# Is there an "arbitrary block on the front page" theme component?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-arbitrary-block-on-the-front-page-theme-component/213729>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 3, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-arbitrary-block-on-the-front-page-theme-component/213729 "2022-01-03T17:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdm/32/216484_2.png) [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-arbitrary-block-on-the-front-page-theme-component/213729/1 "2022-01-03T17:01:53Z")

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A picture is worth a thousand words…

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/7/a7bd3046910fd871948dea621842dc48f127edd2.png)

I’d like to put something in the blank box. In the specific case, I want a guide to tags on our site. I basically want [Categories Tag Column](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-tag-column-to-your-categories-page/212102), except that has two major shortcomings at the moment:

1. It doesn’t list tags in tag groups, and those are actually the ones I want to feature
2. It doesn’t have descriptions or anything.

So, I was thinking that until that’s done, I could just create it manually. Is there a theme component which makes this easy? I think most ideally it’d work like the Banner topic, and use the text of a particular post. I’m pretty sure I can figure out how to do this as a new custom component, but I’m surprised I can’t find an existing one that just creates a front-page box like this. Is there one I’m missing? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-arbitrary-block-on-the-front-page-theme-component/213729/2 "2022-01-03T17:07:35Z")

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Hello, I think that section is for the muted categories. 🤔

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**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdm/32/216484_2.png) [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-arbitrary-block-on-the-front-page-theme-component/213729/3 "2022-01-03T17:22:15Z")

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It happens to be the case that there are some. But I’d still like a block with tag information.