People Listing Page

To request the People Directory feature by activated on a unit website, fill out and submit this form. 

The digital experience program manager will generate a ticket, and a member of the University Communications and Marketing platforms group will activate the feature on the website. 

No, the People Listing Page would not provide a quality user experience on mobile devices when directory profiles are displayed in a grid. 

Content authors can adjust the number of people listed on a page using pagination controls in the People Listing presentation settings. 

Yes and no. Units can customize the options within some filter categories, but not the categories themselves. This is because creating or modifying categories requires custom development. If a unit has a need for a new filter category, contact University Communications and Marketing to discuss your use case. There may be unit expense related to the custom development of additional category filters. University Communications and Marketing will discuss options with the unit prior to moving forward with any work that may lead to expenses. 

Area of Expertise is site-specific and can be used as a filter. Backend Tags and Offices and Centers are site-specific and can support search results but cannot be used as a filter. 

Name Prefix is a global standardized list. To suggest an additional prefix, contact University Communications and Marketing. Pronouns are a global standardized list corresponding to MSU’s Chosen Name and Pronoun Policy, but there is a Pronoun Override field for users who require a pronoun option not included in the list. 

Area of Study is a global list corresponding to the career tracks used by Career Services and the Office of Admissions to assist prospective and current students in exploring educational and employment opportunities. Employment Types is a global list based on employment classifications and approved by MSU Human Resources. Both Area of Study and Employment Types can be used as filters. 

The filters are contextual and additive. Options will only appear in the drop-downs if there is a person tagged that matches the applied filters. If multiple filters are in use, the available options in the second (or third, etc.) filters will automatically update to contain only what is available in content on the site that already meets the other applied active filters. 

Title (single-line text)

• Required field.
• This is the page title displayed as the H1.
• It must be unique and should be 50-70 characters for best search engine optimization practices. 

Browser Title (single-line text)

• Optional field.
• This title appears on the browser’s tab or top bar.
• If no text is placed here, the browser tab will show the Page Title.

Meta Description (single-line text)

• Add a description of the page to this field.
• This assists with search engine optimization and provides users a quick summary of what they can expect to find on the page. See “Search Engine Optimization” for additional information.

Meta Keywords (single-line text)

• Add keywords to this field to guide search engines on what this page content is about. See “Search Engine Optimization” for additional information. 

No Index (checkbox)

• Check this box if search engines should not index the page.

No Follow (checkbox)

• Check this box if search engines should not follow links to the page.

Canonical (single-line text)

• If the same content appears on multiple pages or websites, include the full URL of the web page that search engines should treat as canon (i.e., most important). 

Open Graph Title (single-line text)

• This field controls the headline that appears when the People Listing Page is shared via social media, web search, texting, etc. 

Open Graph Type (droplist)

• This setting defaults to website for People Listing Pages.

Open Graph Image (image selection)

• This field controls the thumbnail image that accompanies the People Listing Page when it is shared via social media, web search, texting, etc.

Open Graph URL (single-line text)

• This field controls the open graph tag related to the page being shared, indicating the canonical URL of the web page to define how a shared link is displayed. 

Hide Breadcrumb on Page (checkbox)

• Checking this box will remove the breadcrumb link trail from the top of the People Listing Page.

Check to hide in navigation filters (checkboxes)

• Breadcrumb Navigation — Checking this box will hide the page from inclusion in breadcrumb navigation components, if present on a page.
• Sidebar Navigation — Checking this box will hide the page from inclusion in sidebar navigation components, if present on a page.
• Sitemap Navigation — Checking this box will hide the page from inclusion in the sitemap. 

To request the People Directory feature by activated on a unit website, fill out and submit this form. 

The digital experience program manager will generate a ticket, and a member of the University Communications and Marketing platforms group will activate the feature on the website. 

By default, activating the People Directory feature adds a page titled “Faculty” to the top level of the site’s Content Tree. This page is an automatically generated listing page that will populate with the Person Details items. 

Users can rename this “Faculty” page in the same way that other pages are renamed. 

See “Naming a Page” for instructions. 

By default, activating the People Directory feature adds a page titled “Faculty” to the top level of the site’s Content Tree. This page is an automatically generated listing page that will populate with the Person Details items. 

Users can move the “Faculty” page in the same way that other pages are moved within the Content Tree. 

Users can add select additional content components to the People Listing Page in Page Builder. See “Add and Delete Components” for additional information. 

Filters included on the People Listing Page are controlled using widget settings in Content Editor. 

To change included filters:

1. Open Content Editor.
2. Locate the People Listing Page. The default location for this page is found by expanding the MSU node, website name, Home node, and click to select the Faculty page.
3. On the navigation ribbon, click the Presentation tab.
4. Click Details to open the Layout Details window.
5. Click the Final Layout tab within the Layout Details window.
6. Click the People List link under MSU Headless Layout Controls.
7. In the Facets field, list the desired filter facets. Separate facets by a comma. Available facets include:
   1. employment_type
   2. offices_and_centers
   3. people_areas_of_study
   4. area_of_expertise
   5. people_colleges
   6. taxonomy_college_departments
8. Click OK.
9. Click Save.

The number of individuals included on the People Listing Page is controlled using widget settings in Content Editor. 

To change included filters:

1. Open Content Editor.
2. Locate the People Listing Page. The default location for this page is found by expanding the MSU node, website name, Home node, and click to select the Faculty page.
3. On the navigation ribbon, click the Presentation tab.
4. Click Details to open the Layout Details window.
5. Click the Final Layout tab within the Layout Details window.
6. Click the People List link under MSU Headless Layout Controls.
7. Enter a number in the Items Per Page field. This number represents the number of individuals listed on each page on a People Listing Page.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Save.

Publish the People Listing Page like any other page in Sitecore. See “Publish a Page” for more information.