# Add admin option to use custom URL for ABOUT link

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [30. April 2015 um 04:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125 "2015-04-30T04:53:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [30. April 2015 um 04:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125/1 "2015-04-30T04:53:03Z")

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We are able to set custom URLs for TOS, privacy policy and FAQ - could you also add an option to allow use of custom URL for ABOUT?

I love the ABOUT page, actually, but also am missing a suitable place to link back to the main site from discourse. The ABOUT link on the sandwich menu seems to be the ideal place for this, short of adding custom header text.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/f/6f68312e02b83766a28fbdd43d5acf69b4aaa800.png)

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [30. April 2015 um 05:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125/2 "2015-04-30T05:29:31Z")

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You can also put the information in the “Bottom” HTML slot, which will display on the About page.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [30. April 2015 um 05:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125/3 "2015-04-30T05:31:20Z")

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Hmm, maybe there should be a text customization for the About page in Admin, Customize, Text Content.

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [30. April 2015 um 06:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125/4 "2015-04-30T06:05:09Z")

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the bottom HTML slot is a great idea that I hadn’t thought of before - thanks! I also very much like the idea of text customization on the about page so that I can include some links in the site description, front and center. That would be helpful on my other sites as well.

…but still I can’t help but think the best solution for me is to link prominently and sensibly back to the mother ship from that About link.

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4. Dezember 2025 um 11:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-admin-option-to-use-custom-url-for-about-link/28125/5 "2025-12-04T11:35:53Z")

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