the first thing I do, after changing something in css.
Local memcache is now disabled, but still nothing to see from the theme.

Once again, my theme is listed as an app and enabled.
The folder of the app is located in apps-external as a subfolder of the ownload root directory.
All folders, subfolders and files are owned by the webserver user.
The info.xml from the app has declared at types <theme/>.

alfredb · November 30, 2021, 8:38am

Strange! Did you also check owncloud.log for related errors? What browser are you using? Did you check browser console?

ben-xs · November 30, 2021, 8:57am

Yes I’ve checked owncloud.log. There I have some errors
“Trusted domain error” and
“Could not resolve OCA\\Activity\\BackgroundJob\\EmailNotification! Class OCA”
“Could not resolve OCA\\Activity\\BackgroundJob\\ExpireActivities! Class OCA”
Nothing with the appid of my theme.

I’m using Firefox, but also Chrome doesn’t show the theme.
Browser Console says for background image
“https://myowncloud.mydomain.com/core/img/background.jpg”

cscherm · November 30, 2021, 1:32pm

Did you changed both, the name of the folder and the name of the app in your-theme/appinfo/info.xml?

Please try to disable the theme, rename the folder to another name and also change the <id> to that folder name. Enable the theme again afterwards.

github.com

owncloud/theme-example/blob/master/appinfo/info.xml#L3

    
      
          <?xml version="1.0"?>
          <info>
          	<id>theme-example</id>
          	<name>Example ownCloud Theme</name>
          	<description>This App provides the example ownCloud theme.</description>
          	<licence>AGPL</licence>
          	<author>Philipp Schaffrath</author>
          	<version>1.0.0</version>
          	<types>
          		<theme/>
          	</types>
          	<dependencies>
          		<owncloud min-version="10.2" max-version="10" />

ben-xs · November 30, 2021, 2:33pm

Yes, the foldername and app-id is the exactly same.
But this is crazy, I’ve renamed the folder and id as sugested and now the theme works. By rename it back, the theme is not working again.
I don’t know why, but with the new name it works. Thank you!

cscherm · December 1, 2021, 10:30am

Good to hear that it is working now. It is very important that you changed both before you enable the app. Maybe there was the mistake.

ben-xs · December 1, 2021, 10:43am

Yeah, very good.
I’m sure I’ve enabled the app after changing foldername and appid.

system · March 1, 2022, 10:44am

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