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 me…

[image] alehandrof: hiding the sidebar by default This is only possible when using the custom homepage , as that theme is doing. It’s also using the new Blocks API . There is some general explanation on that theme in general here you might find helpful to peruse: [image] …

[image] alehandrof: hiding the sidebar by default I like the uncluttered look of the sidebar being hidden by default, especially for non-logged in users. My site probably gets a lot of one time check it out type visitors because of appearances at real life events and new users would be confu…

[image] Andrew_Rowe: Luckily Don made a really simple component that does exactly that Oh thats cool, always something new to discover haha

I shared an example theme in Skills for authoring themes and blocks . It’s using the same approach as the Meta theme and renders a custom homepage with featured blocks. There’s no dedicated featured categories block on that theme, but you could also have a look at Featured Categories Header .

Approximate Meta's design in my own forum

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alehandrof (Alex Armstrong) June 4, 2026, 1:05pm 5

Thank you for the useful resources!

I was looking to feature categories, not topics, on the homepage. I haven’t found anything that functions like the new Meta homepage.

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