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Can I have a sticky post on my pages?
A "sticky post" is one that naturally stays at the top of a page (or is always the "latest" post in a forum). Look at This is what you can find on my pages: - this is an example of a "sticky post", *always* the first post on these pages.
There is currently no official SU facility for making or managing "sticky posts" but, as is often the case, by taking advantage of the facilities that *are* available, we can achieve the same end.
The facility that we can exploit here is the "don't change the date" option that appears beside the Save Changes button when you make (or edit) a post, see below:
Quite simply, having made your "sticky post", you will need to update it every time you add another post, in order to make sure that your "sticky" is once again the first post on your pages ... update it, but do change the date.
Do this by editing your "sticky post": you do not, unless you wish to, need to make any changes to the entry at all. Just make sure that you un-check (un-tick) the "don't change the date" option before you press the Save Changes button - then the date for your "sticky post" is changed to today's date, and it becomes the first post again! Easy, eh?!
Tip: if your "sticky post" contains any fancy formatting, you may find that the code in it is altered when you Save Changes (this is caused by the "automatics" in SU's HTML validation [actually, XHTML]). In order to avoid this, Mr-Helpful recommends that you keep a copy of your "sticky post" in a plain-text (.txt) file, so that you can quickly do a cut & paste rescue should your "sticky post" become messed up. (Mr-Helpful has to do exactly this with his "sticky post" :o)
As always, try it. If you don't like it, you can always delete the post!
