How is the Banner at meta.discourse.org created?

[simon.dueckert (Simon Dückert)]

I like the “Welcome to Discourse Meta!” banner on the frontpage of this platform. How can this be configured? Would like to have that on my discourse instance, too

[frold]

Maybe by using this theme component: Versatile Banner

[simon.dueckert (Simon Dückert)]

Do you know if that can be used in hosted discourse?

[ondrej]

That’s right, that is the theme component used here as it is easy to customise. Adding on to this, this according to Kris it is likely that they will make it fully configurable and share it here on meta.

@simon.dueckert see this

Install a theme or theme component

Importing new themes and theme components head to Admin → Customize → Themes and press the Install button. [image] [image] From the Install dialog, you can … choose popular Discourse themes and theme components install from a Git repository URL link install from your local device (rare) If you are installing a complete theme, you’re done! If you install a theme component , you will need to add that theme component to your active themes. Keep reading. Add theme components to a …

You can install this TC on a hosted site

[awesomerobot (Kris)]

I’ve made a configurable version of the banner available here:

Welcome Link Banner

Summary Welcome Link Banner is a simple banner, similar to the one in use here on Meta, that allows you to add some custom text and 1-4 links. Preview Preview on theme-creator.discourse.org Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-welcome-link-banner New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component [Welcome Link Banner] This component comes with a vari…