Add/edit a faculty bio

Please refer to the Content Page Types list to see which components are available on a Faculty bio page.

A finished Faculty bio page can look like this:

A sample faculty bio using more fields

The faculty bio page type has been created to suit a number of different needs. There are a lot of fields that you may not use. 

For illustration purposes, here's a faculty bio with content in every possible field (we need 3 screen shots to show you):

As you can see, the Faculty bio content type is flexible.  You don't have to get it perfect right away. You can start with the basics and give some thought to whether you'd like to add additional information. You can edit it whenever you want!

Regardless of which sections of the page you plan to use, you'll find that there are several different kinds of fields and they each behave differently.  You can read more about those on the page called Field types in the CMS.  This is important information to have before you begin editing, so please take a moment to review that.

I understand my options and I'm aware of the field types - let's go!

When you are creating or editing a profile page, fill in the relevant information using the screenshots below as a guide. 

You can refer to the 'Faculty bio with a lot more info included' pages above to see where things are displayed on the page.  

• Notice that the meta description is not displayed; it's used only for search engine optimization.
  
  

Notice that these are all free-form fields where you can type whatever you want.  You can tell because there are no handles on the left of the field and no drop-down arrows on the right.  The asterisks indicate that these are all mandatory fields.

The content in the Meta description field is not shown on the finished page. This field is used to help search engines like Google find you when people search on your name or other keywords you've included there.  The Mega description should not be a list of words like "Mary research leadership coaching vice-president innovation education".  Search engines can tell when we're "padding" the Meta description field and this will negatively impact how Google includes this page in search results. So, use some keywords in a sentence for best results.

The 'X' through "Show media item weights" indicates that you can ignore item weights.  Some things are a little harder to do/edit if you have the weights showing and you don't need to change them so we'd recommend ignoring them altogether. 

If there is a profile picture already on your page but you want to change it, you can click the X in the upper right-hand corner of the picture to remove it.

Then, you can add a new picture following the instructions outlined on a page called Add/Edit a media block component. Your image should be square ideally.  Here is more information about images on the website.

Notice the handle to the left of the expertise field where we've typed "Coaching".  That's an indicator that you can move this field up and down.  That's handy if you've entered a number of expertise items but wish to change the order vs. retyping everything.

In the screen above, you can see handles to the left of the "Programs taught" fields, meaning you can move them up and down.  You can also see a magnifying glass on the right-hand side of the field.  This means this is a searchable field.  In these, you can start typing part of the name of the program and the system will offer you a list of possible matches from which to choose.

Further down, you'll see a down arrow to the right of the "faculty type" field.  Here, you can choose from a predefined list of faculty types.

Now, let's enter the position/title information to create what you see in our sample page:

Here's how to get "Associate faculty" in position 1:

And here's how to get "Associate Vice-President, Professional & Continuing Studies" in position 2:

If you wish to add more faculty position titles, click the "Add Faculty position" button circled in red.

You want people to contact you. You can choose to share one or more of these things:

• Email - for security reasons, we do not publish email addresses on webpages.  This link will take people to a 'contact form' to fill out. Once they hit 'send', you receive an email, but your email address is never exposed.
• LinkedIn 
• Twitter
• Personal website 

In all of these, the "Link text" field is simply text and will be displayed to the right of your profile picture on your bio page:

The text can be anything you want but as a general rule, we find these simple choices the best.

• Orchid ID - the "link text" field is mandatory and must contain your OrchidID

This is what the data entry screens look like for contact information:

Cecilia is still working on this - it's long, I know...

Ready to publish (or save as draft)?

Refer to the publishing options information to determine your final steps.