# Post notices for first-time and returning users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature, post-notices
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078 "2019-03-19T17:25:00Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/1 "2019-03-19T17:25:00Z")

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To encourage kindness towards users who are posting for the first time or may not have posted in a while we’ve created a new feature that calls special attention to these new/returning users.

These banners are visible to other users, but not the poster they apply to… and by default are only visible to community members who have been active enough to achieve [Trust Level 2](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/).

Here’s what they look like:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/7/5473484a7d71c13e4d480d17badbc6750c167ef2.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/0/2/f02e3965dcd9b660736cea71e385c01470cea416.png)

## How can I configure this feature?

Admins can adjust these options in their site settings

- `new user notice tl` This controls the trust level of who can see the new user notice, the default is TL2.
- `returning user notice tl` This controls the trust level of who can see the returning user notice, the default is TL2.
- `returning users days` This controls when a user is considered to be a returning user, the default is 120 days.
- `old post notice days` This controls when we remove the background color and deemphasize the notice, the default is 14 days.

If you’d like to change the text of these notices you can do so under _Admin \> Appearance \> Site Text_ (Search for `post.notice`).

## How do I disable this feature?

The two options are:

- **Disable for non-staff and non-TL4 users** : increase the `new user notice tl` and/or `returning user notice tl` to Trust Level 4. TL4 is only awarded manually, so only your staff and highest-trust users would see the notices.

- **Globally disable the banners** : Add CSS to hide these banners under _Admin \> Appearance \> Themes_ to disable them globally.

This CSS will hide both types:

```css
.post-notice {
  display: none;
}

```

or optionally you can hide individual types of notices:

```css
.post-notice.new-user {
  display: none;
}

.post-notice.returning-user {
  display: none;
}

.post-notice.old {
  display: none;
}

```

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