Creating Our People Links or Pages
Automated Our People Link
- Go to Faculty/Staff directory.
- Select department or area from the dropdown list. Click "Search."
- Copy the corresponding URL, which should now include "=&department=####" at the end of the URL string.
- Place this link where you want the Our People link on your page or in the menu.
Customizable Our People Page
If you need a customized version where you select who is included/not included, the order people are listed, groupings and/or any additional information, you can create a customizable our people page.
- Log into Drupal.
- Go to Add Content.
- Choose page from the list.
- Enter information
- Page title: Enter "Our People – (Department/area name)"
- Open Display Settings accordion
- Super Landing page: Choose your department/area from the dropdown list.
- Department Landing Page: Enter the Super Landing Page name. As you type, options will appear. Select the correct one.
- Enter any additional department/landing pages needed.
- Content
- Click on the + sign in the middle of this area.
- Choose Group (first choice) from the list. Leave the selection as normal and click "Save."
- Click on the + sign in the middle of the group.
- Choose Person Spotlight from the Paragraph Component list.
- Title: This is group heading. This could be things like faculty, staff, dean, researchers, department names, etc. ...
- Person(s): Begin typing the name of the person in this grouping. Choose from the list as the name appears.
- Add additional names to the group by clicking the green button.
- Click "Save" when done.
- To add another grouping, click on the + sign below the person spotlight and repeat the process as above.
- To add text between grouping, click on the + sign below the person spotlight and choose Text from the list.
- Saving the page
- At any point, you can save the page as "In Progress" to save your work.
- When you are done entering groupings and people, click "Ready to Review" at the bottom of the page.
- Place this link where you want the Our People link on your page or in the menu.
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