# Changing FAQ to Guidelines

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010 "2021-07-23T18:32:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![kianwalters05](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kianwalters05/32/228402_2.png) [@kianwalters05](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kianwalters05)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/1 "2021-07-23T18:32:30Z")

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Hi!  
On the about section of my site I would like to change the FAQ text to say Guidelines instead. As i think the default post is more of guidelines than FAQ. Is this possible?

Kian

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### Author: ![Benjamin\_D](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/benjamin_d/32/277831_2.png) [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/2 "2021-07-23T18:39:18Z")

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Hi!  
if you mean the FAQ link in the hamburger menu, that would be `js.faq` found here:  
`https://your.domain/admin/customize/site_texts?q=faq`

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### Author: ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/3 "2021-07-23T20:41:52Z")

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I’ve done this on my site but have just noticed that the “Guidelines” link goes to the `/faq` URL.

Is there any way of changing this to `/guidelines` (which incidentally does work when you type it into the browser bar)?

I’ve tried changing the `faq url` setting (“If you have a FAQ hosted elsewhere that you want to use, provide the full URL here.”). It accepts the relative URL but adds a _second_ “Guidelines” button/link at the top of the page.

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### Author: ![kianwalters05](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kianwalters05/32/228402_2.png) [@kianwalters05](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kianwalters05)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/4 "2021-07-23T22:48:03Z")

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Hi!  
Whats the hamburger menu? Im new to all this so am not sure. And I mean where it says About, Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy & FAQ on the about page. Sorry if that is what you mean

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### Author: ![Benjamin\_D](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/benjamin_d/32/277831_2.png) [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/5 "2021-07-24T06:28:45Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/b/fb92eabebe655e30453c563e5dfc6b6e1fb521d7.png)  
it’s the menu between the avatar and the search (😉) icon (there a hard refresh is needed to see the modification). On the about page, the same parameter `js.faq` is used for the tab title.

> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> the `/faq` URL.  
> Is there any way of changing this

Not that I’m aware of, seems to be hardcoded 🤔

> [@Update the FAQ, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Service](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-the-faq-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-service/18074/30):
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> No we don’t have a way to change those routes. It’s possible with a plugin though.

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### Author: ![kianwalters05](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kianwalters05/32/228402_2.png) [@kianwalters05](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kianwalters05)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-faq-to-guidelines/198010/6 "2021-07-24T21:52:37Z")

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> [@Benjamin\_D](#):
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> [https://your.domain/admin/customize/site\_texts?q=faq](https://your.domain/admin/customize/site_texts?q=faq)

Hi!  
Thanks for this and it now classes them as guidelines. Do you know which plugin I can use to change the URL from /faq to /guidelines? Also thanks for explaining what the hamburger menu is. 🙂
