Profiles allow you to enter in the details of key people within your organisation that you may choose to display on certain pages of your site.
The Profile Manager allows you to view, add and modify your existing Groups of People.
It can be accessed via the Main Navigation Menu, through Member's Area > Profiles when logged in as a Site Administrator.
Add Organisation: Add a new Group of People (See: Adding an Organisation).
Note: The collective name can be changed from 'Organisation' to your own preference within the Site Settings section.
Organisation Names: Displays a list of all your created Organisations. Clicking on the name will allow you to Add or Edit the Members Profiles (See: Adding/Editing a Profile)
Number of Employee's: This displays how many Member's are in each Organisation.
Edit Organisation Name: Edit the name of the Organisation.
Delete Organisation: Deletes the selected organisation, and all Members within it.
Navigate to the Profile Manager section (Member Settings > Profiles in the Main Navigation Menu).
Click on the Add Organisation button above the list of existing Organisations.
Note: The collective name can be changed from 'Organisation' to your own preference within the Site Settings section and so this button may display a different term.
On the page this brings up, enter a name for the new Group and click the Add Organisation button below.
You should then receive confirmation that your Group has been created successfully:
Return to the Profile Manager and your Group should now be visible:
Now that a Group has been created, Profiles can be added to it.
The Profile Member Manager displays all current Member Profiles within the selected Group, and allows you to Add a new Profile, or Edit, Reorder and Delete existing Profiles.
Add Member: Add a new Member Profile to the selected organisation (See: Adding/Editing a Profile).
Note: The name that Group Members are referred to as is set in the Site Settings section and so may appear differently from the screenshot shown here. In this case, the Members are referred to as 'Individuals'.
Member Name: The Profile entry for each member of the Group. Profiles can be re-ordered by clicking and dragging them to the desired location.
Back/: Return to the Profile Manager.
Edit Member Profile: Edit the details of the Members Profile.
Delete Member Profile: Deletes the relevant Profile from the Group.
Once an Organisation has been added within the Profile Manager, Member Profiles can be added to it.
This will then open the Profile Member Manager.
Note: The name that Group Members are referred to as is set in the Site Settings section and so may appear differently from the screenshot shown here. In this case, the Members are referred to as 'Employee'.
4.Once the relevant details have been entered, click the Add Employee button below the form and they should now have an entry in the Profile Member Manager.
Note: The name that Group Members are referred to as is set in the Site Settings section and so may appear differently from the button shown here. In this case, the Members are referred to as 'Employee'.
Once a Group has been added and has had Member Profiles created within it, these can be then be displayed on any user-editable page of your WCS site.
Note: If you add a new Profile to a Group, all pages in which that Group's Members are displayed will update automatically, no further editing of the page required!
Go into the Page Editor of the page you wish to add the Profiles to, and in the Content Editor select the Profiles button .
In the Pop-Up window that appears, select the Style of how you want the Group to be displayed (See: Profile Display Styles), and the the Group whose Member's Profiles you want to display:
and then click the OK button to add them to the page.
Which will translate into your chosen Profiles and Display Style when the page is saved and viewed:
Different Profile Display Styles can be selected when Adding Profiles to a Page so you can choose the most appropriate format for your intended application.
Below are examples of how the same Profiles appear with each different option that can be selected: