# Policy notice: no basic HTML / CSS questions please
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-notice-no-basic-html-css-questions-please/168033
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [October 23, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-notice-no-basic-html-css-questions-please/168033 "2020-10-23T02:45:36Z")
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### Author:  [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-notice-no-basic-html-css-questions-please/168033/3 "2024-04-07T04:33:51Z")
Just wanted to add to the above:
Meta is not a dedicated support site for a complete guide to getting started with CSS — just like it is not a dedicated support site for learning Ruby and JavaScript completely from scratch, if you wanted to start customising the behaviour of Discourse through plugins.
If you want to customise the appearance of Discourse, you will need to learn more about CSS.
There are guides here on making themes, theme components and plugins which are specific to Discourse, but not for learning to be fluent in CSS or Ruby totally from scratch, since that’s a general skill. Sometimes people have time to kindly help, but it’s not always going to be possible, because it means having to go through general HTML & CSS knowledge – the basics of the Inspector and classes and properties etc.
This guide linked above can help you get started, as well as the Beginner’s guide to developing Discourse Themes:
> [@Making custom CSS changes on your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-css-changes-on-your-site/168101):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to make CSS changes on your Discourse site, including an introduction to CSS, where to add CSS in Discourse, and how to find the right selectors using browser inspection tools. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Summary This guide covers: A brief introduction to CSS and key concepts How to add CSS to your Discourse site using theme components Using browser inspection tools to find the right CSS selectors Understanding CSS basics CSS…
> [@Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-developing-discourse-themes/93648):
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> Discourse Themes and Theme Components can be used to customize the look, feel and functionality of Discourse’s frontend. This section of the developer guides aims to provide all the reference materials you need to develop simple themes for a single site, right up to complex open-source theme components. This introduction aims to provide a map of all the tools and APIs for theme development. If you prefer a step-by-step tutorial for theme development, jump straight to: Themes vs. Theme Compon…
If you would like to make extensive customisations — or maybe you just don’t have the time to learn as well — another option is also to post in the #Marketplace.
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