Your own banner with a link

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You could make your own ad banner by using one of the many banner theme components like these ones:

Versatile Banner

Summary Versatile Banner adds a customizable banner to your site. Preview Preview on theme-creator.discourse.org Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-versatile-banner New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component This theme component is an evolution of previous banner efforts. The goal is to provide more ease and flexibility through the use of the…

Welcome Link Banner

Summary Welcome Link Banner is a simple banner, similar to the one in use here on Meta, that allows you to add some custom text and 1-4 links. Preview Preview on theme-creator.discourse.org Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-welcome-link-banner New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component [Welcome Link Banner] This component comes with a vari…

There are also some other plugins that may interest you:

House Ad Templates

IF YOU ARE RUNNING AN AD BLOCKER RIGHT NOW, YOU MAY HAVE A VERY BAD TIME TRYING TO SET THIS UP! TURN IT OFF BEFORE WORKING WITH AD RELATED CUSTOMIZATIONS! You’ve been warned. Also be aware of browsers with built-in ad-blocker functionality (eg. Brave) The Official Discourse Ad Plugin ships with a House Ad feature that allows you to create ads for your site using HTML and CSS. You can find the discussion for this feature at House Ads in the official Ad Plugin. The purpose …

House Ads in the official Ad Plugin

IF YOU ARE RUNNING AN AD BLOCKER RIGHT NOW YOU WILL HAVE A VERY BAD TIME TRYING TO SET THIS UP! TURN IT OFF BEFORE PROCEEDING DOWN THIS PATH! You’ve been warned. Also be aware of browsers with built-in ad-blocker functionality (eg. Brave) I’ve been working on adding support for house ads in the ad plugin and would like some feedback about how you’d use it. Here’s a video to demonstrate how I have it working now: You define a set of ads using html and the usual…

Discourse Advertising Plugin (Ads)

Summary Discourse Advertising allows the set up of advertisements on Discourse Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-adplugin Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse NB: If you have discourse-adplugin enabled on your forum whilst you also have an adblocker running in your browser it can blank out the contents of your /admin/plugins page. Disabling your adblocker, using an incognito …

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