# Link only category?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596 "2019-08-01T10:36:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/1 "2019-08-01T10:36:27Z")
I’ve spent some time going through historical discussions on this, but I’m curious if anyone has figured out how to create a category that is intended for links only. I’m imagining that the create new topic description field would be hidden in such a case, as to eliminate user confusion. Has anyone made this happen, or did the hackernews style considerations disappear when discourse began permitting links as a post option?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/2 "2019-08-01T11:37:42Z")
Use the search Luke:
> [@Only allow link sharing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-link-sharing/121248/6):
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> You can experiment with simple solution. Add this CSS: div#reply-control.topic .d-editor { display: none; It will hide the text-area only in the topic creation composer. Then change the text (Admin \> Customize \> Text Content) in the title to say “paste a link here”.
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### Author:  [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/3 "2019-08-01T11:52:59Z")
Thank you, @falco, but what about implementing that CSS on a specific category – not site-wide?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/4 "2019-08-01T11:57:28Z")
> [@How can I customise CSS for each category? (as in having different design for each category)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-customise-css-for-each-category-as-in-having-different-design-for-each-category/35822/4):
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> When you’re in a category, discourse adds the category slug to the body element. For example, on meta here when I visit the bug category I get category-bug in the body tag. If you use that as a selector you can style each category differently.
But since people can post to one category while browsing another, it won’t work as you want to.
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### Author:  [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/5 "2019-08-01T12:32:00Z")
Ok, so it’s a no-go then. Thanks for the help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/6 "2023-02-03T07:28:11Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-only-category/124596/7 "2023-02-03T10:48:05Z")