# Use a form to make a topic
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143 "2020-06-17T16:39:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@nullset](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nullset)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/1 "2020-06-17T16:39:46Z")
Hi, i have been reading up and down and searched a lot and i am looking for a way to let users fill out like a form with a few set fields and then this will generate a new topic with added text.
The usage will for a personals page almost where each topic will be a personals ad, i have seen other webpags doing this but i am using wordpress now and has just started using Discourse and i see more and more ways to use Discourse rather than slow plugins in wordpress.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/2 "2020-06-17T21:53:56Z")
Hi Theo,
There isn’t a way to do exactly what you describe, but you should investigate topic templates.
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### Author:  [@Thamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thamer)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/3 "2020-06-17T22:02:32Z")
Hi Theo, your idea sounds really interesting, I was thinking about doing something similar in my forum. A form to create a topic would help to standardize our topics, organizing the forum in a way.
Please let me know if you find something that will be useful for you in this terms and I will try to use it here.
Best,
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### Author:  [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/4 "2020-06-18T00:25:16Z")
You can use the [Custom Wizard Plugin 🧙](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345) to do exactly this. Here’s a look at one I’m currently working on:
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### Author:  [@Thamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thamer)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/5 "2020-06-18T18:55:55Z")
Hey @davidkingham, thanks for your reply.
I already installed [Custom Wizard Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345) and I am trying to find a step by step to starting creating wizards. I tried creating one for test, but it seems to not be working.
Best,
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### Author:  [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/6 "2020-06-18T19:13:37Z")
Have you reviewed the guides here? [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/c/knowledge/custom-wizard/118)
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### Author:  [@nullset](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nullset)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/7 "2020-07-03T23:06:01Z")
Hi, i am also trying to get it to make topic with a certain text in a certain category, but all i get is a white screen ?
What am i doing wrong
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/8 "2020-07-05T23:31:25Z")
You’ll need to give some more details here. Is there a console error?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/11 "2023-10-16T19:13:59Z")
Now we have [Introducing Form Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-experimental-form-templates/278631)
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-form-to-make-a-topic/155143/12 "2023-10-16T19:14:02Z")