I’m new to this idea of discourse as a platform. I’ve created my own community. Imagine it to be a pirates’ den. But here, it’s openly shown that it’s a pirates’ den and fellow pirates are always welcome. So where do I put up that signboard ?? In the context of discourse, that’s what’s meant by the…

Hi there, have you seen [image] Creating a banner to display at the top of your site Site Management bookmark This guide explains different methods to create and customize banners on your Discourse site, from simple dismissible banners to more advanced options.…

You can use the pin button in the topic settings wrench button and there is an option to show it as a dismissable banner. I am unsure if this is what you need.

What are these ? [IMG_20260812_154230]

This is not a banner topic. These are category banners, giving a description about a category. Did you see the topic I linked above?

Please slow down, do some more reading and searching, experiment more with your site. There are multiple approaches to banners described in the linked topic above . Until you have people to support in your community you can just try settings out to figure out what they do. If you try something and g…

Where do l create the banner topic?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) August 12, 2026, 8:59am 2

Hi there, have you seen

If you have a screenshot, that would be helpful too.

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Where do l create the banner topic?

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