# המסך הראשי שלנו נראה שונה מאוד ללא תפריטי הנפתחים עליונים וכו'
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [7 בספטמבר, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881 "2025-09-07T23:10:04Z")
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### Author:  [@RichardTE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichardTE)
#### Post date: [7 בספטמבר, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/1 "2025-09-07T23:10:04Z")
I’ve been building my first **Discourse** community over the past couple weeks. It is amazing software and a lot to take in. Compared to the [meta.Discourse.org](http://meta.Discourse.org) layout, ours is very different and I can’t figure out what I’m missing.
Here’s a shot from [meta.Discourse.org](http://meta.Discourse.org), taken just now.
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And here’s ours. Posts are displayed in blocks and are not listed across the page. No top menu dropdowns, like _Categories_ & _Tags_. There might be a simple fix for this, but I’m not finding it. Thanks in advance, and thanks for _Discourse!_
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And if there’s a way to switch between various main screen layouts, can individual _Categories_ have their own layout?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [7 בספטמבר, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/2 "2025-09-07T23:22:56Z")
> [@RichardTE](#):
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> No top menu dropdowns, like _Categories_ & _Tags_.
I suspect that is your theme. The default Horizon theme has this (see [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org)).
> [@RichardTE](#):
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> And if there’s a way to switch between various main screen layouts, can individual _Categories_ have their own layout?
I think you may have to add Categories to the `top menu` site setting.
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### Author:  [@RichardTE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichardTE)
#### Post date: [7 בספטמבר, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/3 "2025-09-07T23:37:32Z")
תודה @NateDhaliwal
אבדוק את מה שאמרת. אני משתמש בערכות נושא _redditish_, כהה ובהיר, אז ייתכן שאצטרך לשנות. חבל כי נהניתי מהמראה, אבל לא כל כך מהפריסה.
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### Author:  [@RichardTE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichardTE)
#### Post date: [8 בספטמבר, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/4 "2025-09-08T12:54:05Z")
I wrote the post last night. This morning I opened up [meta.Discourse.org](http://meta.Discourse.org) (_this_ forum) and the layout looked the same as our own _Discourse_ site. This confused me until I realized that I had _meta_ set to the _redditish_ theme, same as on our own!
Lesson here is that for first-timers like me, and others, if you are experiencing layout issues, check out _this here_ [meta.Discourse.org](http://meta.Discourse.org) forum, and instantly swap in the various themes like _Horizon, Material, redditish, and Sam’s Simple_ (from selector at lower right). You’ll get new ideas and you can confirm if your troubles are coming from the theme or not.
Thanks again to @NateDhaliwal & all!
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [8 בספטמבר, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/5 "2025-09-08T13:22:28Z")
like Nate said, you can also have a look and try the features at [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) too. Good luck.
> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> The default Horizon theme has this (see [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org)).
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [8 בספטמבר, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/6 "2025-09-08T13:23:33Z")
> [@RichardTE](#):
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> Lesson here is that for first-timers like me, and others, if you are experiencing layout issues, check out _this here_ [meta.Discourse.org](http://meta.Discourse.org) forum
You can also disable the customization by themes in your forum with [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true)
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### Author:  [@RichardTE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichardTE)
#### Post date: [8 בספטמבר, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/7 "2025-09-08T18:24:59Z")
Thanks for the feedback. This forum has another good resource page for _themes_, a visual gallery of more than 20 _Discourse_ themes, each of which links out to demo and _Github_ pages: [Theme - Discourse Meta](http://meta.Discourse.org/c/theme/61/none)
Several are identified as _“Official“_ themes — _“maintained by the Discourse team”_. These could be a good choice for admins just starting out with _Discourse._
“Official” themes include: [Air](https://meta.discourse.org/t/air-theme/197703), [Avid Reader](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avid-reader-theme/202156), [Discourse Classic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-classic-theme/72708), [Fakebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme/109079), [Fully](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fully-theme/262833), [Ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-theme/111806), [Graceful](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graceful-theme/93040), [Horizon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-theme/360486), [Material Design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-theme/47142), [Minima](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minima-theme/108178), [Mint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mint-theme/202822), [Sam’s Simple](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552), [Sublime](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sublime-theme/242048/1), [Zeronoise](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zeronoise-theme/171809).
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [22 בספטמבר, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-main-screen-looks-very-different-with-no-top-menu-dropdowns-etc/381881/8 "2025-09-22T14:54:35Z")