# Captive Landing Topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334 "2019-03-22T14:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![FLDK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@FLDK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FLDK)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334/1 "2019-03-22T14:27:23Z")

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Hello there!

I’m currently working on a way to get information out to an entire forum full of folks in a way that isn’t obtrusive but anyone can see it.

Originally I was going to look into email, but that gets messy with permissions and things like that.

As an alternative, I’m wondering if there’s a way in Discourse to set up a required “landing thread” so that when people visit the forum, they’re brought automatically to a thread, and then from there, they can get to wherever they want to go throughout the forums.

Thank so much for the help!

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334/2 "2019-03-22T15:21:23Z")

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> [@FLDK](#):
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> in a way that isn’t obtrusive

> [@FLDK](#):
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> when people visit the forum, they’re brought automatically to a thread,

These statements conflict.

If you have important information to disseminate have you considered using a banner? Intercepting inbound links, and directing users elsewhere is really bad juju.

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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334/3 "2019-03-22T15:33:11Z")

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If you have to capture information for new users, use the User Custom Fields, so they appear in the login form.

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334/4 "2019-03-22T22:24:40Z")

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Can you just pin a topic?

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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:** [March 23, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captive-landing-topic/112334/5 "2019-03-23T04:39:10Z")

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Yes, pin a topic as a banner would be my recommendation. That way the content is visible on all pages and must be dismissed with the X at upper right.