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 banner topic.

Hi there, have you seen [immagine] 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. person_raising_hand Required user level: Moderator (Dismissible banner), Administrator Banners are an effective way to communicate important information to your site visitors. This guide will walk you through various methods to create and customize banners on your Discourse site. Welcome banner A welcome banner greets new and r… ? If you have a screenshot, that would be helpful too.

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 get stuck, feel free to ask, but don’t just take screenshots of the interface and ask about them without doing a little research or trying them out. You can also ask basic questions to our bot on ask.discourse.com.

Dove creo l'argomento banner?

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

Ciao, hai visto

Se hai uno screenshot, sarebbe utile anche quello.

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