I am on the 14-day trial for the Pro version and I really like Discourse so far, with one really frustrating exception. The text width in topics seems far too narrow. For the subject of the forums, large text width is necessary. I am used to older phpBB forums where you get the full width of the web…

Changing to Full Width

NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) February 24, 2026, 10:43am 2

Hi there, have you seen:

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