# How to create the site banner with an already pinned topic?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [17 januari 2020 om 15:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948 "2020-01-17T15:35:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/1 "2020-01-17T15:35:44Z")
From [discourse/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md)
> turn one single topic into a **banner**
But how ?
I feel dumb to ask this but how, I have searched and I cannot find the answer just various instructions about banner themes. I just want a single banner over the whole site.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/2 "2020-01-17T15:37:07Z")
Admin wrench at topic level, pin topic, you can likely figure out the rest.
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### Author:  [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/3 "2020-01-17T15:40:54Z")
Well you would think so but no, I have already happily created already pinned topics at category level, but see no option to change into a banner.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/4 "2020-01-17T15:42:13Z")
It is literally where I said it is under the banner option of the pin dialog.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/5 "2020-01-17T15:44:18Z")
Which one did you press? @paultaylor
The banner option should always be available from what I have just tested.
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### Author:  [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2020 om 15:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/6 "2020-01-17T15:51:30Z")
> [@ondrej](#):
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> The banner option should always be available from what I have just tested.
Okay, sorry my problem was that I was trying to convert a topic **I had already** pinned to a banner topic.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [30 november 2023 om 13:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/7 "2023-11-30T13:55:05Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [30 november 2023 om 15:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-the-site-banner-with-an-already-pinned-topic/138948/8 "2023-11-30T15:19:09Z")