Examples of styling and use of Embedding a list of Discourse Topics on a external site

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Im looking for users who have used the " Embedding a list of Discourse Topics in another site"

And the style and will share the CSS they are using to change the default style.

At the moment I have only tested the list. But would like to change the style - I see this a very powerfull function :slight_smile:

Best Regards,

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Really? No one is using the embedding feature and have made a custom style?

If so, feel free to share in this thread.

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I would love to see some examples of this, as well!

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I’ve done a bit of tinkering, and added a search bar to the top of the list of topics. So my embed looks like this:

topics
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Code for the search form, styling, and topics list:

Summary 
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<script src="https://adams-discourse.com/javascripts/embed-topics.js"></script>
<style>

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

#form {
position:absolute;
  left: 22px;
  top:5px;
  width:55%;
}

form.example input[type=text] {
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 17px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  float: left;
  width: 80%;
  background: #f1f1f1;
    }

form.example button {
  float: left;
  width: 19%;
  padding: 10px;
  background:#1e825b;
  color: white;
  font-size: 17px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  border-left: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

form.example button:hover {
  background: green;
}

form.example::after {
  content: "";
  clear: both;
  display: table;
}

d-topics-list iframe{
	position:absolute;
	width: 100%!important;
	top:-10px;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<d-topics-list discourse-url="https://adams-discourse.com" template="complete" category="9" per-page="6" allow-create="true" ></d-topics-list>
<div id="form">
<form class="example" action="https://adams-discourse.com/search?q=" target="_blank">
   <input placeholder="Search this forum" aria-label="Search this forum" type="text" id="q" name="q" value="">
  <button type="submit"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
</form> </div>

To get the box layout, instead of grid I used flex in the Discourse Embedded CSS.

Summary 
.topics-list {
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding: 8px 8px 0 8px;
  margin: 3px 3px 0 0;
  
.topic-list-item .main-link {
    border: 1px solid gray;
    margin: 5px;
    width: 250px;
    height: 90px;
    }
  
    .topic-column-wrapper {
      flex-direction: column-reverse;
      
      .topic-column.details-column {
        width: 100%;
      }

.topic-created-at {
    padding-left: 0!important;
    font-size:13px;
    }

      .topic-column.featured-image-column .topic-featured-image img {
        display:none;
      }
    }
}

.new-topic-btn {
    float: left;
    margin: 16px 0 0 58%;
    height: 40.5px;;
    background:#1e825b;
}
.new-topic-btn:hover {
    background: rgb(73, 130, 5);
}
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@adamgpope If I understand this correctly, what you’ve shown here (search bar, topics etc…) is embedded in an external site? If so, that’s amazing!

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Sorry for bumping a really old thread but…
I would also like to see some examples of styling the embedded list of topics. Mine looks like the phone version on desktop

image
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how do I make it be full width?
Sorry for newbie question

EDIT:
To answer my own question
TL:DR
the following had to be placed in the page the list is embedded in

<style>
      d-topics-list iframe{
        width: 100%!important;
        }
</style>

looks great on mobile as well!!

I figured this out from this thread