Adding a Person - Updates

• To add a person, mouseover Content, then mouseover Add Content, then click Person

Personal Info

• There are three required fields for a person (required fields are noted with the red asterisk).
  • Full Name - The Full Name field will be displayed for website visitors to see.
  • First Name - The First Name and Last Name fields are used for sorting
  • Last Name - The First Name and Last Name fields are used for sorting.
• Other Personal Info Fields:
  • Summary: Displayed only the a list of people, not on the bio page.
  • Body: Content used on this person's bio page.
  • Image: This field is used to upload a photo of the person. The recommended aspect ratio is 3:4.
  • Sort Weight: A number value used to supersede the default sorting based on first and last names. This can be helpful when placing senior leaders at the top of a list.
  • Workflow: When publishing content, make sure to set the workflow state to Published.
• Additional Fields:
  • Meta Tags
  • Authoring Information

Contact Info

At the top of the page, you'll see a group of tabs with additional options. Click Contact Info. All of the fields are optional:

• Email: requires a valid email address
• Work Phone: requires a valid phone number
• Mobile Phone: requires a valid phone number
• Mailing Address
• Office Location
• Personal Websites
  • If the person has an external website (e.g. a researcher's lab website), these can be added here. The URL and Link text fields are both required.
• Appointment Contact

Organizational Info

At the top of the page, you'll see a group of tabs with additional options. Click Organizational Info. All of the fields are optional, although the Tag(s) field is important to note.

• Job Title: You can add as many job titles as needed by clicking the Add another item button.
• Department: Used when displaying a list of people when multiple departments are present. For example, Computer Science.
• Tags: tags are used to create collections of people, and they should be added to each person (unless your site is very small).

Helpful hint: If you're modifying a list of people on your Drupal site and aren't sure what Tag to use. Simply edit another person on the list to see what they're tagged with. Apply that Tag to the person you're modifying.

Other Info

At the top of the page, you'll see a group of tabs with additional options. Click Other Info. All of the fields are optional:

• Curriculum Vitae: A Word document or PDF.
• External Profile Page
  • For example, if a person has an appointments in two academic units, this can be used to link their bio page to an external URL.
• Tags: tags are used to create collections of people, and they should be added to each person (unless your site is very small).
  • Helpful hint: If you're modifying a list of people on your Drupal site and aren't sure what Tag to use. Simply edit another person on the list to see what they're tagged with. Apply that Tag to the person you're modifying.
• News Stories Tag: Select a tag to display related news content on the person view.
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