# Changing the home page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2016年八月19日 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878 "2016-08-19T14:42:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Demerzel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Demerzel)
#### Post date: [2016年八月19日 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878/1 "2016-08-19T14:42:51Z")
Hello, why this change on the home page? the old format was fine. The right column was fine, with three or four lines which showed the latest topics of EVERY categories. How to find the old format. Thank you
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)
#### Post date: [2016年八月19日 14:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878/2 "2016-08-19T14:56:08Z")
> [@Redesigning the default category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redesigning-the-default-category-page/46783):
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> I feel that our default categories page is a bit too confusing and unfamiliar. When you compare this to a more traditional /categories page which looks like When you compare the “traditional” look I think there are quite a few advantages: Subcategories get a “description” on the categories page You can see all time totals (which to me is an advantage, lets you at a glance see how big a forum is) Does not show topic titles, which cause some confusion on this page IM…
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2016年八月19日 15:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878/3 "2016-08-19T15:01:35Z")
We are in the process of testing this new `/categories` layout, there’s _currently_ no way to go back to the old layout without a heavy customization.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2016年八月19日 15:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-home-page/48878/4 "2016-08-19T15:01:38Z")