I had this nice conversation that I wanted to pin globally as a banner. However, I wanted to edit the first post so the pin is inviting. As I’m a smartass, I decided to create a ‘Site Banners’ category under /c/staff, visible to Everyone. Then I proceeded to create a topic and hit ‘Banner this topic…

So in the end I chose a different strategy for banners that you may want to apply to your forum: Create a new topic dedicated to holding the banner. It can be in any category. I usually prefer using #staff. Tag the topic with #banner, so you can find them later. Either make a short post, or, my us…

Admins can reply to closed topics (they can do anything :sunglasses:). But not others.

Ah, good call :slight_smile: So I could have saved myself some worry… But it remains that there’s no straightforward way to edit a first post for banner without ‘stealing’ it from the original poster.

[imagem] hellekin: I had a link to that banner topic appearing at the end of the original conversation… Which link? Do you mean ‘Edit this banner’ link? It will display only for admins [imagem] hellekin: there’s no straightforward way to edit a first post for banner without ‘stealing’ it…

[imagem] vinothkannans: Which link? Do you mean ‘Edit this banner’ link? It will display only for admins As the banner topic mentioned a link to the original topic, the original topic had a link to the banner topic at the end. [imagem] vinothkannans: Admins can edit any topic or post. No…

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hellekin Setembro 8, 2017, 5:00pm 6

The New "Banner Topic" pin type topic seems to say the first post in its entirety is taken as the banner.

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