Site Titles

Sites typically represent an organization: a department, a program, a center, etc. People may be assigned titles on sites, with those titles representing their role in the organization that the site represents. Their title is specific to that site and does not carry over when their bio is displayed on other sites, unless the title is specifically designated to do so.

Site titles are themselves site-associable content, which means your site displays only the titles you have decided are relevant. You can assign the titles as you wish. You can associate existing titles for use on your website and create new titles.

As an editor, you have a great deal of control over titles on your sites and, as with all things, you should observe the Spider-Man rule: with great power comes great responsibility. Please take the time to understand the different kinds of titles and how they differ from faculty ranks.

Here are some examples of typical site titles:

  • Chair
  • Associate Chair
  • Director
  • Director of Graduate Programs
  • Director of Undergraduate Programs
  • Associate Director
  • Office Manager
  • Budget Manager

Assigning Titles

Follow these steps to associate site titles with people.

From the Dashboard

  1. In the left navigation, click on "Bios"
  2. Beneath "Bios," click on "Assign site titles"
  3. To remove a title from someone:
    1. Click "Remove".
  4. To add a title to someone:
    1. Select a title in the "Choose a title" select box at the top
    2. Select a person in the "Choose a person" select box at the top
    3. Click "Add title to person"

The person and title will then appear on the list below the select box. You may assign another title by following the same steps.

If you do not see the person you need on the list, then that person is not associated with the site you are editing. You will need to find them in the People tools and associate them with your site.

Associating Titles With Your Site

Follow these steps to associate an existing site title with your website:

From the Dashboard

  1. In the left navigation, click on "Bios"
  2. Beneath "Bios," click on "Assign site titles"
  3. In the list of site titles, identify the title you would like to make available on your website
  4. Click the Connect icon
  5. Check the box for your website
  6. Click Save

Creating New Titles on Your Site

Follow these steps to create a new site title:

From the Dashboard

  1. In the left navigation, click on "Bios"
  2. Beneath "Bios," click on "Assign site titles"
  3. Under the site titles section, click the "Create New Site Title" button
  4. Fill in the name of the new title and, if you would like to exclude this title from site level contact pages, check the box for that.
  5. Click Save

Note: You can not create a site title that matches a faculty rank. Faculty ranks are updated through a nightly import.

Display Rules for Site Titles

Here is how the administrative title will display in CHSSWeb once a title has been added to a person on a specific unit's website.

  • The title will appear with the person's brief bio information on the List Page of all faculty and staff of the unit's website.
  • The title will appear on the Show Page of the person when viewed on that website.
  • The title and person will appear on the Contact Us page of the unit's website, if they use the "contact-list" template or another relevant template for their Contact Us page and that title isn't excluded from the Contact pages.