# Elementary, a simple theme for Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/elementary-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/177159
**Category:** Theme
**Created:** [January 25, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elementary-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/177159 "2021-01-25T10:11:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![meghna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meghna/32/453356_2.png) [@meghna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meghna)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elementary-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/177159/1 "2021-01-25T10:11:21Z")

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Inspired from [Sam’s simple theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-personal-minimal-topic-list-design/23552) I wanted to create a theme that looked simple and at the same time had modern appeal. The end result was “elementary” theme.

This two column theme tries to cover all the basic information of a topic under topic title, and the “Last Post” column contains last poster details and last posted date.

Homepage:

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-25 at 3.04.27 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/0/c0573019ec1ca0b511944e4f440c6bc5b8ebd492.jpeg)

Full page search:

 ![Screenshot 2021-02-22 at 8.15.51 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/a/1a83b636781c99d4384a9566d7dc3b57e1db3adf.png)

Suggested Topics under topic details:

 ![Screenshot 2021-02-22 at 8.16.06 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/4/941bace8f4fc3e40e53e08aa0a962d79359a628b.jpeg)

Let me know how this theme can be further improved. Enjoy! 🙂

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| 🕶 | **Preview** | [Preview on theme creator](https://theme-creator.discourse.org/theme/meghna/elementary) |
| 🔗 | **Github Repo** | [discourse-elementary-theme](https://github.com/meghnaAJ/discourse-elementary-theme) |
| 🛠 | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |

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### Author: ![P2W](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/p2w/32/304345_2.png) [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elementary-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/177159/2 "2021-01-25T19:59:07Z")

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looks good. i would consider this a perfect solution for a single category forum.

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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elementary-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/177159/3 "2022-01-19T07:27:14Z")

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Thank you for this great theme!

> [@meghna](#):
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> Let me know how this theme can be further improved.

This theme does not seem to work well with dark mode, since it contains hardcoded color codes.