Customizing the look and feel of the Discus administrative interface will, in general, require modification of the Discus source code. This is certainly the case in the version 3.x series, and may or may not be the case in versions 4.0 and higher.

The user interface is designed to be fully customizable through the editing of templates and static HTML files. However, the only people using the administrative interface are the moderators and not your day-to-day visitors. Because the administration interfaces change frequently in design and functionality, DiscusWare does not recommend customizations or changes to the administrative interfaces, and will not support difficulties that arise due to such customizations.