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Troubleshooting Themes Named "WHMCS Six Theme"

Symptom

After updating to v8.1, you observe one or more entries in the System Theme dropdown menu on the Configuration > System Settings > General Setting > General tab page labelled:

WHMCS Six Theme

Cause

A custom template was created based on the Six theme, which contains a theme.yaml file specifying the theme name WHMCS Six Theme.

In WHMCS v8.0 and earlier, the Theme Name is determined by the /templates sub-directory name, eg. /templates/my-template-name

WHMCS v8.1 looks first for a theme.yaml file in the corresponding /templates sub-directory and shows the name specified therein. If the file is not present then the directory name is shown instead.

As a result the the Theme Name from the theme.yaml file is now being displayed:

# WHMCS Six Theme Configuration File

name: "WHMCS Six Theme"
description: "The Default Theme for WHMCS Version 6.0"
author: "WHMCS Limited"
properties:
  serverSidePagination: false # Defines client side will handle pagination

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Solution

1. Edit the /templates/my-template-name/theme.yaml file.

Where my-template-name is the name of your custom template sub-directory.

2. Change the name value to the desired name for your template

3. Optionally also specify a description and your name as the author

4. Save the theme.yaml file. For example it might look like:

# My Theme Configuration File

name: "My Custom Theme"
author: "My Company"
properties:
  serverSidePagination: false # Defines client side will handle pagination