I like the look and feel of this discourse in particular. How would I even begin to structure mine in the same way? Is this a custom use of CSS/HTML, or did they use themes that I could use? Which themes and theme components could get me started? Or would I have to learn CSS/HTML to structure my own…

custom CSS, sure, and probably Discourse Docs and Versatile Banner If you search for “theme” here on meta I think the 10 first results are to be read (notably those in the howto category) for your endeavour.

That site has a theme that we built for them. It uses the Search Banner theme component but the rest is custom (and is fairly extensive work that took around a week of work to create).

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awesomerobot (Kris) 20 בינואר,‏ 2021,‏ 2:43am 4

Here’s another similar component that may help: Showcased Categories

נושא		תגובות	צפיות
Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes Site Management reference , customization	9	84238	26 במרץ,‏ 2025
What is theme name used in this site? Support	2	148	8 באפריל,‏ 2025
Do you have original customisations? Community Building	9	2868	2 באפריל,‏ 2018
Customizing your site with existing theme components Site Management reference , customization	2	1842	11 ביוני,‏ 2025
Themes and Styles? Feature	5	2086	20 במרץ,‏ 2015

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