Special Page Type, Faculty/Staff pages

Special Page Type, Faculty/Staff pages

Faculty & Staff Directory

Before you begin

As a group, make sure there is a coordinated plan in your organization conerning where files (faculty/staff profiles) will be stored (will they be maintained on a departmental basis or will they be stored and maintained centrally?) Having a plan will create:

  • Shareable content
  • Content that will not be duplicated
  • Consistent links that will not break in the future

Decide

  1. Which departments/divisions will need to be included and identified. If your group  is to have more than one department or area listed, have your site ambassador (point of contact) send a request to have these added to the system (Website Help ).
  2. Where you plan to store your profiles or bio pages for each member of the group. Make sure you agree here because you do NOT want to duplicate pages for individuals who may belong in two different groups.

Steps to build

  1. Build out Profile/bio pages first
  2. Add lists in where you want them displayed on the site.

Faculty/Staff Pages

  1. Get all the images and files you will want to use uploaded in Cascade first (this will keep you from having to back out to do that while you are creating your faculty bio pages)
  2. Create a folder as you normally would to store the pages. Be sure to do this as part of the agreed upon plan!
  3. Create a page for each person in your group:
    • Add Content > Directory>Bio
    • As always, give it a machine readable name (lower case, no special characters, no spaces)
    • Be sure to place in the agreed upon directory!! This will prevent duplicate pages and information that is out of sync
    • Note: the "title" field will appear as the title of the page, NOT the title belonging to the person!
    • Choose the "department(s)" that the person belongs to. These will determine which list(s) they will appear on. You can search by typing in the block and you will get a list based on what you have entered.
    • Fill in the rest of the required and optional fields as needed
    • Save and Submit

 

 

Building faculty/staff listing pages

To build a simple Directory page

  • Add Content > Directory > Department Lisiting
  • Place it in your site where you want the list to show up!
  • Give the page a name (lower case, no special characters, no spaces) as you always would
  • Give the page a title (this will show on your navigation, so choose wisely!
  • Choose the department(s) of those members you want listed on the pages from the dropdown list. (You can type to search here)
  • If you have more than one departmnt/division selected, then choose whether you want the list separated into departments/divisions

NOTE: You can add people as individuals to your page also or even build a page of individual people rather than choosing a department.

Directory Guide