# How to add Categories/Featured Categories on top of the site?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225 "2017-09-17T16:10:53Z")
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### Author: ![chi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/1 "2017-09-17T16:10:53Z")

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Any idea how to do this on your site eg. FAQ, ADMINS, etc, etc before the forum starts. Also what is it called? Thanks.

 ![03 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/c/6c48f6b71b26e4e9eca31a5a395d5d64cc7dc069.png)

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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/2 "2017-09-17T16:44:41Z")

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“Subcategory list style” is what you are after.

Can be added by editing the parent category:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/6/d60a93384a38053a2b8e71a510f218de455c138d.png)

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### Author: ![chi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/3 "2017-09-17T19:02:41Z")

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@DeanMarkTaylor How do you set a topic a featured topic? All I can find is Pin the topic. Thanks! 🙂

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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/4 "2017-09-17T19:20:07Z")

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It would be best if you referred to this topic here:

> [@Display boxes for subcategories above topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-sub-categories-in-boxes/59371):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to display boxes for subcategories above the topic list in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator (or moderator if the moderators manage categories setting is enabled) There are four ways to display a list of sub-categories within the parent category: in rows (the default style) in rows with a list of some featured topics in boxes with only the name, logo, and description in boxes with name, logo, and a list of some featured t…

However I believe it’s magic, i.e. the list of topics in that category as they appear.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/5 "2019-10-04T00:38:52Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-categories-featured-categories-on-top-of-the-site/70225/6 "2019-11-03T00:41:51Z")

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