# \[PAID\] We need someone to customize a Discourse design

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-we-need-someone-to-customize-a-discourse-design/46631
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [29 Giugno 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-we-need-someone-to-customize-a-discourse-design/46631 "2016-06-29T19:11:06Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [1 Luglio 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-we-need-someone-to-customize-a-discourse-design/46631/6 "2016-07-01T00:26:12Z")

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> [@EddieOne](#):
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> What do you think about this level of customization? Is it possible and practical? Most Discourse forums look similar beyond the small changes each company makes.

Discourse is plenty customizable, significantly more customizable than say phpbb or vbulletin cause we also allow you to amend page structure.

> [@Sam's Simple Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-personal-minimal-topic-list-design/23552):
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> discourse2Summary Sam’s Simple Theme creates a “minimal” topic list designeyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/sams-simple-theme)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-simple-theme](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-simple-theme)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme Features I have been thinking about this a lot, and decided to take a shot at a “minimal” front page customisation. To select this theme here on Meta he…

But… customizing Discourse is structure is more involved than customizing CSS. CSS is very easy, any designer can take care of it in the admin screens.

But to your original question

> I want to keep Discourse but make it look exactly like vBulletin, can this be done?

Probably, but, what is the point, just move to vBulletin no reason to try to row this boat upstream.

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