The Discourse Classic Theme brings back the look of Discourse from 2013, offering a nostalgic experience while supporting modern features like desktop and mobile devices, multiple badge styles, and light/dark color schemes. awesomerobot introduced the theme, highlighting its retro design and encouraging users to try it out. Several users shared their experiences and feedback, including dax who reminisced about square avatars, 8BIT who praised its sexiness, and erlend_sh who pointed out styling issues. awesomerobot acknowledged the feedback and pushed updates to address these concerns. Additional posts discussed various bugs and visual glitches, with awesomerobot continuing to make improvements. Users like downey expressed gratitude for the nostalgic theme, while others, such as hello-smile6, reported visual issues that were later fixed. Overall, the theme has received mixed reviews, with some users loving its retro appeal and others preferring modern designs.
Now you can relive the past with the Discourse Classic Theme
Unlike Discourse in 2013, The Discourse Classic theme supports desktop and mobile devices, multiple badge styles, and light/dark color schemes.
Feel free to import it to your own Discourse install, or try it out here on Meta by selecting it from the hamburger menu (also in your personal preferences under “interface”).
Please report any bugs you may find, and let me know what you think!
Hosted by us? Themes are available to use on our Standard, Business, and Enterprise plans.
OMG I did not remember that, I only remember square avatars… too many years have passed,
Did you forget to add the Hamburger Theme Selector as a component of this theme here on Meta?
After switching to the Classic Theme I need to go on my profile to change theme again.
OMG! This looks so retro. Remember when “retro” implied at least a decade (more likely three) of time difference? These days retro is available within just a few years.
Not mine Since I came back to meta and need to re-login; I’ve got a little eye-cancer in the meantime.
It’s like reenabling the old iOS design on a Ferrari of modern high-quality forum software. I prefer the slim light-weight default theme. I guess, the Vincent theme could become my No. 2 favourite.
I see this issue for discourse classic theme on my site, and on discourse.org itself. It happens when window with is in a specific range. The timeline appears over the post. Here is a sample.
Since I came back to meta and need to re-login; I’ve got a little eye-cancer in the meantime.
I prefer the slim light-weight default theme. I guess, the Vincent theme could become my No. 2 favourite.
