# Orientating users with a Discourse 'homepage'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/orientating-users-with-a-discourse-homepage/65756
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [July 6, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/orientating-users-with-a-discourse-homepage/65756 "2017-07-06T17:30:11Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/orientating-users-with-a-discourse-homepage/65756/18 "2017-07-31T10:35:57Z")

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For the look `@codinghorror` screenshotted, here’s some instructions:

> [@Display boxes for subcategories above topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-sub-categories-in-boxes/59371):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to display boxes for subcategories above the topic list in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator (or moderator if the moderators manage categories setting is enabled) There are four ways to display a list of sub-categories within the parent category: in rows (the default style) in rows with a list of some featured topics in boxes with only the name, logo, and description in boxes with name, logo, and a list of some featured t…

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