# End user overview of the Discourse default GUI
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656 "2024-05-20T04:39:07Z")
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### Author:  [@zwaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zwaa)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656/1 "2024-05-20T04:39:07Z")
Hi! Is there a general end user **overview, not a manual/user guide** , of the Discourse default GUI?
I understand that Discourse is highly configurable, but still, logically there should exist a basic overview of the default menu system with all its default icons, or isn’t that something that every new admin/moderator/developer/IT manager/coordinator needs to get started?
I’ve been reading some replies on similar topics and basically, they’re referring to bots and DIY.
That’s not at all what I’m looking for, no instructions, only “what am I looking at?” and “what do all those icons mean?”.
perhaps I should give an example. I mean things like this:
> In the top right corner, you find your avatar. Initially, it’s just a circle with your initials. Under it, you find the following:
> [Bell icon] Notifications
> [Left turn icon] Replies to your posts
> etc…
So nothing fancy, not an instruction on how to do this-and-that, just a **basic overview** of all the default menus and default icons and their default purposes.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656/2 "2024-05-20T06:18:38Z")
Hello and welcome @zwaa 🙂
Is this one any good for you?
> [@Understanding user interface elements in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-of-user-interface-elements-in-discourse/103351):
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> bookmark This resource covers the names for each element of the Discourse user interface. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Here’s what Discourse’s interface looks like most of the time. Themes, theme components, and plugins may affect this layout. Let’s break down the main parts, and then the main parts into smaller parts. Header Sidebar Main content Header [Header] Sidebar button/toggle (or Hamburge…
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### Author:  [@zwaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zwaa)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-overview-of-the-discourse-default-gui/308656/3 "2024-05-20T06:26:46Z")
👍 Thank you!