# Make a "locked" category visible (on the list of choices) to non-members? **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [12월 15, 2016, 12:45오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276 "2016-12-15T00:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JagWaugh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagwaugh/32/69335_2.png) [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Post date:** [12월 15, 2016, 11:54오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276/5 "2016-12-15T11:54:56Z")
> [@Mittineague](#): > > The closest thing that I can think of to a “let them see but don’t let them see” tease is to create restricted categories and make a Banner post with links to them. Visitors will know the categories exist but will not be able to get to them until they login, which means they will need to be registered first. I could imagine that some forums might want to be able to allow anon browsing, but only show the last N topics in each category. This would let an anonymous user see a bit of information about what the site is about, and how active it is so that they can make a considered decision about registering or not. Probably a bother to make it core, but it would be a “nice to have” for some scenarios. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-locked-category-visible-on-the-list-of-choices-to-non-members/54276)._