In a UX-focused discussion titled ‘Contact info on About page,’ spamless reports that while setting up Discourse, the provided contact email does not appear on the About page — only the contact URL does, despite setup instructions implying both would display. itsbhanusharma clarifies this behavior is intentional: if a contact URL is supplied, it supersedes the email, though the email remains required for system notifications. maiki agrees and suggests improving the UI text to clarify this behavior — for example, by stating that the URL will be shown for urgent matters, and the email will be used only if no URL is provided. They also confirm that removing the contact URL will cause the email to appear instead. spamless acknowledges the workaround but expresses a desire to display both for added visibility, noting they’d like to keep the URL for promotional purposes. The discussion highlights a minor UX ambiguity in Discourse’s contact settings, with suggestions to improve clarity in the setup wizard and About page logic.
Hi, I’m enjoying getting started with Discourse.
In the setup area, it says an email address I provide (see screenshot) will appear on the “About” page. But it doesn’t appear, only the contact URL I also provided appears on “About.”
Thanks for your help!
/dr
I think it has been like this by design since forever (or at least since I’m using discourse)
The description could be made clearer that if a link is supplied, it will supersede the email. However, the email is still required for some notifications iirc.
Thanks, @itsbhanusharma, I did not know about that! 
Maybe it could say something like:
Contact URL for this site. Displayed on the /about page for urgent matters. If left blank, the email address from the
contact emailsetting will be used.
And then explain it at /wizard/steps/contact somehow…
@spamless if you’d like contact email to show, you can remove contact url; I tested it and that’s how it works.
Thanks, yes, I figured that out too, but I wanted my URL there too, for a smidge of extra publicity. 
