What is a research profile?

The 'Research profile' content type provides an overview of research areas within a department. It can be used to list research strengths, projects and achievements.

Research profiles are tagged with research area vocabulary:

  • The top of a research profile page shows other research profiles tagged from the same Research Area vocabulary.
  • The bottom of the research profile page shows all projects with the same tags.

See a research profile page

Use a research profile to:

  • provide a summary of each research area in your department.

Don't use a research profile to:

  • duplicate research information that exists on another site
  • display information that is more suited to a project page.
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How to create a research profile

Research profiles can be created, edited and deleted by:

  • editors
  • site coordinators.

Once you log in to your website:

  1. Hover over the Drupal 'Content' menu, then go to 'Add content' > 'Research profile'.
  2. Enter a title and a short introduction.
  3. Select your preferred page structure from the 'View mode selector' drown-down menu.
  4. Optionally, click the 'Add a new paragraph' button to add your first section of content. Click the 'Add another paragraph' button to add more sections.
  5. Add a 'teaser image'.
  6. Tag the research profile with relevant taxonomy terms.
  7. Click the 'Publish' button to save and publish the research profile.
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Best practice

  • Use the same taxonomy terms to link research profile, project and person pages.
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Fields

Fill in all required fields and as many optional fields as possible to provide the best user experience.

Field name

Required field?

Notes

Title

Yes

Page title and H1 heading.

Introduction

No

Displays a short introduction about the research area.

View mode selector

Yes

Allows you to structure the content in different forms. Use this for longer pages.

Structured Content

No

A section of content formatted by the View mode selector.

Structured Content > Title

No

Heading for a section of content.

Structured Content > Body

No

Content field for a section of content, linked to the attached Title field.

Teaser image

No

Displays image on teaser and card views (if relevant).

Hero image

No

Replaces the default page header with a hero banner header.

Aside

No

Used for content that is related to the body content such as reminders or contact details.

Tags

No

Allows the page to be tagged with relevant taxonomy terms

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