platform cannot apply stanford theme
Here are the steps to enable a custom theme using the manual method described here:
https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/Stanford-Theming
First create the base VM:
mkdir fullstack
cd fullstack
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/configuration/master/vagrant/release/fullstack/Vagrantfile > Vagrantfile
vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater
export OPENEDX_RELEASE="named-release/birch"
vagrant up
This might take awhile as the virtual box is downloaded. The key is exporting the OPENEDX_RELEASE environment variable. This specifically is installing the Birch named release. Over time, this will change. See more on named releases here:
https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Named-Releases
Now, SSH into the VM and become the edxapp user:
vagrant ssh
sudo su edxapp
cd ~
source edxapp_env
Pull down the theme from github:
mkdir themes
cd themes
git clone https://github.com/Stanford-Online/edx-theme.git default
Configure edX to use the new theme:
cd /edx/app/edxapp
vi lms.env.json
change "USE_CUSTOM_THEME": false to "USE_CUSTOM_THEME": true
change "THEME_NAME": "", to "THEME_NAME": "default",
exit and save vi
Recompile the assets:
cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform
paver update_assets lms --settings=aws