[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Alright, I've added some 'quieter' options that look a lot less colorful for those that want something a bit more subtle, both for the light and dark themes. Thank you for the feedback!

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Okay that makes sense, will try to create a few more subtle themes, thank you!

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I'd also quite like this.

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I’m sure that could be arranged! Will take a crack at it once I’ve got a bit of time

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I've been meaning to upgrade but GPUs are stupid expensive where I live if you want something decent.

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Cries in GTX 1060

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately you can't; it would need to be implemented by the owner of the instance to make it selectable there, but these themes have been built to work with the default litely theme on any Lemmy instance, all you need is a browser plugin/extension that can inject custom CSS in order to use these themes.

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

That's awesome! You're more than welcome to submit it to the repo as well if you want to, otherwise I'm glad other people are doing Lemmy theming as well - I'm all for expanding user choice.

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submitted 2 years ago by HrBingR@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

So I made a few custom Lemmy themes/CSS tweaks that I think the community would appreciate.

It aims to provide more color options, as well as reduce whitespace and make it easier to follow comment chains. Created it for use with beehaw, but should work with any Lemmy instance.

Just make sure to use the default litely theme in your Lemmy settings before testing these out, they were built with that in mind.

Please let me know if you have any other ideas or improvements, and feel free to submit pull requests!

How to use: Install any custom CSS extension/plugin for your browser, and paste the CSS in there. I personally use Amino for Edge and filter the CSS for the beehaw.org domain, but any custom CSS extension or plugin should work.

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Hey so I setup a repo; swap to the default green litely theme, and then test a few of these out, I think they turned out quite well!

https://github.com/HrBingR/Lemmy_CSS/

Please feel free to submit pull requests if you have other colors or ideas you think would look nice. The more the merrier!

[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Hey so just a heads up, I made a few more changes that I quite like (again, for the red theme, tweak appropriately for the default green theme), so thought I'd just update you.

This changes the main feed quite a bit, adding a bit more of a card-like design to posts, though I have done my best to make sure there isn't too much white-space from this change, I just feel it looks a bit more modern, but again, feel free not to use it :)

It also, and this is my favorite change, changes the title color of any post you've visited, something that I feel is basic but for some reason Lemmy didn't have before. So now any posts you've visited before will be a light-gray color instead. Hope you find some value here.

.container-lg {
    max-width: 1600px;
}
.col-md-8 {
    max-width: 80%;
    flex: 0 0 80%;
}
.col-md-4 {
    max-width: 20%;
    flex: 0 0 20%;
}
.col-sm-2 {
    max-width: 10%;
    flex: 0 0 10%;
}
.col-sm-9 {
    margin-left: 5px;
    max-width: 80%;
    flex: 0 0 80%;
}
.post-listing {
    border: 1px solid rgba(34,34,34,.125);
    /*border-bottom: 0px;*/
    border-color: #c80000;
    border-radius: 5px;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    background-color: #fff;
    transition: all .2s;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 1px #c80000;
}

hr {
    display: none;
}
.border-top {
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(34,34,34,.125)!important;
}
.border-light {
    border-color: #e4e4e5!important;
}
body {
    background-color: #ecf0f1;
}
.navbar {
    background-color: #fff;
}
.card {
    background-color: #fff;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 1px #c80000;
}
.col-12 .card {
    box-shadow: none;
}
.comments {
    padding-left: 10px;
    background-color: #fff;
}
a:visited .d-inline-block {
    color:#d6d7d9!important;
}
.my-2 {
    margin-bottom: 0px!important;
}
[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey there, sure, currently I'm using this. The border between comments on a comment thread doesn't look the best, but it makes it easier for me to track comment levels so I like it, though there are certain properties I'd like to change but can't.

Either way, I'm using an extension called Amino to apply my CSS changes on a domain-level.

This fixes a lot of the whitespace and borders to make differentiating between posts and comments a little easier, while minimizing white space. I think it looks nice.

EDIT: I've made a few more changes in terms of color.

.container-lg {
    max-width: 1600px;
}
.col-md-8 {
    max-width: 80%;
    flex: 0 0 80%;
}
.col-md-4 {
    max-width: 20%;
    flex: 0 0 20%;
}
.col-sm-2 {
    max-width: 10%;
    flex: 0 0 10%;
}
.col-sm-9 {
    margin-left: 5px;
    max-width: 80%;
    flex: 0 0 80%;
}
.post-listing {
    border: 1px solid rgba(34,34,34,.125);
    border-bottom: 0px;
    border-color: #c80000;
    padding-top: 10px;
    background-color: #fff;
}
hr {
    display: none;
}
.border-top {
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(34,34,34,.125)!important;
}
.border-light {
    border-color: #e4e4e5!important;
}
body {
    background-color: #ecf0f1;
}
.navbar {
    background-color: #fff;
}
.card {
    background-color: #fff;
}
.comments {
    padding-left: 5px;
    background-color: #fff;
}
[-] HrBingR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If we could end up with a theme that looks a lot more like https://kbin.social, I'd be so happy. My biggest gripe with Lemmy is all of the white space, and none of the current themes improve that at all. All of the theme options offered by kbin look amazing by comparison, and to my understanding Lemmy theming is done via CSS based on Bootstrap v4, so new theme creation should be straightforward enough.

It's to the point where, when visiting Lemmy instances, I use a custom CSS extension to modify a few properties to make it a bit more palatable to me.

If you guys ever need help creating custom themes to offer to users I'd be happy to contribute.

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