# Pin a post even in the categories home page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [11 בנובמבר, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148 "2019-11-11T21:27:29Z")
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### Author:  [@taonmatt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taonmatt)
#### Post date: [11 בנובמבר, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/1 "2019-11-11T21:27:29Z")
Having looked again at the Wizard I don’t _think_ this is possible. Please correct me if I am wrong about this or take this as a feature suggestion.
I am using the Category based home page (Categories + latest posts) and that’s mostly great. But I would also like to be able to pin a single “Welcome - What kind of community are we building” over the top of the categories.
[ ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/v4qbbn1uzfu7kxn/Screenshot%202019-11-11%2021.26.14.png?dl=0)
Is this possible? Is it something I could do with a theme? Or does it need support from Discourse itself?
Thanks.
Matt
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### Author:  [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [11 בנובמבר, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/2 "2019-11-11T22:46:34Z")
You can pin a topic as forumwide banner. Does that solve your problem?
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### Author:  [@taonmatt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taonmatt)
#### Post date: [12 בנובמבר, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/3 "2019-11-12T11:27:21Z")
Hi MarcP.
I guess what I had in mind was a titled link to the post as a banner. But with a little editing to keep the length down this does the job, thanks.
Matt
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### Author:  [@taonmatt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taonmatt)
#### Post date: [12 בנובמבר, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/4 "2019-11-12T16:54:55Z")
I guess that the thing here is that the banner post is big enough that people are going to hit the ‘x’ and not see it again. Whereas a titled link is something you might want to appear for a while (you might even time limit it).
I will see how this works out, maybe people will read and digest the banner out the gate but I have a rather more cynical view of how people operate such systems. Then again, would they click the link…
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [12 בנובמבר, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/5 "2019-11-12T17:33:07Z")
There are other solutions, depending on what you are trying to do.
For example you can use the [`global notice`](https://compass.theartofnavigation.co.uk/admin/site_settings/category/all_results?filter=global_notice) site setting to create a text banner (also supports HTML if necessary). Another solution is to use the [Versatile Banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versatile-banner/109133) which is highly customizable.
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### Author:  [@taonmatt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taonmatt)
#### Post date: [13 בנובמבר, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-post-even-in-the-categories-home-page/133148/6 "2019-11-13T17:47:01Z")
Thanks Dax. I’m going with the banner for now, but I’m glad to have those options to look into as well.
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