# How do I understand this forum?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-faco-para-entender-esse-forum-how-do-i-understand-this-forum/98279
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [28.Сентябрь.2018 14:13:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-faco-para-entender-esse-forum-how-do-i-understand-this-forum/98279 "2018-09-28T14:13:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Caique\_Oliveira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Caique_Oliveira)
#### Post date: [28.Сентябрь.2018 14:13:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-faco-para-entender-esse-forum-how-do-i-understand-this-forum/98279/1 "2018-09-28T14:13:23Z")
I would like to customize, but I don’t know how to do it. Can anyone help?
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [28.Сентябрь.2018 14:20:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-faco-para-entender-esse-forum-how-do-i-understand-this-forum/98279/2 "2018-09-28T14:20:38Z")
Hello, we do have a few Portuguese speakers around here, but I’m not one of them. From Google Translate:
> I would like to customize, but I do not know how. Can anyone help?
The best way to customize your Discourse installation is with themes. We have some documentation on the basics here:
> [@Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966):
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> This is a crash course in Discourse theme basics. The target audience is everyone who is not familiar with Discourse themes. If you’ve already used Discourse theme / theme components, this guide is probably not something you need to read. What are themes and theme components? A theme or theme component is a set of files packaged together designed to either modify Discourse visually or to add new features. Let’s start with themes. Themes In general, themes are not supposed to be compatible …
And a guide for developers here:
> [@Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-s-guide-to-discourse-themes/93648):
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> Discourse Themes and Theme Components can be used to customize the look, feel and functionality of Discourse’s frontend. This section of the developer guides aims to provide all the reference materials you need to develop simple themes for a single site, right up to complex open-source theme components. This introduction aims to provide a map of all the tools and APIs for theme development. If you prefer a step-by-step tutorial for theme development, jump straight to: Themes vs. Theme Compon…
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### Author:  [@Caique\_Oliveira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Caique_Oliveira)
#### Post date: [28.Сентябрь.2018 14:22:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-faco-para-entender-esse-forum-how-do-i-understand-this-forum/98279/3 "2018-09-28T14:22:59Z")
Hey @david
First, sorry about portuguese… And second, thank you a lot for help me. I’ll explore the themes that you suggest me.
👍