# Community Layout

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All Common communities come with the same standard layout. The different aspects of the forum layout are as follows:

### Header

At the top of every Common community is a **Header.**

The header includes the project name, the dropdown menu for admins & moderators, new threads/proposals button, a search bar, notifications access, and buttons to manage your profile.

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### **Side Navigation**

On the left side of all Common communities is the **side navigation.**

This is where users can access topics, the discussions page directly, a list of all forum members, access snapshot & on-chain governance (if setup), toggle notifications, relevant project links, and connect to chain.

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### Forum

The heart of every Common community is the **forum.**

Here users can access pinned posts, different forum views, filter for different topics and stages based on the governance process, and interact with Reddit-like threaded discussions.

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