# Force Mobile Homepage **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-mobile-homepage/95705 **Category:** Theme component **Created:** [August 27, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-mobile-homepage/95705 "2018-08-27T07:03:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 34
### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield) #### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-mobile-homepage/95705/34 "2026-04-18T15:26:57Z")
great stuff … but really, in a perfect world we shouldn’t have to be loading one route and redirecting to another. this is a layout issue now, not a route issue. Instead, the approach I’ve been experimenting with is add a Categories column in a Bars left sidebar on Latest, which is absent on mobile. So you load Latest on both devices, but the Categories column is simply missing on mobile 🥳 the solution is open source, but a bit unfinished and not documented. If you take a look at my github account, you might be able to find the pieces 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-mobile-homepage/95705)._