05 / Make it yours

Customize your home page

Signed-in members can change the layout, feed scope and private shortcuts that shape their home page; guests get the same useful device-local shortcuts without layout controls.

Customize homepage is not available to guests. Signed-in members can open it to hide or reorder populated home sections and reset the layout. The complete member preference surface is: section visibility, section order, Latest discussions scope, pinned forums, saved searches, followed tools, forum recommendation feedback and topic recommendation feedback. Forum/topic/thread follows and read positions also shape the member’s home experience, and are managed from their content pages or Your account. Signed-in shortcuts, drafts, reading history and recommendation context use a local cache backed by the private member account. Guests can still use device-local conveniences, but their data does not follow them to another device.

Homepage customization is available to signed-in members.

HOMEOne page, three ways to shape it.
01LayoutHide · move · reset
02FeedAll · followed · contributed
03ShortcutsForums · searches · tools

Layout controls require sign-in. Device-local shortcuts remain useful for guests.

  1. 01
    Sign inUse a member account

    Guests receive the curated default order; only signed-in members get the customization control.

  2. 02
    ArrangeHide or move populated sections

    Use Hide, Show, Move up and Move down for sections such as Find your corner, Popular topics, Latest discussions and the forum discovery panels.

  3. 03
    FilterChoose your latest-feed scope

    Members can save All forums, Forums you follow or Discussions you contributed to for Latest discussions; an empty narrow view falls back to public latest updates.

  4. 04
    CollectKeep private shortcuts

    Pin forums, save searches and follow tools. Followed forums, topics and threads are also managed from their pages and Your account.

  5. 05
    TuneGive recommendations feedback

    Use More like this or Not for me on forum and topic suggestions. Members sync this explicit feedback to their account; guests keep it on this device.

  6. 06
    ContinueReturn to unfinished work

    Drafts and recently viewed discussions use a fast browser cache and synchronize privately to the signed-in account for cross-device continuity.

  7. 07
    ResetRestore the local defaults

    Clearing one browser cache does not erase the private account copy; signed-in continuity data is restored on the next load.

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