# Fakebook Theme
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079
**Category:** Theme
**Tags:** official, fakebook-theme
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079 "2019-02-13T20:18:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/1 "2019-02-13T20:18:45Z")
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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Fakebook** - I had a little fun with this one to showcase the flexibility of our theming system. This layout might look a bit familiar 😉 |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/fakebook-theme) |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/Fakebook](https://github.com/discourse/Fakebook) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |
Install this theme
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> :discourse2: As this is an #official theme maintained by the Discourse team, #Support issues, #Contribute > Bug reports, #Contribute > UX suggestions, and requests for #Development advice can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate theme tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&tags=fakebook-theme "Ask for support on configuring and using the Fakebook Theme") [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=fakebook-theme "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the theme") [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=fakebook-theme "Discussion about the user interface of the Fakebook Theme, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [🧑🎨 **Dev**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=7&tags=fakebook-theme "Advice on how to customise this theme for your site")
### Features
The theme features a navigation sidebar, as well as a sidebar that showcases some of your user profile information. If a topic has an image, the topic list shows a preview. Topic excerpts will be displayed on all topics.
Preview with topic excerpt:
In the theme settings you’ll find a few options for hiding sidebar content, or switching the sidebar sides.
I recommend using the “Categories Only” category page layout with this theme, as space in the main column very limited.
### Settings
| Name | Description |
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| sidebar alignment | |
| sidebar show intro | |
| sidebar show likes | |
| sidebar show badges | |
| Translation | Default |
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| sidebar.welcome | 🤗 Welcome |
| sidebar.back | back, |
| sidebar.welcome\_subhead | We’re glad you’re here! |
| sidebar.likes\_header | Share the Love |
| sidebar.badges\_header | Your Top Badges |
| sidebar.full\_profile | View your full profile |
> :discourse2: **Hosted by us?** Themes are available to use on our Standard, Business, and Enterprise plans.
> Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-06-17T11:52:39Z
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/2 "2019-02-13T20:21:13Z")
I still have a few open todos on this one:
Better handling of images in topic list (They indiscriminately pull images from oneboxes if there’s one in the OP, and these don’t work well as previews)
Include sidebars on tag pages (I don’t have a class to differentiate filtered tag pages from the tag directory)
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### Author:  [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/3 "2019-02-14T05:25:43Z")
The name is pretty good though :))
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/4 "2019-02-14T06:36:45Z")
nice work 👏 thanks.
for rtl languages, it seems it needs some slight css tweaks for the user avatar as well as comments:
the category drop-down menu, unlike tag drop-down menu, comes into the topic list:
in the topic pages, margins and paddings for post are not tuned for rtl:
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### Author:  [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/7 "2019-02-18T20:29:42Z")
Can you change colors?
I want to keep the original color discourae but with this facebook layout
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### Author:  [@mymario](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mymario)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/9 "2019-02-24T11:46:24Z")
I loooove it!!
Fantastic work @awesomerobot
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/10 "2019-03-25T15:36:42Z")
Fantastic theme! Great work and thanks for sharing 🙂
Really want to implement your theme but I’m getting a bit of an issue with the topic lists. Do you know what could be causing this? Have been combing through admin settings.
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### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/11 "2019-05-02T12:44:49Z")
Hello!
What is my error theme?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/12 "2019-05-02T22:41:31Z")
I don’t think that theme supports RTL right now.
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### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/13 "2019-05-03T07:06:16Z")
Sorry, what is RTL
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/14 "2019-05-03T15:31:19Z")
Your error theme same me, don’t same demo
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### Author:  [@Marishaan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marishaan)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/15 "2019-05-03T19:48:14Z")
Does this theme enable all users to easily upload videos? How would they do this?
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### Author:  [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/16 "2019-05-03T23:18:55Z")
Right-to-left language
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/17 "2019-05-06T04:48:30Z")
From your previous posts, I know you use the topic list previews plugin. The topic list previews plugin is **not compatible** with this theme. So you have to decide whether you want to use this theme or the topic list previews plugin. You can’t use both.
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### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/18 "2019-05-06T05:11:28Z")
Thank joe so much!
I will decide
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/19 "2019-05-13T05:04:12Z")
Thanks! I suspected this also, but disabling the topic list previews plugin doesn’t fix the format errors. Might require a full uninstall of the plugin.
Edit: Adding confirmation, **removing the topics list previews plugin does indeed fix the format issues** @thaidb and I were experiencing. **Simply disabling the plugin did not fix it** , at least for me. To uninstall plugins, can just use these instructions: [How to completely uninstall / remove a plugin - #6 by jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-completely-uninstall-remove-a-plugin/55034/6)
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/20 "2019-05-13T05:46:12Z")
Correct, disabling a plugin will remove certain UI elements to use and configure it, it doesn’t block all of the code from the plugin which is picked up during a rebuild.
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/21 "2019-05-13T06:02:45Z")
Would be amazing if this theme supported topic preview images for mobile! 😃
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/22 "2019-05-13T06:19:49Z")
Topic previews isn’t an official plugin. Have you considered asking in the plugin topic?
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079/23 "2019-05-13T06:23:38Z")
Right yeah, to clarify, I meant that this theme (without plugins) has topic previews for web, but not for mobile. Mobile support would be great.
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