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<h4>This blog post is the second in a series of posts related to the release of NodeBB v3</h4>
<p><p>Please see our other articles related to v3:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nodebb.org/blog/meet-vlad-gerasimov-product-designer/">Meet the Designer (Vlad Gerasimov)</a></li><li>Bringing Back Better Bootswatch! (👈 You are here)</li><li><a href="https://nodebb.org/blog/nodebb-specific-bootstrap-3-to-5-migration-guide/">NodeBB Specific Bootstrap 3 to 5 Migration Guide</a></li><li><a href="https://nodebb.org/blog/migration-guide-for-v3/">Migration Guide for v3</a></li></ul></p>
		<p>The NodeBB team has been working feverishly to bring the Persona theme up to date with Bootstrap 5, and part of that update is going through and resolving a lot of long-standing issues with the theme.</p><p>A particular pain-point has always been our Bootswatch theme integration, in that due to the way Persona was themed, the Bootswatch integration was not always 100% compatible. Occasionally, you would see flashes of white, or incorrect greys, in places where text colours or background colours were clearly chosen for a non-dark theme, causing a clash in styling.</p><p>With Boostrap 5 encouraging the liberal use of helper classes instead of stylesheets, we now had the opportunity here to update a lot of Persona's LESS, which had built-up over the years. At the same time, we could evaluate whether our hardcoded colour decisions were in need of rewriting. Baris took it upon himself to go through all of the skins to make sure they were all compatible, and his dedication clearly shows!</p><p>Great job Baris!</p>
															<img class="img-fluid mb-3" src="https://community.nodebb.org/assets/uploads/files/1664814096507-skins.gif" alt="An animation showing various Bootswatch skins selectable in NodeBB" loading="lazy" />
		<p><strong>Hint</strong>: This is actually a v3-compatible fork of Baris' <a href="https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6556/nodebb-theme-peace-peace-theme-for-nodebb">Peace theme</a>, which will be released alongside v3 of NodeBB.</p><h2>Notes</h2><ul><li>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@starrynite?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Zhang Xinxin</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/palette?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></li></ul>