# Have users complete form when creating a topic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** completed\ **Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-users-complete-form-when-creating-a-topic/162378 "2020-08-28T19:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-users-complete-form-when-creating-a-topic/162378/5 "2020-09-04T15:55:50Z")
> [@JQ331](#): > > Question for this approach: How can you enter template text, but (i) have that text be not editable by the user and (ii) have clear places for the user to enter information below each piece of text? You’d presumably need to perform a pass on the template before rendering a more complex set of entry fields instead of a monolithic text area. Then post process it to insert the text in the right spots. You’d need some markup standard to identify the headings/text entry points … That could be a more lightweight solution as everything would be kept in the front end world. (everything would still be stored as a single text post). The major downside of that approach would be that it would be much more difficult to search and aggregate this way … Sounds like a fun project 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-users-complete-form-when-creating-a-topic/162378)._