Today I was just thinking about how PieFed (and the fediverse in general) reminds me of an earlier internet that I used to like, where "social media" was just phpBB forums running on old computers in peoples' basements. And I thought, "I just wish PieFed looked a little different to reflect that. Too bad there aren't any themes for it."

SHIIIIIIIIT, I had just never looked in the settings menu before. I'm using Irix 1998 now and freaking love it.

WAIT WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING THAT DHSJFM

And in the spirit of the earlier internet, you can add your own CSS to customize the theme. There are some snippets at !piefed_css@piefed.social.

I've just changed the basic colors on mine, but possibilities are endless.

Here are screenshots of the themes - https://join.piefed.social/screenshots/

Here is how to make a new theme - https://join.piefed.social/2024/02/07/changing-piefeds-appearance-with-themes/

If that is too hardcore, check out the css snippets that squirrel linked to.

Themes are great indeed!

Yep, this! I kept getting warnings about languages because I post in a few different ones - one well-researched rule and they're gone.

tbf, phpBB and similar BB software also has themes. But PieFed's are certainly nicer.

screenshots

Might be slightly outdated?
HPT Mint (alt) isn't even on that. It's what I use.

Absolutely love the themes included in Piefed!

Is there a MySpace theme with twinkling stars and Britney Spears' Hit Me Baby unconsensually playing at max volume?

Not yet, but maybe someday! With communities being able to set what their top 8 communities are, and a default song that plays for each community, and custom cursors, and... OK maybe I'm actually liking this idea.