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[BUG] legacy default theme not updated after upgrade #88

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[BUG] legacy default theme not updated after upgrade#88
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@tanty
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opened on Nov 28, 2025

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

At

docker-piwigo/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-piwigo-config/run

Line 48 in 9c57b84

symlinks=(

We are symlinking our local themes on top of the installed themes by piwigo.

IIUC, the root idea is that we can drag along custom installed themes. This is fine but, unfortunately, piwigo also stores other content, including the "default" theme, in that folder which receives updates from version to version:
https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/tree/master/themes

If we symlink without having this into account, we end having the content of our older piwigo installation still in "themes" after an upgrade.

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- OS: Debian stable
- How docker service was installed: podman from distro's packagemanager

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x86-64

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  3. tanty commented on Nov 28, 2025

    @tanty
    tanty
    on Nov 28, 2025
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    FWIW, this problem also exists for the other symlinked directories, but the content there has not been updated in the last 6 years and, hence, has not become a problem yet.

  4. tanty commented on Nov 28, 2025

    @tanty
    tanty
    on Nov 28, 2025
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    I also wonder about the need to symlink the themes directory since Piwigo provides the themes_dir configuration variable.

  5. tanty commented on Nov 28, 2025

    @tanty
    tanty
    on Nov 28, 2025
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    Please, consider also:

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  8. mossroy commented on Nov 29, 2025

    @mossroy
    mossroy
    on Nov 29, 2025

    Could it be the reason why the login page displays the following error with version 16.0.0-ls322? (and was OK with 15.7.0-ls319)

    Warning: filemtime(): stat failed for ./themes/standard_pages/theme.css in /app/www/public/include/template.class.php on line 1925

  9. veletron2 commented on Dec 4, 2025

    @veletron2
    veletron2
    on Dec 4, 2025

    Could it be the reason why the login page displays the following error with version 16.0.0-ls322? (and was OK with 15.7.0-ls319)

    Warning: filemtime(): stat failed for ./themes/standard_pages/theme.css in /app/www/public/include/template.class.php on line 1925

    I have this same error after upgrading beyond V15.7.0-ls322 I have no idea whether the underlying cause is as described in this thread, so I will raise it as a separate issue.

  10. zero0cool0 commented on Dec 4, 2025

    @zero0cool0
    zero0cool0
    on Dec 4, 2025

    Same issue here. As a band-aid, I've created my own Docker build based on linuxserver/piwigo:latest and I'm copying the standard_pages to the themes folder during the build. Clearly not the ideal and final solution, but working for now.

  11. thespad commented on Dec 4, 2025

    @thespad
    thespad
    on Dec 4, 2025
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    I'm going to try and find time this weekend to address this, sorry for the delay.

  12. veletron2 commented on Dec 4, 2025

    @veletron2
    veletron2
    on Dec 4, 2025

    I'm going to try and find time this weekend to address this, sorry for the delay.

    No apology needed. If I was any good at this stuff I would offer to assist! I raised as separate issue as was not sure if they were related.

  13. LinuxServer-CI commented on Jan 3, 2026

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    on Jan 3, 2026
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    This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. This might be due to missing feedback from OP. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

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  16. arfevrier commented on Jan 3, 2026

    @arfevrier
    arfevrier
    on Jan 3, 2026

    Hi,
    Same issue happen with the update from 16.1 to 16.2, as the theme standard_pages have been updated with new files.
    To fix that I downloaded the source code (https://www.piwigo.org/get-piwigo), and manually upload the themes/standard_pages directory.

  17. thespad commented on Jan 4, 2026

    @thespad
    thespad
    on Jan 4, 2026
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    Please can you test the PR image from #94 and see if it resolves the issue.

  18. arfevrier commented on Jan 17, 2026

    @arfevrier
    arfevrier
    on Jan 17, 2026

    Please can you test the PR image from #94 and see if it resolves the issue.

    I just tested an upgrade from release image 15.7.0 to 16.2.0 with branch 3.22-themes. It's works fine 👍
    No more theme issue.

  19. thespad
    closed this as completedin #94on Jan 18, 2026
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