Introduction

The Contact content type is used to capture an individual’s contact information. This could be a UCT employee or someone associated with the university.

Add a contact

1. Log on to the Web CMS Dashboard and ensure that thesite you select is the Current site .
2. Click the Content tab > Add content dropdown menu > Add Contact .
   • Enter the following information in the Personal details tab:
     • Add a new file: browse to upload an image of the contact and provide alternate text for the image.
     • Title : select the title from the dropdown list, or other to specify a different title.
     • First name
     • Initials
     • Surname: this is a required field.
3. Complete the following steps in the left side panel:
   • Click Meta .
     • Job title: specify the job title.
     • Bio: enter information about the author.
     • Faculty: select an option from the dropdown list, if applicable.
     • Department: specify, if applicable.
     • Tags : these keywords, separated by a comma, are used to describe and improve findability of your content. They are also taxonomy reference fields to group content from different categories. Multi-word phrases can be enclosed in inverted commas for precision ( g., “teaching and learning”) .
   • Click Contact .
     • Email: provide the contact’s email address, if available.
     • Contact number(s): provide their contact numbers, if available.
     • Click Add another item to provide additional contact number(s) .
   • Click Location .
     • Map: enter the iframe code from Google Maps.
     • Address: Enter the physical address.
   • Click Website & social .
     • URL: provide a website URL to a personal blog or faculty or departmental website (e.g., http://www.facultyname.uct.ac.za ).
     • Link text: hyperlinked text ( e.g., View website )
     • Add a new or existing social media link :
       • Add new social media link:
         • Label: text that appears on the website (e.g., LinkedIn Profile )
         • Social media link URL: points to the respective social media page.
         • Click Create social media link.
       • Add existing social media link:
         • Social media link: start typing the link and select the applicable one from the list.
         • Click Add social media link.
       • Click Researcher (this applies to researchers only).
         • Staff number: Enter the researcher’s staff number.
         • Profile display:
           • Default: This will only show the researcher’s title in Converis, while the rest of the information is from the contact created in Web CMS.
           • Converis - Full: This shows the full bio, contact details and profile picture from Converis, and none of the details provided in Web CMS.
           • Converis – Bio only: This option only pulls the Converis title and bio, while the rest of the contact details and picture from Web CMS .
         • On the right side panel.
           • Create new revision:
           • Revision log message: log recent updates made to this content (e.g., Contact number was updated) .
           • Share preview link: share link with an individual who is not an authenticated Web CMS user but needs to review content.
           • Current state: shows the content’s current state .
           • Change to: change the content state to draft, published or unpublished .
           • Delete: remove content.
           • Node lock: when activated those in lower roles are unable to update or edit content.
           • URL alias: automatically generated, but can be changed under the Domain-specific path text field. Subsite paths cannot be removed for content that belongs to a subsite. In the event that the alias does not contain the subsite path, the system will automatically generate it.
           • Promotion options
             • Promoted to front page: This is not currently in use, but is a default Drupal feature.
             • Sticky at top of lists: when enabled, content is placed at the top of lists or wherever it appears. This order takes precedence over other sorting options such as alphabet or date.
           • UCT sitemap: this node is added to the sitemap navigation, when enabled.