Are there any guides or how-tos here that show you how to extend the built-in sidebar? For instance, to widen it slightly then show the latest 5 topics out of our news section? Or maybe show upcoming events? It’s great that we have a sidebar but it is underutilised at the moment - would be great t…

Thanks @Arkshine I saw that but I generally try to avoid large plugins as they can sometimes be a pain when it comes to upgrading the core product (however it’s good to see that one is an official plug-in and so I’ll definitely check it out in more details). I’m also not sure we need a sidebar on t…

There are now plugin outlets you can use in the sidebar, so it’s conceivable that a theme component could use them to perhaps achieve what you desire. [image] A plugin outlet on top of the sidebar feature Last week we discussed this some more internally and ended up wher…

[image] AstonJ: generally try to avoid large plugins as they can sometimes be a pain Just a note, that’s not a plugin, only a theme component, so it’s probably less-likely to cause issues when updating.

You might need some developer assistance but this is feature rich: [image] Discourse Bars beers cocktail (a sidebar framework) Theme component eyeglasses Overview A Theme Component that allows you to lay out Components [1] on top and side bars. Specify a set …

[image] AstonJ: but I generally try to avoid large plugins as they can sometimes be a pain when it comes to upgrading the core product Discourse is built on open source code so that plugin and theme components are how you “extend” the core features to suit your own forum’s needs.

Thanks everyone. What about adding an iFrame or an image at the bottom? It’s been a while since I looked at Discourse theming, but surely that should be easy enough to do?

How to extend the Discourse sidebar?

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Arkshine March 31, 2024, 1:59am 2

That’s not exactly what you want, but you might be interested in this component. It doesn’t extend the sidebar but adds a new one on the right, and you can see the latest replies.

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