# Welcome screen for new users?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-screen-for-new-users/370794>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [June 19, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-screen-for-new-users/370794 "2025-06-19T05:26:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![marvi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@marvi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marvi)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-screen-for-new-users/370794/7 "2025-06-23T01:28:44Z")

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Interesting @NateDhaliwal does @system #General mean we are looking for posts created by the system in the general category? We are one of the groups that has deleted the general category but supposedly we should still be able to have a welcome topic:

- [Welcome topic can’t be created if General category is deleted - Bug - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-topic-cant-be-created-if-general-category-is-deleted/253773)
- [FIX: Welcome topic banner showing after general category is deleted by oblakeerickson · Pull Request #20639 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20639)

However, I’m not sure where it’s meant to show up if there is no General category. Ideally, we would want users to see the post before they even see the home page. Is that generally how welcome topics are meant to work, or no?

I see the following in our site texts: “We are so glad you joined us. Here are some things you can do to get started…” So I know what the text is, it looks like the default text, but nowhere to be found on our site via search.

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