The Staff Directory allows you to configure how your staff roster displays to community members on your public website (/apps/staff/), including layout styles, grouping rules, sorting order, and visible profile fields.
đĄ Best-Practice Adoption Tip: If your school has more than 50 staff members, consider setting Group staff by to User Type or sorting by Last Name. This divides large rosters into intuitive, manageable sections (such as School Administrators, Teachers, and Other Employees) so families can quickly locate the staff member they need.
Accessing directory options
Navigate to Site Management > Staff Directory in your CMS admin.
Click Directory Options in the top right corner.
Layout styles
Default (Grid View): Displays staff members as interactive visual cards featuring their profile photo, name, title, position, and contact icons.
List View: Displays staff in a compact, structured horizontal row format, ideal for large high schools or district-wide administrative rosters.
Grouping and sorting staff
In the For main staff directory only section, you can configure how the staff roster is structured:
Group staff by: Available for all customer sites regardless of whether you also use Staff Blocks on pages.
⢠None: Displays all staff members in a single continuous roster.
⢠User Type: Automatically groups staff under dedicated section headings based on their assigned account type in User Management (School Administrators, Teachers, and Other Employees).Order staff by: Choose whether staff are sorted alphabetically by First Name or Last Name within each grouping.
đĄ Best-Practice Adoption Tip â Main Directory vs. Custom Section Pages: The master Staff Directory (/apps/staff/) lists your entire school. If you want a specialized staff roster for a specific department (e.g., Guidance, Athletics, or Math Department), do not create a separate directoryâsimply create a page inside that Section and add a dynamic Staff Block filtered by Position or User Type!
Using User Type grouping with Staff Blocks
Grouping by User Type on the main staff directory works concurrently with Staff Blocks on content pages:
Main Staff Directory (
/apps/staff/): Organizes your entire school population into clean role sections (Administrators, Teachers, Support Staff).Departmental & Team Pages: You can embed Staff Blocks on specific pages (like Athletics, Counseling, or Grade Levels) filtered by specific User Types or Positions without affecting the main directory grouping.
Visible profile fields
Under Directory Options > Staff Info, check or uncheck individual profile attributes to control what information displays on public directory cards:
Name fields: First Name and Last Name are always visible. You can optionally enable Title and Middle Name.
Position & Department: Display the staff member's official role.
Profile Photo: Toggle whether user photos appear in the directory (does not affect photos on personal teacher pages).
Contact details: Phone number, extension, cell phone, fax, and external website links.
Email: Manage email display and secure web contact forms. See Make email addresses visible/hidden for details.
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