I prefer the current layout. However, there should be an easy way to customize this. I will think about it.
No, this combination is not supported.
As you already figured, creating static pages is not limited to admins, but inserting balloons is. The reason is that there is no straightforward way to create tags in Discourse (see this thread). To do so, I chose to use the tag group
API, which is restricted to admins. There were alternate solutions, but coming with their own drawbacks.
You mean this plugin? What’s wrong?