# Custom sidebar sections being tested on meta

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-sections-being-tested-on-meta/255303
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-sections-being-tested-on-meta/255303 "2023-02-15T22:46:26Z")
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### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-sections-being-tested-on-meta/255303/41 "2023-03-18T04:00:35Z")

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> [@kris.kotlarek](#):
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> Site staff will be able to create a global section visible to all forum member.

I note that this is live (but experimental of course)! Brilliant! The OP could be updated to note this.

Also, it might be worth stating that it has the nice little globe only for [@staff](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/staff):  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/f/b/ffbb11ef4bb1a598568b0a8ecdf4ae8d37fba05e.png)  
I discovered that only _after_ I’d managed to hide it with CSS thinking that it would look silly for our regular users!

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