# 极简（纯文本）主题与 Hacker News 投票

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimal-text-only-theme-and-hacker-news-voting/111540>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [2019年三月14日 02:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimal-text-only-theme-and-hacker-news-voting/111540 "2019-03-14T02:57:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![AmerF1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/amerf1/32/133927_2.png) [@AmerF1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AmerF1)\
**Post date:** [2019年三月14日 02:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimal-text-only-theme-and-hacker-news-voting/111540/1 "2019-03-14T02:57:04Z")

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**What would you like done?**

Minimal theme which online includes text and almost nothing else on the page  
Also I wanted a “New Topic” and a voting system like hacker news

**When do you need it done?**

couple weeks

**What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task?**

Lets talk

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**Author:** ![Sailsman63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sailsman63](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailsman63)\
**Post date:** [2019年三月15日 13:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimal-text-only-theme-and-hacker-news-voting/111540/2 "2019-03-15T13:50:37Z")

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Hello, and welcome!

I’m not going to be able to take on this project, but hopefully the following will assist in getting you the best help available:

You actually have two (Three?) orthogonal projects going here, requiring very different skill-sets. It might be worthwhile contracting with different persons for each part.

**Text-Only Theme:**  
Probably a dozen or so users here on meta that have the skill for this one.

**“New Topic:”**  
Can you clarify what you are looking for here? Discourse already has “New Topic” on the front page, and the top of every Category page. If you just want a different positioning/style, this folds in to the Theme project.

**“Hacker News Voting:”**  
What, specifically, would you like to emulate, and how does it differ from what Discourse offers as core functionality?

- ✅ Gate access to advanced user functions, such as flagging, based on _proven_ value to the comunity. Search “Trust Levels:” This is actually much more sophisticated than Hacker News’ “Karma Points.” The exact gating can be fine-tuned to your community’s needs.
- ✅ Users can show support for Topics/Posts that they find valuable. Discourse calls these “Likes” instead of upvotes, but they are baked in at the core level. If you don’t like the ❤ icon, have it re-themed along with the rest of the Theme project.
- ✅ Sort topics based on popularity: Set your default landing page to “Top.” An algorithm considers:
  - Likes
  - Total activity in topic
  - ???
  - You can set a Timeframe over which the metrics are calculated, e.g. Last: Day, Week, Month &tc.

- ❌ Downvotes: Search here on meta for _several_ topics on why these are not available in Discourse core, and why a plugin is unlikely to provide them. Short version: Only “Like” stuff that is _really_ good. If it’s not your thing, but still not bad enough to warrant a “Flag,” Simply withhold your “Like”

Hope this is helpful.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2019年四月14日 13:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimal-text-only-theme-and-hacker-news-voting/111540/3 "2019-04-14T13:59:21Z")

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