Brightspot Content Types Guide

Person


A person is somebody at your organization that you want to promote on your site. Examples of a person include a member of your leadership team, a member of the board of directors, or a stellar employee.

Tip
If necessary, create and upload images you will use in the person. For details, see Image.


To create a person:

  1. In the header, click add.
  2. From the Create list, select Person.
  3. Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
  4. Complete your site's workflow and publish the person.
Field Description
Name Person's full name. This name is visible to the visitors to your site.
First Name Person's first name. This name is not visible to the visitors to your site.
Last Name Person's last name. This name is not visible to the visitors to your site.
Image Person's image, typically a head shot. This image is visible to the visitors to your site.
Title Enter a title. This title is visible to the visitors to your site.
Affiliation Organization with which the person is affiliated. This name is not visible to the visitors to your site.
Email Person's email. The email is not visible to the visitors to your site.
Short Biography Enter a short biography. When the person appears in a list, this text is visible to the visitors to your site. (Defaults to Full Biography.)
Full Biography Text that appears in the person's bio. This text is visible to the visitors to your site.
URL Slug This field, by default, is auto-populated by a Title, Name, or Headline field, and becomes part of the asset's URL.

Auto-populated slugs are lowercase, have diacritics removed, and any symbols or spaces are replaced with -.

You can modify the URL Slug field if necessary.

The following illustration shows just one example of how Brightspot renders a person.

Rendered person page
Rendering of an person's bio

The following illustration shows just one example of how Brightspot renders a person in a list. This rendition displays the person's short biography.

Rendered person in list
Rendered person in a list

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