Uploading your custom theme

When you're finished developing your theme files, you should zip them up and upload them to your instance via the Admin Console.

CAUTION:
We strongly recommend that you use the out-of-the-box Theming Tool whenever possible due to upgrade risks when using Soy or FreeMarker themes. Alternatively, you can engage our professional service team to help you develop a custom theme if you don't want to do it yourself. Ask your Jive Software account representative about this service. For more information about the Theming Tool, see Theming community.
Fastpath: Admin Console: System > Settings > Themes
  1. Compress your custom theme files into a ZIP file.
  2. In the Admin Console, go to System > Settings > Themes and click Create New Theme.
  3. Enter a name and description for this theme, and then click Create Theme.
  4. Upload your theme as a ZIP file.
    Note: New themes are applied immediately, so we strongly recommend testing them thoroughly on a test instance before deploying them on your production instance.
Attention: if you upgrade your site, you need to upgrade your themes as well. For more information, see Upgrading custom themes and templates