# Sam's Simple Theme

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552>\
**Category:** Theme\
**Tags:** official, sams-simple-theme\
**Created:** [December 31, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552 "2014-12-31T03:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552/146 "2015-02-03T05:53:40Z")

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> [@chapel](#):
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> I like the idea of having a bar on the left of the full row with the category color. Though without the category name it would be a bit odd. The goal would be to have the topic title be on one line with nothing under it.

I think you should give this a try:

- full bar of color on left
- move category to its own column again
- keep the small bar of color next to the category name  
(yes, it’ll be duplicated, but I think it could be worth it… in the category column, it builds the association of color and name… on the left, it provides it ‘at a glance’ when scanning topic names)…

> [@chapel](#):
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> Right align text  
> Move last post date under last poster name

Not crazy about those changes, to be honest…

> [@chapel](#):
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> Removed creator name and date

Like this change… agree with your reasoning…

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