# Category-specific banner?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-banner/35501
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 12, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-banner/35501 "2015-11-12T17:08:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@CCSAwebdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CCSAwebdev)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-banner/35501/1 "2015-11-12T17:08:25Z")
We would have a need (if possible) for creating banner topics that are shows only within a certain category.
If we have 2 major categories (only for example, we certainly use more):
- Students
- Faculty
Having a different ‘how-to’ posted for each that is dismiss-able would be very helpful.
I realize that many would answer with ‘just use a pinned post’ but we have lots of subcategories and need something to float above the fixed category (and subcategory) list.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-banner/35501/2 "2015-11-13T02:44:38Z")
We have no plans for this at the moment, as it would make an already complex system even more complex. I would need to hear quite a bit of justification as to why pinned topics in that category cannot work.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-banner/35501/3 "2025-12-04T11:37:06Z")