How to turn off category logos and descriptions within the category and only have them on the Categories page

[Drew-ART (Drew)]

I think i’m missing a way to turn off the image and description inside the category and sub category in Discourse.

I want the logo on the ‘Categories’ page, and am ok with it appearing in the category itself, but assigning a logo forces a Category description to appear inside the category alongside the logo which i don’t won’t.

Is there any way to have a category/sub category logo but not have the category description appear next to it?

[maiki]

Hi @Drew-ART.

I’m not sure how to remove the description at this point, but I wanted to clarify to ensure I understand.

@Drew-ART

Is there any way to have a category/sub category logo but not have the category description appear next to it?

If we remove the description, do you want the logo to remain, so it will look similar to this?

Also, make sure to check how it looks on mobile! I always make changes and forget to check the mobile rendering…

[Drew-ART (Drew)]

Thanks for your reply. I’d prefer to remove both i think for layout reasons, but i’m ok with either removing the logo + description, or just the description so that the logo only shows when users are browsing the categories page

[maiki]

Wow, check out:

Discourse Category Headers theme component

This theme component provides a number of enhancements for the Discourse category header. The ‘standard’ Discourse category header is displayed at the top of each category page, above the navigation links and list of topics. It is normally only visible if a category logo image has been uploaded in the category settings. The header displays the logo and a short description of the category, taken from the first paragraph of the ‘About the… category’ topic. This theme component provides the foll…

It has an amazing array of options, and might provide you with what you need @Drew-ART

I added a description to my test category, and then changed the setting in the theme component. Before:

After:

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I never really add more info to my categories than a description, but with that theme component now I want to.

[Drew-ART (Drew)]

Thanks for the quick reply. I played around with it and was able to recreate the behaviour i was looking for. The styling isn’t as nice as it was before the recent update caused a clash with the Discourse Category Banners plugin, but i should be able to improve it with CSS.

Here’s the difference:

Discourse Category Banners:

Discourse Category Header theme component:

[osioke (Osioke Itseuwa)]

Awesome! Care to mark @maiki’s response as a solution? I’ll delete this reply once you do.