# Public Static pages and Private Forums - possible?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077 "2020-06-27T01:39:33Z")
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### Author: ![KrisChrisChrys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e57/32.png) [@KrisChrisChrys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KrisChrisChrys)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077/1 "2020-06-27T01:39:33Z")

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Hi - I want to install Discourse but I have not been able to figure out if it supports public static pages and private forums? Here is the layout I’m trying to make:

|\_ Homepage (landingpage at www.)  
|\_ About  
…|\_General Info  
…|\_Contact Info  
|\_TOS  
|\_Privacy Policy  
|\_Forums

Except “ **forums** ”, everything should be entirely PUBLIC. But forum should be private – user must sign-up and be APPROVED by admin before user can post or browse.

Also, I’d like these pages to appear in navigation as well.

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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: [June 27, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077/2 "2020-06-27T02:29:33Z")

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It’s not currently possible to show those default pages (like [https://meta.discourse.org/about](https://meta.discourse.org/about)) publicly on a private site, but you can create new static pages with our [page publishing feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing/151971) and enable the `show published pages login required` setting so they’re available publicly.

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### Author: ![KrisChrisChrys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e57/32.png) [@KrisChrisChrys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KrisChrisChrys)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077/3 "2020-06-27T03:06:12Z")

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Thanks. You meant “ **disable** ” the login required setting though, right?

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-static-pages-and-private-forums-possible/156077/5 "2023-04-20T21:21:05Z")

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