# How do you display a static message above the forum?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [3월 29, 2018, 10:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182 "2018-03-29T22:26:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@nibl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nibl)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 10:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/1 "2018-03-29T22:26:59Z")
My newish Discourse installation shows a special message above the forum only visible to staff. It informs that it’s in bootstrap mode for the first 50 users.
How do I use that message dialogue space myself and make it visible to users?
There are certain administrative messages I want everyone to see when they visit the forum. For example when announcing downtime for maintenance.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 10:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/2 "2018-03-29T22:27:40Z")
Press the admin wrench on a topic, choose “Pin” then “Banner”
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### Author:  [@usulrasolas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/usulrasolas)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 10:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/3 "2018-03-29T22:31:08Z")
Also settings \> other
option called global notice
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 10:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/4 "2018-03-29T22:31:29Z")
Actually, I believe the “bootstrap” style of warning is most easily replicated with the **global notice** site setting, yes?
The banner message is good if you want links or multi-line kind of content.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 11:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/5 "2018-03-29T23:33:01Z")
The global, non-dismissable notice should be _very_ rarely used, only in world critical urgent cases like
> We are shutting this site down permanently
or
> We’ve been hacked! Please change all your passwords!
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 11:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/6 "2018-03-29T23:33:58Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> world critical urgent cases
What’s the excuse for the global non-dismissable bootstrap notice then? 😉
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 29, 2018, 11:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/7 "2018-03-29T23:34:28Z")
Bootstrap dismisses itself one you’ve met the criteria, e.g. minimum number of posts, users, etc. That particular message is _only_ visible to staff as well, not world-visible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2020, 12:22오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/8 "2020-07-31T00:22:28Z")