Web Biography Widget

This widget was designed so that one or more professional biographies can be displayed on a page. The web biography (web bio) widget is perfect for highlighting people on a staff, team, in a class or as part of a teaching or research group.

Design

There are six different ways to display the web bio widget. Below are your template display options:

Web bio

Web bio accordion 

Web bio full

Web bio grid

Web bio simple list

Web bio table

Web bio doctors

How to

In order to display web biographies, you need to import them into Sitefinity using one of two methods. You can find instructions for each below. 

Import internal users

The internal import process is for university faculty and staff. Biography information is pulled from the HR system. Once imported, you can change any imported information and add additional information. 

To complete an internal import, please do the following: 

1. Ensure you are working in the proper multisite.
2. Click the Content tab and select Web Bio Import.
3. Enter in your website and click Import from IDM.
4. Enter email address, title, first name, last name or both.
5. Select the School or College associated with the person. Use Any School to search all departments.
6. Select the checkbox for the person you wish to import.
7. Repeat as necessary.
8. Hit Start.

Import external users

The external import process is for people affiliated with the university but do not have information in the HR system. This process will import their full name and email. Once imported, you can add additional information. 

To complete an external import, please do the following: 

1. Ensure you are working in the proper multisite.
2. Click the Content tab and select Web Bio Import.
3. Enter in your website and click Import from CSV.
4. Download a copy of the CSV format spreadsheet.
5. Fill out the spreadsheet. Be sure to leave the headers in the first row as is.
6. Save to your computer.
7. Choose the file from your computer.
8. Hit Start.
   

Add content to user bios

Once your people are imported, you can add additional information to the individual biographies. 

To add content to a biography, please do the following: 

1. Ensure you are working in the proper multisite.
2. Click the Content tab and select Web Bios.
3. Find the person and click their email address.
4. Fill in the applicable fields. 
5. Publish.
   

Use the widget

Now that your content is ready, you can add the biographies to your webpages using the web bios widget. 

To add web bio content, please do the following: 

1. Go to the page you would like to display the bio(s) on in edit mode.
2. Find the web bios widget and drag and drop it on the page.
3. Click Edit.
4. Select the biographies you would like to display under the content tab.
5. Under List settings, choose limits if needed and the sort order.
6. Expand the drop down menu under List template to choose the design template you want to use.
7. Click List Options, enter a title if needed and check the fields you would like to display. 
8. Click Back to widget settings.
9. Select Single items settings to choose whether you would like to open bio details on the same page (auto-generated) when selected or a designated (existing) page. If you are not sure which option you need, click here for more information about setting up an existing page. 
10. To enable text search and/or filtering, click "Filter" and select your preferences. 
11. Save.

If you're using the web bio full template and would like more options to completely customize which fields are displayed, you can use the web bio full custom template.

Select the "web bio full custom" template. Then select the "List Options" button. From there, you can select and deselect which fields are displayed.

Search and filtering

The web biography widget allows optional text search (by name and job title) and filtering at the top of the widget for a more simplified user experience. 

These options give site visitors the ability to type in names and select categories in order to pare down the list of biographies displayed by applicable criteria. To enable search and/or filtering, please do the following: 

1. While editing the page, click Edit on the Web Bios widget and select Filter at the bottom.

2. Select which options you would like to implement. 

3. Save.