Here is the steps to enable a custom theme using the manual method described here:
Https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/Stanford-Theming
First create the base VM:
mkdir fullstackcd fullstackcurl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/configuration/master/vagrant/release/fullstack/Vagrantfile > Vagrantfilevagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdaterexport OPENEDX_RELEASE="named-release/birch"vagrant up
This might take awhile as the virtual box is downloaded. The key is exporting the OPENEDX_RELEASE environment variable. This specifically is installing the Birch named release. Over time, the this would change. See more on named releases here:
Https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Named-Releases
Now, SSH into the VM and become the Edxapp User:
vagrant sshsudo su edxappcd ~source edxapp_env
Pull down the theme from GitHub:
mkdir themescd themesgit clone https://github.com/Stanford-Online/edx-theme.git default
Configure EdX to use the new theme:
cd /edx/app/edxappvi lms.env.jsonchange "USE_CUSTOM_THEME": false to "USE_CUSTOM_THEME": truechange "THEME_NAME": "", to "THEME_NAME": "default",exit and save vi
Recompile The assets:
cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platformpaver update_assets lms --settings=aws
Platform cannot apply Stanford theme