# Does the CHAT FEATURE have a way to pin community guidelines
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [May 6, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696 "2022-05-06T15:01:20Z")
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### Author:  [@GeneDrea](https://community.glideapps.com/u/GeneDrea)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/1 "2022-05-06T15:01:20Z")
Greetings, I am wondering if there is a way to post a component in the chat that will allow for community guidelines of some sort. Right now, from what I can see, it seems pretty open, but most platforms that would allow people to communicate openly (including this one) include some sort of expectations around how one should conduct themselves in the space.
Does GLIDE allow for anything like this on the CHAT tab?
Is there anyone successfully using the CHAT feature on the app? If so, how do you use it?
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/2 "2022-05-07T00:25:31Z")
If you are talking about the native Chat tab then that’s pretty limited, I usually build custom solutions myself if I need a Chat function.
Native chat: only allow comments to be sent, not edited or deleted from the user’s side. You can only send text as well, not attaching an image or a file. Plus point is it does not eat into your row count.
Custom chat: Allow comments to be sent with an image or a file (using image picker or file picker, then show them in the details view of the comment). Users can edit or delete their comment and can report others’ comments. Eats into your row count and data storage, though.
With the custom chat, you can add a link/inline list at the top to show your community guidelines.
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### Author:  [@GeneDrea](https://community.glideapps.com/u/GeneDrea)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/3 "2022-05-07T23:08:53Z")
Thank you for the insights into how chat natively works in GLIDE.
How would one go about building a custom chat feature? Is that something that requires a lot of knowledge about coding? Or is there a foundational concept that I could look toward to begin to build a custom chat?
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/4 "2022-05-07T23:12:32Z")
> [@speech\_balloon Updated: Group Chat Template v2!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/updated-group-chat-template-v2/20277):
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> Now available in the Glide Template Store! Group Chat is a spin on my Messenger Template that, well, allows for group messaging! Features: Efficient: only one row per person and one row per chat Private: row owners per chat to prevent prying eyes, anonymized users default setting, user history per app, chat host can control who is/is not in the group Fun: compound actions to create floating action menus and responsive “add user to chat” functionality Grab the template here: [[G…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG1gvXbk9W4)
You might be inspired by this template.
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/5 "2022-05-07T23:18:57Z")
Basically, if you just need messages (without images or files), you just need a combination of text entry writing to a user-specific column + button with add row function to write the messages to a new table.
Then, display those messages in an inline list. Only allow editing if the message belongs to the signed-in user.
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### Author:  [@GeneDrea](https://community.glideapps.com/u/GeneDrea)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/6 "2022-05-08T03:33:22Z")
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-the-chat-feature-have-a-way-to-pin-community-guidelines/41696/7 "2022-05-09T03:33:54Z")
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