# How do I tell the guide what to say about a page?

> Write a special instruction for the page in a draft update, and the guide follows it when it presents that page. Open Demo settings, press Update live demo, open Special instructions under a ticked page, write what to point out or how to explain it, and press Save instruction. Then press Check selected pages and Publish update.

Reviewed 2026-10-27.

## Steps

1. Open Demo settings and find Update the live demo.
2. Press Update live demo. A Draft update opens, and your live demo stays as it is until you publish.
3. Tick the page if it isn't ticked, then open Special instructions under it.
4. Write what the guide should point out, what visitors often ask about the page, or how to explain it. Anything past 500 characters is cut off.
5. Press Save instruction.
6. Press Check selected pages, then Publish update once every ticked page of your website passes. See [How do I change the pages after my demo is live?](https://demopage.io/help/update-pages.md)

![Special instructions open under Home in a draft update, with a text box for what the guide should point out and Save instruction.](https://storage.googleapis.com/demopage-media/docs/update-draft.cb2505fed3aa.webp)

## Good to know

- Without an instruction, the guide talks about a page from a line of its own text. An instruction replaces that line, so include the facts you want said.
- To go back to the page's own text, clear the box and press Save instruction.
- Instructions stay when you press Re-read website.
- Saving an instruction clears the check, so press Check selected pages again.
- If a re-read dropped the page, saving says "That page is not in this update."
- An instruction changes what the guide says while the page is on screen, not how it answers questions. To shape answers, see [How does the demo answer questions?](https://demopage.io/help/how-answers-work.md)

Step by step: [Change pages after going live](https://demopage.io/docs/pages-and-access.md#change-pages).

## Related questions

- [How do I change the pages after my demo is live?](https://demopage.io/help/update-pages.md)
- [How does the demo answer questions, and where do the answers come from?](https://demopage.io/help/how-answers-work.md)
- [How do I set what the guide can open in my demo?](https://demopage.io/help/choose-pages.md)

Still stuck? Email hello@demopage.io. All questions: [Help center](https://demopage.io/help.md).