When you're finished developing your theme files, you'll zip them up and upload them
to your instance via the Admin Console.
CAUTION:
Jive Software strongly recommends using the
out-of-the-box Theming Tool
whenever possible due to upgrade risks when using Soy or Freemarker themes. Alternatively, you
can engage Jive Software's professional service team to help you develop a custom theme if you
don't want to do it yourself. Just ask your Jive Software account representative about this
service.
Fastpath:
- Compress your custom theme files into a ZIP file.
- In the Admin Console, go to and click Create New Theme.
- Enter a name and description for this theme, and then click Create Theme.
- Then Browse, select, and Upload
your theme as a ZIP file. Remember that new themes are applied immediately, so
we strongly recommend testing them thoroughly on a test instance before
deploying them on your production instance.
Don't forget that if you upgrade your site, you'll need to
upgrade your themes, too.