# Approximate Meta's design in my own forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/approximate-metas-design-in-my-own-forum/404432
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approximate-metas-design-in-my-own-forum/404432 "2026-06-03T14:38:36Z")
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### Author: ![alehandrof](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alehandrof/32/119526_2.png) [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approximate-metas-design-in-my-own-forum/404432/1 "2026-06-03T14:38:36Z")

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Hi folks,

Can someone suggest how we might approximate Meta’s design in our forum?

I am particularly interested in:

- hiding the sidebar by default
- highlighting certain categories above the list of posts
- removing the Latest / Categories / New options, as well as the Categories and Tags dropdown menus.
- the custom sidebar
- description below the category name

 ![Screenshot 2026-06-03 at 17.36.18](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/3/a/33a3dcc2ee5b8907922d176a51061e9cef7cf22f.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2026-06-03 at 17.40.10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/9/5/695bbf8f5958e42cd61d54fcb96c41d47b2cf142.jpeg)

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