Mingalabar! (Myanmar hello). Discourse is awesome and modern. It is the wordpress of discussion groups. I created discourse server with the help of a friend on classicaltheravada.org . I want to have it as a standalone site without a subdomain (which we did), but I want to have something similar…

If you are not expecting heavy traffic, a 5$ DO instance should be enough. Although I suggest you monitor it closely to make sure. To modify the looks of your forum, use a theme or theme component. Check the theme category . Looks like this theme component would be a good option for you: Versatile B…

Yes.. we are already running on the DO $5 option. Gosh golly gee.. if we get more than 30 members to sign up.. we can think about a 2gb server. Even so, probably no more than 5 logged in at a single instance. This banner thing looks like it might do the trick. At first look, themes looked like …

Maybe you want to use “categories” instead of “latest” as homepage.

Yes.. this can help too. your input is appreciated. Looks like both suggestions will complete my request if it works out in practice as good as it sounds.

yes.. very different and exactly what I want.. no.. It’s more than what I thought was possible. I added versatile banner. I will fix later. Much appreciated.

@cocococosti How does one do those circular icons that wyze uses for categories? I tried to search for this but could not find it. Would this be from a custom component they made themselves? I looked at the source to find the theme which helps in wordpress, but I could not see anything.

That seems to be a theme component. It’s probably private and that is why you can’t find it. I am not a designer, but the icons look like regular images? you could make them from zero, or buy something similar online. And the outline circles could have been added through CSS.

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cocococosti (Constanza Abarca) March 31, 2022, 1:19am 6

Not at all. You can change the whole look of your forum to practically anything with a theme

These two forums run on Discourse, and see how different they look:

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Discourse theme option Feature	2	660	October 12, 2023
What Themes are being used for these Discourse forums? Community Building	16	4499	September 30, 2024
Landing page customization Support	10	2784	July 7, 2021
Is anyone here using their Discourse instance as their entire website? Community Building	17	5118	March 4, 2021
Do you have original customisations? Community Building	9	2977	April 2, 2018

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