# \[Community\] Change Discourse software to not show the welcome message every single day for logged in users **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829 "2024-12-20T18:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daron/32/116883_2.png) [@Daron](https://community.homey.app/u/Daron)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/1 "2024-12-20T18:05:55Z")
I use the [Discourse mobile app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/discourse-hub/id1173672076) to read various forums that are hosted using their software. One thing that drives me absolutely crazy is the huge **Welcome to the Homey Community!** banner that takes up literally half of my phone’s screen (iPhone 16, so not a tiny phone!!). I’ve tried looking through various app settings and account settings within Discourse and there seems to be no way to disable it on a per-user account level, however, it does seem possible for the administrators to change this sitewide. I know it’s important to onboard new users and I want to respect that requirement, but does it need to be shown every single day for frequent users? I found some various other forums discussing the same thing so perhaps we can take some inspiration? > **[Restrict Welcome banner to user's homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-welcome-banner-to-users-homepage/270596)** > > I have a user asking if it is possible to restrict the banner to the homepage only, so if they have latest bookmarked it doesn’t show? Currently it appears to show in both instances. > **[Can we please get rid of the giant welcome banner?](https://discourse.doomemacs.org/t/can-we-please-get-rid-of-the-giant-welcome-banner/2756)** > > It is not perfect on desktop, but on phones the experience is very suboptimal. My phone is not small (6.8" 18:9 2160x1080p) but when I open doom discourse the welcome banner takes half of my screen Compared to NixOS discourse... From what I can tell, this is called the “Welcome Banner” in the admin settings. Is this even possible? I know on desktop I can take advantage of userscript CSS to never see it again, but in the webview of the mobile app, that is not possible. What does everyone else think? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/2 "2024-12-20T21:40:09Z")
Select “New” or “Latest” as default home page > ![1000039157](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/0/20f576012d3b97a7eaf88de930f4b7fc746a37f7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Daron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daron/32/116883_2.png) [@Daron](https://community.homey.app/u/Daron)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/3 "2024-12-21T13:56:50Z")
Nope, it still does it.l after changing the setting. ![IMG_5473](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/0/d0957ce1a66c3a8fca9b6b041338022420097978.png) ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/4 "2024-12-21T14:19:55Z")
I just checked: as I have never used the app, I downloaded it, added the Homey Community Forum and logged in. I landed on de default start page (topic overview), with no banner message. Maybe because I disregarded the banner (clicked the X) when initially logging into the forum via the web site (not the app)? What happens if you log out from the app, log in to the forum via the web, click away the banner and then log back in on the app? ---
**Author:** ![Daron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daron/32/116883_2.png) [@Daron](https://community.homey.app/u/Daron)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/5 "2024-12-21T14:53:48Z")
It will stay gone for about a day and then come back. Idk why the session/cookie timer is so low. I wouldn’t care I guess if I only had to dismiss it once every few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Emile](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/emile/32/115314_2.png) [@Emile](https://community.homey.app/u/Emile)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/6 "2024-12-22T09:20:35Z")
I’ve updated the cookie expiry to 31 days. Let me know if it still shows up every day! ---
**Author:** ![Daron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daron/32/116883_2.png) [@Daron](https://community.homey.app/u/Daron)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/community-change-discourse-software-to-not-show-the-welcome-message-every-single-day-for-logged-in-users/124829/7 "2024-12-24T11:27:26Z")
Seems to be extended now! Thanks for making that change before the holiday. Fijne feestdagen! 🎄🎁