# Can't update the Minima theme from 2.5.1 to 3.0 on GitHub Pages

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 29, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455 "2024-09-29T21:32:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![bacalhaunabrisa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bacalhaunabrisa/32/6092_2.png) [@bacalhaunabrisa](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bacalhaunabrisa)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/1 "2024-09-29T21:32:40Z")

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Hi, folks!

First of all, I’d like to disclosure that not only I’m a total novice on tech stuff, I’m also on the same level regarding GitHub and, worst of all, Ruby and Jekyll.

I’m having a hard time trying to figure out how to update the Minima theme from 2.5.1 to 3.0.

From what I understand, the 3.0 version is the only one capable of rendering the “skin: dark” setting, so that’s what I’m aiminf for.

Could someone help me out by shedding a light over this issue?

> **[bacalhaunabrisa.github.io/docs at main ·...](https://github.com/BacalhauNaBrisa/bacalhaunabrisa.github.io/tree/main/docs)**
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**Author:** ![chuckhoupt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/chuckhoupt/32/523_2.png) [@chuckhoupt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/chuckhoupt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/2 "2024-09-30T12:08:26Z")

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To use Minima 3, I believe you can use `remote_theme`. Here’s @ashmaroli explanation: [https://github.com/jekyll/minima/issues/411#issuecomment-730160996](https://github.com/jekyll/minima/issues/411#issuecomment-730160996)

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**Author:** ![bacalhaunabrisa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bacalhaunabrisa/32/6092_2.png) [@bacalhaunabrisa](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bacalhaunabrisa)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/3 "2024-09-30T12:23:55Z")

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Right! That is exactly what I did:

> <https://github.com/BacalhauNaBrisa/bacalhaunabrisa.github.io/blob/main/docs/_config.yml>

However, the webpage is still not showing the dark theme.

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**Author:** ![chuckhoupt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/chuckhoupt/32/523_2.png) [@chuckhoupt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/chuckhoupt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/4 "2024-09-30T12:54:21Z")

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Maybe a typo when you added `skin: dark`? The sub-field `skin` should be indented with two spaces like this:

```auto
minima:
  skin: dark

```

Commit with typo:

> <https://github.com/BacalhauNaBrisa/bacalhaunabrisa.github.io/commit/9b99826b9a3adc9979f139cd1e68e4eed6413341>

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**Author:** ![bacalhaunabrisa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bacalhaunabrisa/32/6092_2.png) [@bacalhaunabrisa](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bacalhaunabrisa)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/5 "2024-09-30T13:16:31Z")

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> [@chuckhoupt](#):
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> Maybe a typo when you added `skin: dark`? The sub-field `skin` should be indented with two spaces like this:
> 
> ```auto
> minima:
> skin: dark
> 
> ```

I went ahead and added the two indented spaces before “skin: dark”, as per the following commit:

> <https://github.com/BacalhauNaBrisa/bacalhaunabrisa.github.io/commit/930fb89f1dc35a3d90a22f11fbffebf93d325d0a>
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> added 2 indented spaces before "skin: dark"

However, as you can see on the webpage [bacalhaunabrisa.com](http://bacalhaunabrisa.com), it is still not showing the dark theme. I did another commit after adding the indented spaces and the website updated with that new info, so I don’t htink it is a deployment problem on the commit regarding the indented spaces.

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**Author:** ![bacalhaunabrisa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bacalhaunabrisa/32/6092_2.png) [@bacalhaunabrisa](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bacalhaunabrisa)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/6 "2024-09-30T13:22:08Z")

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Wait, I don’t know what happened, but it suddenly changed to the dark theme!

Wow, I can’t even believe it!

Thank you so much for your help [chuckhoupt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/chuckhoupt)

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**Author:** ![chuckhoupt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/chuckhoupt/32/523_2.png) [@chuckhoupt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/chuckhoupt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/7 "2024-09-30T15:33:57Z")

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Looks like you got one of the dark themes working…

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**Author:** ![bacalhaunabrisa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bacalhaunabrisa/32/6092_2.png) [@bacalhaunabrisa](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bacalhaunabrisa)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/cant-update-the-minima-theme-from-2-5-1-to-3-0-on-github-pages/9455/8 "2024-09-30T15:52:10Z")

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Yes, I did! And thank you so much for your help, I wouldn’t be able to do it otherwise