# How do you display a static message above the forum?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [29.Март.2018 22:26:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182 "2018-03-29T22:26:59Z")\
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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:** [29.Март.2018 23:33:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-display-a-static-message-above-the-forum/84182/5 "2018-03-29T23:33:01Z")

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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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