# Banner does not link to corresponding topic/post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 23, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665 "2015-03-23T14:02:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![loopback0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/loopback0/32/37486_2.png) [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/1 "2015-03-23T14:02:56Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/9/3969a026a934d2e5c07bb793babf2edd9758c144.png)

No way to easily get from the banner to the topic, unless the corresponding post actually has a link to itself added.  
If something is important enough to banner, it should be easy to get to the corresponding discussion.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/2 "2015-03-23T22:45:58Z")

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I actually think this is up to moderators, they are the one’s doing the bannering.

Sometimes it may be appropriate to link to the discussion, sometimes, well the banner could be a closed hidden topic.

In the above case they can simply improve the copy to link to the topic.

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### Author: ![lisajill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lisajill/32/32289_2.png) [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/3 "2015-06-05T17:25:45Z")

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Revisiting this, would it be possible to add a link that even only mods/admins would see so that we can quickly get to the banner to remove it? That would be a great feature and avoid confusion/searching.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/4 "2015-06-05T23:07:42Z")

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That’s a great, great idea for a feature – @zogstrip can you add a small font footnote to the banner that only staff can see that says

“edit this banner \>\>”

and when clicked, takes you to the post?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/5 "2015-06-09T17:32:05Z")

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Just added the link for staff members 😉

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/90eca69e0a0574e458d6960e90b0eae083e431d3](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/90eca69e0a0574e458d6960e90b0eae083e431d3)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-does-not-link-to-corresponding-topic-post/26665/6 "2015-06-09T17:32:07Z")

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