One place for everything the whole community should see.
I need to tell all users about a planned maintenance window, but I’m not seeing the right place to put a message that reaches everyone. Is this meant to go in a pinned topic, a banner, or something else? I’m mid-task and don’t want to set it up the wrong way.
I needed a clean way to warn everyone about a rolling upgrade without creating a permanent post that people would keep bumping. What finally worked was using the site banner for the active window, then following it with a single pinned topic in a public area for the details. I kept the banner short and time-bound. Then I…