Assigning a Theme Instance controls the visual look and feel of the graphics that appear during a Match in LIGR Live.

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A Theme is a visual template that defines the design of your graphics. Themes are platform-level and built by the LIGR team, then made available to your Organisation.

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A Theme Instance is a customer-level configuration of a Theme. It is where your Competition's colours, logos, sponsor placements, and other configurable details are applied on top of the underlying Theme. You cannot edit the Theme itself, but you can configure and manage your own Theme Instances.

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Theme Instances are assigned at the Competition overlay level (Competition, Settings, Streams and Overlays, Overlay Settings). A single Competition can have multiple overlays, and each overlay can have its own Theme Instance and its own Automated Game Plan. This means a Match within that Competition can render different graphics on different output feeds (for example, a main broadcast overlay and a secondary social feed overlay), each driven by their own Theme Instance.

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Before you can assign a Theme Instance, make sure you have:

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• A Competition created in your Organisation

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• At least one Theme Instance configured and available to your Organisation

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• A Match created under the Competition

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• Admin or Owner permissions on the Organisation

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Theme Instances are assigned per overlay on a Competition. All Matches in that Competition inherit the overlay configuration.

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1. From the main navigation, open the Competition that contains your Match.

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2. Go to Settings.

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3. Open Streams and Overlays.

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4. Select Overlay Settings.

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5. For the overlay you want to configure, choose a Theme Instance from the dropdown.

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6. Assign an Automated Game Plan to the same overlay if required.

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7. Save your changes.

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[ Image placeholder: Competition overlay settings page showing the Theme Instance dropdown selector ]

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Once saved, every Match in this Competition will use the assigned Theme Instance (and Game Plan) for that overlay.

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If your Competition needs more than one output (for example, a broadcast feed and a venue screen feed), you can add multiple overlays under Overlay Settings and assign a different Theme Instance to each.

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1. Open the Competition.

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2. Go to Settings, Streams and Overlays, Overlay Settings.

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3. Add an additional overlay.

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4. Select the Theme Instance to apply to that overlay.

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5. Assign a Game Plan to that overlay if required.

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6. Save your changes.

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Each overlay renders independently, so you can tailor the graphics and triggered content for different audiences from the same Match data.

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[ Image placeholder: Competition overlay settings page showing multiple overlays each with its own Theme Instance ]

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You can change the Theme Instance on an overlay at any time.

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1. Open the Competition.

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2. Go to Settings, Streams and Overlays, Overlay Settings.

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3. Select a different Theme Instance for the overlay.

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4. Save your changes.

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If an output is already open for a Match, refresh it to load the new Theme Instance.

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• Decide your overlay structure before a season starts so every Match in the Competition inherits a consistent configuration.

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• Keep separate Theme Instances for different Competitions rather than reusing one across all of them. This makes it easier to update branding for each Competition independently.

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• Preview the overlay output before going live so you can confirm team colours, logos, and sponsor placements render correctly.

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• If you use Automated Game Plans, confirm the Theme Instance supports all the graphics your Game Plan will trigger.

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The Theme Instance dropdown is empty Your Organisation does not have any Theme Instances configured yet. Create or request a Theme Instance before assigning one to an overlay.

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Graphics look wrong on the output Confirm the correct Theme Instance is selected on the Competition overlay. If you recently changed it, refresh the output.

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Team logos or colours are missing The Theme Instance pulls from Club and Team assets. Check that both Teams in the Match have logos and colours set on their Club and Team records.

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Changes to the Theme Instance aren't appearing Configuration changes may require refreshing the output for them to take effect.