# How to bring in Latest topics when using category boxes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679 "2019-01-04T09:26:54Z")
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### Author: ![Stranik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stranik/32/85638_2.png) [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679/2 "2019-01-04T11:49:17Z")

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Try to work with components

You can use: categories-and-latest-topics

In this mode, there is a connection and categories and recent topics.

```plaintext
<script type='text/x-handlebars' data-template-name='components/categories-and-latest-topics'>

<div class='column categories'>
  {{categories-only categories=categories}}
</div>

<div class='column'>
  {{categories-topic-list topics=topics filter="latest" class="latest-topic-list"}}
</div>

</script>

```

Next, you override: categories-only

```plaintext
<script type='text/x-handlebars' data-template-name='components/categories-only'>

   The contents of the file...

</script>

```

Perhaps from this file it is necessary to move the box with the categories, or to do simply to change the css.

Options think very many.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs)

## Useful material

> [@Structure of themes and theme components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-develop-custom-themes/60848):
>
> Discourse supports [native themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-theme-support/47494/26) that can be sourced from a .tar.gz archive or from a remote git repository including [private repositories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-source-a-theme-from-a-private-git-repository/82584). An example theme is at: [GitHub - discourse/discourse-simple-theme: Sam's simple discourse theme · GitHub](https://github.com/SamSaffron/discourse-simple-theme) The git repository will be checked for updates ([once a day](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/jobs/scheduled/check_out_of_date_themes.rb)), or by using the Check for Updates button. When changes are detected the Check for Updates button will change to the Update to Latest. [image] To create a theme you need to foll…

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