# On categories descriptions and pinned topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [30 Aprile 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141 "2015-04-30T14:11:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 Aprile 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141/1 "2015-04-30T14:11:35Z")

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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:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/4/6481ffa9646ef3f432c5628e2ac8818098421fc8.jpg)

Desired:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/0/909385845b493fdf4cff9855289798cc0db3a78b.jpg)

Eventually would be nice to allow setting `colspan="6"` and simply display unnecessary things (e.g. category, users, replies etc), like so:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/a/6a73135538e1603d487ff782e53a30c455e53f8b.jpg) 

### 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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