# Has anyone created a News site using Discourse as a CMS?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-created-a-news-site-using-discourse-as-a-cms/63646
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [31.Май.2017 01:56:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-created-a-news-site-using-discourse-as-a-cms/63646 "2017-05-31T01:56:35Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [31.Май.2017 14:30:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-created-a-news-site-using-discourse-as-a-cms/63646/5 "2017-05-31T14:30:46Z")

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Thanks, so the site is done using a combination of custom css changes and a few key plugins listed just here:

- [Topic List Previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews/41630) for the thumbnails on the lists
- [Sidebar Blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sidebar-blocks/51457) (which I wrote and maintain, there are some features on my site that aren’t yet merged in the master branch of the plugin yet)
- and then some css styling to adjust the column sizes, change the fonts, colors etc

The postings: I accept postings from users, since this is a community blog, but new posts get moderated. There is a setting for moderating first posts from users called `approve new topics unless trust level`. I set this to a high number. If you want to disable completely, you could hide the `New Topic` button for certain user levels.

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