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Seasonal themes
Seasonal themes (Community group) decorate your player site's home page on their own while a season or holiday runs: animated scenery over the hero and a short greeting. Each theme also brings a seasonal journey (quests with gem rewards). Needs the site.manage permission.
| Theme | When | Scene |
|---|---|---|
| Lunar New Year | Chinese calendar: the eve to the Lantern Festival (15 days) | Red lanterns, plum blossoms, gold coins, fireworks from New Year's day |
| Ramadan | Islamic calendar: 1 Ramadan to its last day | Arch valance, fanous lanterns, crescent over a mosque skyline, gold stars; more lanterns in the last ten nights |
| Eid al-Fitr | 1 to 3 Shawwal, right after Ramadan | Lanterns, star lights, fireworks |
| Eid al-Adha | 9 to 13 Dhu al-Hijjah (Eid from the 10th) | Golden-hour hills, a grazing flock of sheep, clouds, bunting; fireworks on Eid night |
| Summer vacation | 1 Jul to 31 Aug | Sun rays, a beach corner with rolling waves, a blue and white parasol and a ball to kick |
| Autumn arrival | 22 Sep to 19 Oct | Two big trees swaying in the wind, falling leaves that pile up and blow away |
| Halloween | 20 Oct to 2 Nov | Moon, bats, fog, jack-o'-lanterns, spiders |
| Christmas & New Year | 10 Dec to 6 Jan | String lights, baubles, snow; fireworks from 31 Dec |
The platform decides which themes are offered and their exact dates. Islamic dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and are adjusted by the platform when the moon is sighted.
Controls
| Control | Detail |
|---|---|
| Decorations on the home page | Master switch for the scenery and greeting. |
| Seasonal journeys | Runs the seasonal journey of the live theme (Quests page and in game). Independent of the decorations. |
| Theme switch | On or off per theme. A theme you never touched follows the platform default; Back to the default forgets your choice. |
| Preview | Click a card: full-screen preview with its phases (for example Eid) on a dark or light background. See it on my site opens your site with that theme forced. |
When two themes overlap, the more specific one wins (holidays over seasons), then the shorter one. One seasonal journey runs at a time.
Players can hide the decorations on their own screen (the × on the greeting); they come back for the next occurrence. Under "reduce motion" the scene is a still picture.
Testing
Add to any site or panel home address:
| Parameter | Effect |
|---|---|
?theme=ramadan | Shows that theme now (ids: lunar-new-year, ramadan, eid-al-fitr, eid-al-adha, summer, autumn, halloween, christmas; common spellings like ramadhan or aid-al-adha work too). On the Quests page it previews that theme's seasonal journey |
&theme-variant=eid | A phase: eid (Eid al-Adha), nights (Ramadan), new-year (Christmas), day (Lunar New Year) |
?theme-date=2027-03-10 | Pretends today is that day: the automatic choice with your settings |
In game, the seasonal journey card and its reward notices take the colours of the running theme (RustyThrones Info 2.11+).