# Forcing users to use topic templates even if they attempt to bypass

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-users-to-use-topic-templates-even-if-they-attempt-to-bypass/129074
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-users-to-use-topic-templates-even-if-they-attempt-to-bypass/129074 "2019-09-19T08:23:02Z")
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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: [September 19, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-users-to-use-topic-templates-even-if-they-attempt-to-bypass/129074/2 "2019-09-19T09:35:54Z")

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> [@Advice on getting users to use the post template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-on-getting-users-to-use-the-post-template/128317/14):
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> Users posting into a Category from another view, so the template isn’t populated into the Composer in the first place.

Sorry, I find this post very hard to understand. Can you list the specific actions a user would take, step by step?

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