enable Open edX custom theme bitnami

Question

I am trying to customize the default UI of open edX. But I am not getting far enough. I am new to this. I am getting confused reading the docs. In the documentation it is telling me to place my theme in the '/opt/bitnami/edx/var/themes/edx-platform' directory. But there is not any such directory. So should I make my own directory in the default location of my remote server? Again I found a directory that has path like this '/opt/bitnami/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/themes'. So do I put my custom theme here or create my own directory? Also can anyone provide me clear steps which I can follow. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I think Open edX documentation is very clear, relevant, and concise. Of course, we can argue but that's how I feel.

Its not a good idea to make changes in '/opt/bitnami/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/themes'.

Use the comprehensive theming method for custom themeing, you can find more here. First, you need to develop your own theme, theme development guide here.

Thene make these changes to your 'lms.yml' and 'studio.yml' in '/opt/bitnami/edx/etc/'.

 COMPREHENSIVE_THEME_DIRS:
 - /path/to/edx-platform/themes

 ENABLE_COMPREHENSIVE_THEMING: true,
 DEFAULT_SITE_THEME: 'your theme name'

And restart the LMS, CMS service, and compile assets.

You can use open edX native installations also. More info here.