# Per-category tutorial popups
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 25, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275 "2014-08-25T22:21:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275/1 "2014-08-25T22:21:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Jobs::PurgeInactive and Jobs::VersionCheck fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-purgeinactive-and-jobs-versioncheck-fail/19256/3):
[quote=“sam, post:3, topic:19256, full:true”]
We have no way of debugging this without seeing logs.[/quote]
Yeah, this happens rather frequently. Telling people to include logs, repro steps etc. pp. in their bug reports gets boring quick, and I feel like a simple sticky doesn’t get the job done.
Maybe the new user tutorial popup could be used for this? Have a per-category popup that replaces the generic popup but takes its display criteria and text from the category. Criteria should obviously be tied to the category, e.g. number of topics created in that category; or presence of a badge, in conjuction with a badge such as the ‘Bug Reporter’ here on meta.
Would that be a feature for v1.1 or a plugin?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275/2 "2014-08-25T22:29:52Z")
I think long term I would like to see a “template” per category, that way when you create a say “support” topic it prompts you for all the relevant info. Eg:
- Is this a Docker install
- Did upgrading to latest resolve the issue
- Any relevant info in /logs
- Where is this installed
And so on.
I do think this is probably plugin material. At least initially.
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### Author:  [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275/3 "2014-08-25T22:38:20Z")
With templates, I’ve made the experience that non-techies take them too literally…
Describe the bug? “It crashed.”
Expected behaviour? “It doesn’t crash.”
Also, I think templates are a bit more limited in scope while category specific tutorial popups could be useful in more varied situations. Or perhaps that’d just mislead admins to micro-manage their users… 😕
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-tutorial-popups/19275/5 "2015-07-02T01:43:33Z")
Duplicate of
> [@Topic Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-templates/18282):
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> Before I describe what I’m seeking, I wasn’t sure if this should be a feature request or a plugin request. If I’ve classified it incorrectly, please let me know. Problem: Discussion boards often have topics that follow a standard form. It would be easier for users if this form could be associated with a category so that when they attempt to make a topic in that category, the basic layout appears in the text box. Use Case 1: Technical Support Form Basic information is generally required when t…
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