# Post template at Topic Level
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 19, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762 "2016-10-19T22:43:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/1 "2016-10-19T22:43:51Z")
I have been using the post template feature for categories. I really like this becuase it gives some guidance to the post on how to construct their post effectively. Good info in = good info out (Hopefully)
Today a need occurred to me to make these available at the topic level.
I can see how this might get messy in a couple of ways…
- Retroactive addition of a post template to a thread (Mitigation: Simply not allow it, and restrict this feature to threads started by staff)
- Conflict with a template enforced a the category level.
What are folk’s thoughts on this?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/2 "2016-10-19T23:17:48Z")
This seems similar to
> [@Per-topic hints in Message Composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-topic-hints-in-message-composer/51445/):
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> Some topics may have rules or some other generic topic-related information, which people would like to reference and re-read time to time. The proposition is to allow per-topic hints - a short text, preferably expandable to a popup with longer text, where admins/mods/topic owners would put e.g. explanatory things about the topic, rules, expected behavior, information formation recommendation etc. Example mockup: An relevant menu item can be added to e.g. a topic wrench. Once clicked…
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/3 "2016-10-19T23:46:06Z")
I don’t know if it be as effective in getting members to actually read them, but I’m thinking it might be easier to have a “per topic” education modal.
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### Author:  [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/4 "2016-10-20T03:29:13Z")
@cpradio Yes, I the feature request you linked to would work well.
p.s. @codinghorror, I like how I can see edits made in a post in Discourse 🙂
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### Author:  [@exetico](https://meta.discourse.org/u/exetico)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/5 "2017-11-09T16:54:55Z")
How did it go? I did try to search for it, but i can’t find anything like this.
I would really be happy to see a feature like this, too. We’re having a few topics where a “default” post-headlines should make very good sense. Fx. “My last buy”, “Rate users” (Sold items) and so on, where the intensity and information could be improved very much, just by making an default-post, that could remind the users to up in the link, the price and so on 🙂 Nothing smart - but just typing in a few things, so it’s made sense to the poster in the thread.
I’m very happy about the template-feature on “thread”-level, and we’re already using that option for multiple categories.
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### Author:  [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/6 "2018-04-17T21:32:33Z")
Wanna dig this one out. Any chance this will make it to discourse?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/7 "2018-04-17T21:51:11Z")
Maybe based on a topic tag perhaps but per-topic, highly unlikely.
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### Author:  [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-template-at-topic-level/51762/8 "2018-04-18T10:14:53Z")
That would work too 🙂