# How to format the contact\_url on /about
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 11, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108 "2015-09-11T01:21:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108/1 "2015-09-11T01:21:17Z")
[Here on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/about) the about page has (note how the email address is plain text):
> Contact Us
>
> In the event of a critical issue or urgent matter affecting this site, please
> contact us at [team@discourse.org](mailto:team@discourse.org).
I’d like to have a similar message where the `contact_url` is an email address but when I try this on my instance I get:
> Contact Us
>
> In the event of a critical issue or urgent matter affecting this site, please
> contact us at [team@discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org/team@discourse.org).
i.e. the email address becomes a bogus link to `domain.tld/test@example.com`. If I put `mailto:test@example.com` I get a proper email link but the link text is literally `mailto:test@example.com` instead of just `test@example.com`.
How can I get my about page to be like meta where the email is plain text or even better would be how to get a proper email link without the `mailto:` part being part of the link text.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108/2 "2015-09-11T01:46:45Z")
Meta has a filled-out `contact email` and a blank `contact url`.
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### Author:  [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108/3 "2015-09-11T02:01:03Z")
But my discourse told me (in bold letters):
> **Until you set these required fields, your Discourse is broken!**
So I thought I better put something there 😄
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108/4 "2015-09-11T02:09:29Z")
In this case, you get to choose 😄 The tip-off is supposed to be that both of them have “Used on the /about contact form for urgent matters”. Also, with `digest/mobile logo url` have an “If left blank” clause.
And why is “exclude rel nofollow domains” in the Required section o.o
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108/5 "2024-06-08T12:46:02Z")
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