# Looking for the perfect theme

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-the-perfect-theme/327039
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-the-perfect-theme/327039 "2024-09-18T11:34:50Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-the-perfect-theme/327039/2 "2024-09-18T11:52:26Z")

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hello @Joe_F! Thank you for the praise :discourse: 😉

I’ve had a quick search in the #Customization > Theme component category for you and I’ve found some TCs\[1\] you may find useful in terms of how you’d like to style your posts, leaderboard and tags.

**Tags**  
An #official TC  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-tags/195106](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-tags/195106)

Regular TC

> [@Discourse Popular Tag Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-popular-tag-sidebar/107853):
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> This theme component displays a category’s most popular tags in a sticky sidebar on screens wider than 767px (most tablets and desktop devices). warning You must enable the show filter by tag setting on your site for this theme component to work. What can I do with this theme component? Display 3-30 Popular tags in a sidebar for each category Set the sidebar side to left or right Prevent the sidebar from appearing in certain categories Change the “Popular tags” header …

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**Leaderboard**  
An #official TC

> [@Top Contributors Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-contributors-sidebar/215110):
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> discourse2Summary Top Contributors Sidebar adds a “Top Contributors” (leaderboard) sidebar to topic list pages.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/top-contributors-sidebar)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-top-contributors-sidebar](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-top-contributors-sidebar)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features The leaderboard information is fetched for a period of a year and sorted by likes rec…

If you are self hosting, you may also be interested in the [Discourse gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gamification/225916) plugin. If you are hosted by Discourse this will depend on what hosting plan you are on.

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Here is a TC that seems to do all of the above

> [@Right Sidebar Blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/right-sidebar-blocks/231067):
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> discourse2Summary Right Sidebar Blocks shows a sidebar to the right of topic lists with a configurable list of blocks.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/right-sidebar-blocks)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-right-sidebar-blocks](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-right-sidebar-blocks)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features The component includes a few blocks you can display in the sidebar: popular-tags …

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You may can familiarise yourself with using / designing Discourse themes using the guides below.

- [Making CSS changes to your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-css-changes-on-your-site/168101)
- [Beginners guide to developing Discourse themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-developing-discourse-themes/93648)

You can always create a topic in #Marketplace outlining the work you’d like done.

Hope this helps 😄

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1. Theme Components

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