# Essential, a simple theme for Discourse 🎨

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/180750>\
**Category:** Theme\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/180750 "2021-02-22T14:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-a-simple-theme-for-discourse/180750/2 "2021-02-23T03:41:58Z")

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One thing that is a bit confusing is the two dates.. I suggest for a simple theme, one date is preferable?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/0/b078c9cc38e8ffc93248e1303b3f5bce0fc2a742.jpeg)

Also, did you decide to remove any elements from the topic page itself? There are no screenshots of a topic.

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