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Guide: Editing Directory Information

This document explains how Graduate Guide editors should edit their Contact Information and People on their Guide pages.

"Directory information" is an umbrella term including the Contact Information box appearing on the right side of a Guide page under the navigational menu and the content on the People tab. Contact your School/College Guide coordinator for exact editing deadlines.

screenshot of people page

In the above screenshot, the Contact Information box is highlighted in blue, and the People tab and content is highlighted in red.

Where do I begin?

  1. Editing Window for Directory Information
  2. How to Edit Contact Information
  3. How to Edit People Tab

Editing Window for Directory Information

Guide is a catalog. Although the URL is static, every semester, a new version of it is "published" to that URL which takes the place of the preceding version. Every year, Guide editors are given a window to directly edit all the non-governed content on their pages. When you do so, you are editing the new version of Guide that will publish the subsequent June 1. This new version of Guide completely replaces the existing version on June 1. This means that when that window is open, edits to directory information should be made in both the existing (live) Guide that is published now but will be archived on June 1, and the new Guide that publishes on June 1.

  • November 1 - February 1: Locate your program's page(s) in the Next-Guide editing environment.
    • Edit the Contact Information and People for how you would like it to appear after June 1 (see below for instructions).
  • February 2 - October 31: Email guideeditor@office365.wisc.edu and request that the live Guide be updated.
    • If the edits are complicated, it is most helpful to send content in a Word document with tracked changes.
      • Be clear about which specific pages in Guide need the edits (including the Doctoral Minor page - if applicable).

How to Edit Contact Information

  1. Locate your program's page(s) in the Next-Guide editing environment.
  2. Click "Edit Page" in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This opens the edit toolbar.
  3. Click on "Contact List" in the edit toolbar (you may need to use the small blue arrows to toggle left and right on the bar).
      1. A screenshot of what the toolbar looks like.
  4. This opens a new window.
      1. A screenshot of the edit interface for Contact Information.
  5. To edit the first row of the Contact Information box, click the field at the bottom that starts with "Label".
  6. To edit all the other rows of the Contact Information box, click on the name in the little window at the top of the pop-up (next to the Move Up and Move Down buttons).
  7. Note that the Graduate School has some requirements for Contact Information boxes which can be found at this KB.
    1. Programs in the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) are required to list their Grievance Advisor; do not delete this.
  8. Click "OK" when you are done. This saves the changes.

How to Edit People Tab

  1. Locate your program's page(s) in the Next-Guide editing environment.
  2. Click "Edit Page" in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This opens the edit toolbar.
  3. Click on "People" in the edit toolbar (you may need to use the small blue arrows to toggle left and right on the bar).
    1. This opens a new window.
  4. If you see something that looks like the image below in the edit window (a blue box surrounds the text and you can't edit it directly).
    A screenshot of what the edit window looks like when using borrowed content.
    1. Your People page is using Borrowed Content!
      1. There is a special way to edit this. Refer to this KB article for instructions on what to do.
  5. Otherwise, edit the text. Do not insert links to individual faculty web pages. We recommend you link to the index on your program's website for your people.
  6. Click "OK" when you are done. This saves the changes.




      Keywordsguide, lumen, people, contact   Doc ID121935
      OwnerLorena K.GroupGraduate School
      Created2022-10-18 16:43:09Updated2024-07-23 11:47:03
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