# Can we get a Usage Guide alongside the FAQ?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [3월 21, 2014, 3:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956 "2014-03-21T03:42:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [3월 21, 2014, 3:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956/1 "2014-03-21T03:42:01Z")

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**START WRITING HERE:** [GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/wiki/Basic-Usage-Guide)

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Someone asked recently about a list of features in Discourse. Well, I was having a discussion with someone else about Discourse and the forum FAQ came up.

The phpBB default FAQs look like this: [http://tasvideos.org/forum/faq.php#14](http://tasvideos.org/forum/faq.php#14)  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/d/da03b877597a5be40da4a016c195ac0978f6a16a.png)

Now, these aren’t frequently asked questions - it’s really a **usage guide**. A usage guide would suffice for a list of the features.

We should have a usage guide, too - just don’t name it FAQ. Name it “Usage Guide”.

I would want it to cover what the ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/a/adc7c053f9678042b10f048e3a3767e0ba09fc23.png) button is able to do, what ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/0/050fd687c9bcf8871ec091caed3614397a78769b.png) means, and yes - how to create a topic.

What the “Your topic is similar to…” popup means.

How to invite more people to a private message.

A glimpse of what the admins see when you flag a topic.

So - **a guide for basic and advanced usage of Discourse**.

Although the best way to use it is to type paragraphs 😄

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