Categorizing and Displaying Profiles
Some departments choose to display their staff profiles by the team they (belong) to, doing this with our Drupal platform will give you the following view. These instructions will guide you through the process of categorizing the profiles on your site by the teams they work in.
Adding Profile Categories (e.g web & development solutions)
Add profile category terms using the steps in How to Add Vocabulary Terms
Click edit beside each term you added and get the term Id from the URL (/taxonomy/term/
#
/)
Adding the Terms to a Custom Menu Block on the Right Side of the Page
Using the administration bar, navigate to structure > menus
Select add menu
Enter a menu title e.g. Faculty and Staff Directory
Click, save
Select Add link and do the following for each taxonomy term you created in step 1(Link to add vocabulary terms)
Enter a "title" e.g. a section name (Deans office)
Enter the term Id you copied from step 2 in the following format
people/#
into the “path” field. Where#
is the Id number
Adding the People page
Navigate back to menus and click on "add link" on the right of the Main menu option
Enter a menu link title e.g. Staff & Faculty
Enter "people" into the “path” field
Adding the Custom Menu as A block on profiles page
Navigate to structure > blocks
Select Add menu block
Enter a title you would like as the “Block title” and “administrative title” e.g. Faculty and Staff Directory
Select the menu title you created under the “menu” drop down
Select “starting level” as 1st level (Primary)
Within the region setting select secondary in the drop down
Select “Only the listed pages” radio button
In the text area enter the following paths
people
people/*
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