how to add custom theme to spacemacs?

Question

I'd like to add this solarized theme to my spacemacs. How do I do it?

So far I added (load-theme 'solarized t) to my .spacemacs and I included it to my themes list. what I don't know is, where to put the downloaded directory from github.

Answer 1

It should be enough to simple add solarized-light (solarized-dark) into dotspacemacs-themes list in .spacemacs file.

For example like this:

dotspacemacs-themes '(solarized-light
                      solarized-dark)

Spacemacs should figure it out on its own and no additional steps are necessary.