# What is essential content for a new community?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-essential-content-for-a-new-community/234171 "2022-07-27T17:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-essential-content-for-a-new-community/234171/1 "2022-07-27T17:38:33Z")

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What content do you find essential for starting a new community?

In Discourse we have the setup wizard that prompts some questions to leave descriptions on the about page and such, but then it is up to you to create the content your users will experience when visiting your site.

For me this step can actually hold back a project, since no one wants to launch a live, _empty_ site. 😅

To get past that bump in the process I’m building a content list so I can check off items as I’m setting up new sites. And that’s where _your wisdom_ comes in! 🤩

Here is a short list of content to help me get started, please respond with ideas (and linked samples) so I may develop a more full list to help visitors to my communities. 🙂

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- Fill out as much description as possible in Setup Wizard
- Edit site-wide “Welcome to Discourse” message, include link to #Contribute > Site feedback
- Copy [Understanding Discourse for new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-new-user-guide/96331), edit as needed
- Edit category description for #Contribute > Site feedback, encourage users to create new topics there for help, link to other main categories
- Copy [Configuring how users can create and send invites for others to join your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-configure-and-accept-invites-to-a-discourse-site/124096), edit as needed for moderators/first users
- Invite first users! 🎉

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