Orientating users with a Discourse 'homepage'

[david (David Taylor)]

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

Display boxes for subcategories above topic list

There are two ways to display a list of sub-categories within the parent category: in boxes with only the name, logo, and description in boxes with name, logo, and a list of some featured topics You can enable these styles by visiting the parent category, editing its settings, going to the settings tab, and choosing these options: [37%20PM] Boxes The “Boxes” style is currently being used in our howto category. By using very short category description and adding logos to each subcategory, i…