{"id":874,"date":"2020-01-30T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/?p=874"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T23:37:51","slug":"theme-button-issue-spo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/karin\/theme-button-issue-spo\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme button not working in Change the Look after adding a custom theme to SharePoint Online? Try this."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently ran into an issue where I found the <strong>Theme<\/strong> button not working in <strong>Change the Look<\/strong> after <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/declarative-customization\/site-theming\/sharepoint-site-theming-powershell\">adding a custom theme to SharePoint Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I opened <strong>Settings<\/strong> in the <strong>Office 365 Suite Bar<\/strong>, clicked the <strong>Change the Look<\/strong>, and then clicked on <strong>Theme<\/strong>, nothing happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to change the theme in a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/what-is-a-sharepoint-team-site-75545757-36c3-46a7-beed-0aaa74f0401e\">Team Site<\/a>, but not in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/what-is-a-sharepoint-communication-site-94a33429-e580-45c3-a090-5512a8070732\">Communication Site<\/a> I was working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to fix the Theme button not working in Change the Look <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I used the <strong>Set-SPOWebTheme<\/strong> PowerShell cmdlet to apply my custom theme directly to the site where the <strong>Theme<\/strong> button was not working in <strong>Change the Look<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to click through <strong>Change the Look<\/strong> and <strong>Theme<\/strong> after I had applied my custom theme directly to that communication site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You&#8217;ll Need<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powershell\/sharepoint\/sharepoint-online\/connect-sharepoint-online?view=sharepoint-ps\">SharePoint Online Management Shell<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An account with <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office365\/admin\/add-users\/about-admin-roles?view=o365-worldwide#roles-available-in-the-microsoft-365-admin-center\">Global Admin<\/a> privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open the SharePoint Online Management Shell.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy the following snippet and replace <strong>YourTenantName<\/strong> with the name of your tenant to connect to SharePoint Online. 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