Adding a Person
The Person content type may not be enabled on your Drupal site. Please contact your web consultant to enable this feature.
- To add a person, mouseover Content, then mouseover Add Content, then click Person
- There are three required fields for a person: Full Name, First Name, and Last Name. Required fields are noted with the red asterisk.
- The Full Name field will be displayed for website visitors to see.
- The First Name and Last Name fields are used for sorting.
- Other Fields:
- Summary: Displayed on a list of people.
- Body: Content used on this person's page.
- 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.
At the top of the page, you'll see a group of tabs with additional options. Click Contact & Location. All of the fields are optional:
- Email: requires a valid email address
- 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.
- 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.
- Appointment Contact
At the top of the page, you'll see a group of tabs with additional options. Click Job 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.
- Image: This field group may be closed, but this is used to upload a photo of the person. The recommended aspect ratio is 3:4.
- Curriculum Vitae: A Word document or PDF.
- Tags: tags are used to create a list of people, and as way of practice, should be added to each person depending on how your site is constructed.