People Spotlight

Owned by Ruben Rivero
Last updated: Oct 14, 2022
4 min read

The People Spotlight visual element can be previewed on our Demo website. It is available on primary and secondary landing pages in the Secondary Visual Element section.

 

How it Looks

How to Add a People Spotlight

  1. Once on your Site, select the desired page in the Site Content menu on the left. If you need to add a new page, look for a red plus sign in the topmost header area of the page, and click on Add Content.

  2. Once the page has loaded, click the Edit tab.

  3. Scroll down to the Secondary Visual Element section, just below the Primary Visual Element section. You'll notice that you can add more than one. You can also move sections up or down (with the arrows), and/or remove a section (with the X).

  4. Click on the Element Type dropdown menu, and select People Spotlight.

     

  5. Click the Yes checkbox to Enable Heading. If you don’t want to use a heading, then just leave the box unchecked.

     

  6. In the Heading Group section, type or paste your heading(s) into the Primary and/or Secondary Heading fields.

Text pasted or typed into the Primary Heading field will display in bold orange font. Text pasted or typed into the Secondary Heading field will display in a gray font.

 

7. Choose either Left or Right from the Profile Position dropdown.

If you choose Left, the profile image will display on the left, with text to the right. If you choose Right, the profile image will display on the right, with text to the left.

 

8. Type in the Max Profiles you want to display in your People Spotlight slideshow.

9. Choose your People Collection. To do so, Browse to the ACAD-COMM-people.miami.edu website. click on the collections folder, and select your People Collection file. You would have built this people collection beforehand on the People website.

10. Type in a Link Label. This label links to the people profile page. If left blank, no link will appear.

11. Click the Yes checkbox to Enable Side Panel. If you don’t want to use a side panel, then just leave the box unchecked. If you do check Yes, a Side Panel section will appear.

12. Type or paste in Headline and Copy in the Side Panel section.

13. Click the Yes checkbox to Enable Button. If you don’t want a button in the side panel, then just leave the box unchecked. If you do check Yes, a Button Group section will appear.

14. Type or paste in the Text you want to button to display.

15. Choose a Color value from the dropdown menu.

16. Choose an Internal or External Link for the button.

In Cascade there are two kinds of hyperlinks, Internal and External links. Internal links are used when linking to pdfs, images, pages created WITHIN Cascade CMS. External links are used when linking to pdfs, images, pages created OUTSIDE of Cascade CMS.

17. Once you are done, click Preview Draft (blue button at the top of the screen). After previewing the draft, click Submit to save these changes to the CMS.

18. The page has been successfully saved to the CMS. You must now Publish your page.

19. Select one or more of the outputs to Publish to the destinations selected.