# On categories descriptions and pinned topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [4월 30, 2015, 2:11오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141 "2015-04-30T14:11:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2015, 2:11오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/1 "2015-04-30T14:11:35Z")
Hi guys. I encounter two .. let’s say downsides, that I think are related:
### 1. Rules
Both Discourse instances I manage have a very short set of rules, about 150 chars. So I display this pinned topic on the home, so anyone can see.
The problem I encounter is that i’d like to display the whole post formatted, because I’d like that anyone could see rules at a glance. Either way, the height won’t increase that much (and it’s a thing that i’d like to be always visible).
Current:
Desired:
Eventually would be nice to allow setting `colspan="6"` and simply display unnecessary things (e.g. category, users, replies etc), like so:
### 2. Category
Right now there is an option to set an image for each category. This is fairly nice, but a nicer thing would be to display a text instead (which is also an extra set of rule)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5월 1, 2015, 1:37오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/2 "2015-05-01T01:37:15Z")
For number one, sounds like you want a banner topic instead.
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### Author:  [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)
#### Post date: [5월 1, 2015, 3:57오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/3 "2015-05-01T03:57:25Z")
Actually… yes, sort of.
The difference would be that i’d like the whole thing to not be closeable and to blend in nicely in the current forum table.
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### Author:  [@AmiAthena](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AmiAthena)
#### Post date: [5월 3, 2015, 12:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/4 "2015-05-03T12:13:04Z")
Is there a way to change a global pin to a banner without first unpinning it?
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### Author:  [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [5월 3, 2015, 1:51오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/5 "2015-05-03T13:51:55Z")
Perhaps you can use a top of page customization instead, for the “global” rules thing, i.e. something similar to [this](https://forum.syncthing.net/)?
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### Author:  [@Bhuvanesh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bhuvanesh)
#### Post date: [8월 2, 2018, 6:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/6 "2018-08-02T06:40:21Z")
I couldn’t figure out how to create a Pinned topic which has description similar to this
Can someone help me out, how to do this, please? @sam a little help, please. Sorry if this is a noob question.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:35오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/7 "2025-12-04T11:35:53Z")