Getting Started
Verano is a modern and fully optimized admin panel theme designed exclusively for phpBB. It brings a clean, contemporary interface with a strong focus on usability, clarity, and performance — making forum management smoother and more enjoyable.
With a fully responsive layout, Verano adapts perfectly to all screen sizes, whether you're using a desktop, tablet, or mobile device. The theme delivers fast loading times, lightweight components, and an overall enhanced browsing experience.
Built with flexibility in mind, Verano Theme allows administrators to customize the interface effortlessly. You can use the provided utility classes or extend the design with your own styles — without modifying the theme’s core structure.
The goal of Verano is simple: to offer a beautiful, practical, and high-performance admin experience for modern phpBB boards.
Verano Theme comes with its own dedicated customization extension, giving administrators full control over the look and feel of the admin panel. Through the built-in settings, users can easily change the color scheme, select their preferred menu icons, and switch between the default horizontal navigation layout or the optional sidebar layout.
For advanced customization, Verano also includes a Custom CSS & JS editor, allowing you to add your own styling rules or scripts without modifying the theme’s core files. This ensures maximum flexibility while keeping your setup clean, upgrade-friendly, and fully maintainable.
Verano Theme fully respects phpBB’s permission system, ensuring a private and personalized experience for every administrator. All theme settings are saved per user, which means each administrator can have their own unique layout, color scheme, and menu preferences without affecting others. This is especially useful when multiple team members access the ACP with different workflows or visual needs.
In addition, Verano provides advanced control for senior administrators. The super-admin can allow or restrict access to the customization extension for lower-privileged admins, preventing unauthorized changes and maintaining full control over the global design of the Admin Control Panel. This ensures both flexibility and strict adherence to your forum’s security and permission policies.
Let's start with the first step, which is installing the theme (Verano installation guide).