We’re at the point of probably wanting more elaborate look/feel customization. Looking at my colleague’s shared screen, I saw a fancier interface here on Meta than I remembered seeing myself. So I came to double-check. For every single header link, I get a “plain” UI. No fancy header. When I tried a private window, :zap: there it was :zap: [Selection_208] So my questions are: How do I get this? (Yes, I know this is probably covered ad nauseam here, but I don’t know what search terms to use. A theme? A component?) Why doesn’t my account see the banner? How do I get it back? As an admin can I make it less likely people will “lose” it?

That is a version of this component: [image] Welcome Link Banner Theme component discourse2 Summary Welcome Link Banner is a simple banner that allows you to add custom text and 1-4 links. eyeglasses Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator hammer_and_wrench Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-welcome-link-banner open_book New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component Features [Welcome Link Banner] Settings This component comes with a variety of settings! Name De… It’s dismissable on here, so it’s likely you closed it at some point. If you clear your cookies it should turn back up again. :+1: Small correction. I think it’s visible only to anonymous TL0 and TL1 users here on Meta. :slight_smile:

For me all I do is click that word Discourse in the top left corner of the first screen and the get to see the banner in the second. No private window necessary.

[image] JammyDodger: I think it’s visible only to anonymous users here on Meta. :slight_smile: Actually no. Here’s a screenshot from my logged-in colleague: [image]

Ah, it must be on Trust Level then. I’ll go and re-correct the correction. :slightly_smiling_face: (For anyone thinking “Just check the settings you derp”, the special one on Meta is not as customisable as the theme component that’s been created from it, and I can’t see the settings on the component page :slightly_smiling_face:)

Shown based on trust level… :thinking: Fascinating!

It’s pretty swish. :slightly_smiling_face: Here are the other ‘visibility’ settings: (though it’s worth installing it and looking at all the others too) [image]

Fancy site header: how do I get it & what made it go away?

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ganncamp (G Ann Campbell) June 13, 2022, 1:16pm 4

Actually no. Here’s a screenshot from my logged-in colleague:

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Fancy site header: how do I get it & what made it go away?

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