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---
title: Adding a theme to your GitHub Pages site using Jekyll
intro: You can personalize your Jekyll site by adding and customizing a theme.
redirect_from:
- /articles/customizing-css-and-html-in-your-jekyll-theme
- /articles/adding-a-jekyll-theme-to-your-github-pages-site
- /articles/adding-a-theme-to-your-github-pages-site-using-jekyll
- /github/working-with-github-pages/adding-a-theme-to-your-github-pages-site-using-jekyll
- /pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/adding-a-theme-to-your-github-pages-site-with-the-theme-chooser
product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.pages %}'
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '*'
ghec: '*'
topics:
- Pages
shortTitle: Add theme to Pages site
---
People with write permissions for a repository can add a theme to a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site using Jekyll.
{% data reusables.pages.test-locally %}
## Adding a theme
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-site-repo %}
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-publishing-source %}
1. Navigate to `_config.yml`.
{% data reusables.repositories.edit-file %}
1. Add a new line to the file for the theme name.
* To use a supported theme, type `theme: THEME-NAME`, replacing THEME-NAME with the name of the theme as shown in the `_config.yml` of the theme's repository (most themes follow a `jekyll-theme-NAME` naming convention). For a list of supported themes, see [Supported themes](https://pages.github.com/themes/) on the {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site. For example, to select the Minimal theme, type `theme: jekyll-theme-minimal`.
* To use any other Jekyll theme hosted on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, type `remote_theme: THEME-NAME`, replacing THEME-NAME with the name of the theme as shown in the README of the theme's repository.
{% data reusables.files.write_commit_message %}
{% data reusables.files.choose-commit-email %}
{% data reusables.files.choose_commit_branch %}
{% data reusables.files.propose_file_change %}
## Customizing your theme's CSS
{% data reusables.pages.best-with-supported-themes %}
{% data reusables.pages.theme-customization-help %}
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-site-repo %}
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-publishing-source %}
1. Create a new file called `/assets/css/style.scss`.
1. Add the following content to the top of the file:
```scss
---
---
@import "{% raw %}{{ site.theme }}{% endraw %}";
```
1. Add any custom CSS or Sass (including imports) you'd like immediately after the `@import` line.
## Customizing your theme's HTML layout
{% data reusables.pages.best-with-supported-themes %}
{% data reusables.pages.theme-customization-help %}
1. On {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, navigate to your theme's source repository. For example, the source repository for Minimal is `https://github.com/pages-themes/minimal`.
1. In the `_layouts` folder, navigate to your theme's `_default.html` file.
1. Copy the contents of the file.
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-site-repo %}
{% data reusables.pages.navigate-publishing-source %}
1. Create a file called `_layouts/default.html`.
1. Paste the default layout content you copied earlier.
1. Customize the layout as you'd like.
## Further reading
* [AUTOTITLE](/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/creating-new-files)