# Prompt when hitting New Topic / Reply Button first time
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236 "2019-03-11T02:30:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/1 "2019-03-11T02:30:53Z")
Hey guys
I have a few long topics where newbies can post their questions. Yet I want to make sure that long time members don’t get annoyed by evergreen questions. Although I advice members to read the first topic and read the resources there first, many still rather opt for asking their question instead. So far I haven’t found a user-friendly way or incentive to point them to a beginner article or FAQ.
**How about a feature to configure a lightbox prompt when the user hits a “New Topic” or “Reply” button?**
That way you can provide a short text and a few links for the user to point him to helpful resources.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/2 "2019-03-11T03:37:13Z")
> [@jrgong](#):
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> How about a feature to configure a lightbox prompt when the user hits a “New Topic” or “Reply” button?
That’s exactly what our just in time messaging does. Search for `education.new-reply` and `education.new-topic` under Customize \> Text
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### Author:  [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/3 "2019-03-11T03:48:49Z")
That’s awesome, I did not know such feature exists.
Is there any way to configure it for individually per topic?
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/4 "2019-03-11T03:49:36Z")
Nope, afraid not! Can you explain the use-case?
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### Author:  [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/5 "2019-03-11T04:30:36Z")
I have multiple topics each with hundreds of posts where beginners (tl0) can post their questions.
Often those questions have been answered before. Hence we have FAQs which I want to point to. I see the user action of creating a new reply as the best time and place to provide him those resources.
Another use case is a quiz-like tool on my wordpress page. There ppl can self-diagnose what’s wrong with their plant. The link to the tool is in the first post. Hence new users often don’t see that the link is there and rather post a question “what’s wrong with my plant…” instead of using the tool.
With the prompt for replying to the topic the first time I can make sure that they have seen the tool available and use it before replying
In addition a topic-specific prompt can advise the user to put in crucial information about their case so that other users can actually give them advice (although a topic-specific template would be more helpful here)
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/6 "2019-03-11T06:46:25Z")
This is what suggested topics are for. If the question has been asked already it will come up in the JIT suggested topics list.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/7 "2019-03-11T08:05:02Z")
If it is category specific you can also set up a category topic template, but that is only valid for new _topics_, not replies.
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### Author:  [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236/8 "2019-03-11T09:41:59Z")
I am aware and I am already using it for some categories where necessary ❤