# Advanced Search Banner

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-banner/122939
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, deprecated, search-banner, advanced-search-banner
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-banner/122939 "2019-07-15T03:49:07Z")
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### Author: ![yuriy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yuriy/32/498097_2.png) [@yuriy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yuriy)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-banner/122939/207 "2025-11-13T12:18:47Z")

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> [@tknospdr](#):
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> Not sure why a convenient component such as this with all the settings in one place was deprecated

One of the main reasons for the migration was switching to a theme-based interface, which allows for a more granular customizations.

Basically, just a single setting which controls if to show or hide welcome banner was moved per theme setting. All the rest settings are organized in a single section `Admin > Appearance > Interface & layout`.

> [@tknospdr](#):
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> So does anyone know what needs to be created in order to make the bottom pic look like the top pic?

It looks like the image has the height larger than the size of welcome banner, so it is vertically centered. If tweaking CSS is a challenge, another option is to upload image with a cropped height fitting into welcome banner.

> [@carbonrich](#):
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> How are you adding the extra text with the built-in Welcome Banner?

If you are referring to the text _“Please sign up for…“_ below the header, it can be edited in `Admin > Appearance > Site texts`, search for `js.welcome_banner.subheader`:

 ![js.welcome_banner.subheader](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/5/f/15f9c8ed13df2a43713fdbc5fc6154034b5fffaa.png)

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