Managing the contact page
The Contact page is your site's main point of contact. It is a templated page type, so all you need to do is build the page, add the appropriate content, and update it as needed.
Creating a contact page
Before making a contact page, verify there isn't a contact page already on your site. If your site already has a contact page, you'll want to edit that instead.
Check if there is an existing page
Use the admin menu to select "Content".
In the filter options, choose "Contact" as the content type and filter.
If there are no results, then you can add a new contact page.
If there are results, then edit the existing page.
Make a new contact page
To create a contact page:
Go to “Content ￫ Add Content ￫ Contact Page”
Complete the form.
Save the page.
Edit an existing contact page
To edit an existing contact page:
Select "Content" in the admin menu.
In the filter options, choose "Contact" as the content type and filter.
Select "Edit" to the right of the contact page name.
Update the form as needed.
Save the page.
Contact page form fields
Page Title
Keep this descriptive but short. Suggestions: "Contact Us", "Contact Department Name", "Contact".
Displays below the page title; this is optional.
Displays above the left sidebar, directly above the "Sidebar Links". This field is required in order to have either set of sidebar links display.
You can have as many of these as make sense. To add new ones, select "Add another item" at the bottom of this section. To delete one, just remove the content in the URL and Link Text fields.
URL: If the link is to a page on your site, just start typing the page name and select from the options. If the link is to an external page, enter the full and correct URL.
Link Text: Make this accessible and clear. Don't repeat the URL. Generally, we suggest using the department's name (no acronyms).
These display below the "Sidebar Links - Departments". You can have as many of these as make sense. To add new ones, select "Add another item" at the bottom of this section. To delete one, just remove the content in the URL and Link Text fields.
URL: If the link is to a page on your site, just start typing the page name and select from the options. If the link is to an external page, enter the full and correct URL.
Link Text: Make this accessible and clear. Don't repeat the URL. Generally, we suggest using the name of the resource, or the action associated with the resource.
There are two types of Contact Items: the Rich Text Editor and the Social Media Icons. These display in two columns; if you add more than two, the additional ones will stack (in two columns) under the preceding ones. Add as many as make sense.
These contact items will be divided into two columns based on the amount of text in each item.
As such, you may need to play around with it a bit to get your desired organization.
To add a new item, select "Add Contact Item" at the bottom of this section. To delete an item, select "Remove" in the top-right of the item you want removed.
Rich Text Editor: This is a text entry field where you can add things like email addresses, contact information for individuals, etc. To make paragraphs, use "enter" on your keyboard if you want a large space between lines, or "shift+enter" if you want small spaces between lines.
Social Media Icons: These are pre-determined social media icons (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Instagram) where you can add the details for the desired feeds. Enter the ones you want displays; any that are blank will not show. Read the help text beneath each icon type to reference what information needs to be entered.
These show after the Contact Items. It's a single columns text entry field.
You can add a single form that collects and sends information a pre-selected email address. If you want to use the webform, choose "Contact" from the dropdown and submit a support request to let us know what email you want in the webform. Be sure to include the URL of your site.
If you do not want the webform, choose "- Select -".
Contact page URL
There is one additional step to have a clean URL for your contact page:
In the right sidebar, there is a section titled “URL Alias”; Find that section
Deselect "Generate automatic URL alias"
Replace the text in the URL alias field with /contact
Syndicated Content Subscription Settings (expand)
Manage your site’s Syndicated Content subscriptions
Most sites have default subscription settings for Syndicated Content. If your site is not currently subscribed to Syndicated Content or you need to update the settings, use the Admin Menu to navigate to "Configuration ￫ System ￫ PDX Syndicated Content Subscriptions".
Within the form found on that page, there are a few sections of note:
Syndication Host: This section has a text entry field displaying the URL for our Syndication site. If prefilled, do not change this field. If there is no text in the field, enter: https://drupal.web.wdt.pdx.edu/syndication
News, Events, Profiles: These sections each contain a text entry field where you select the subscription tags for your site, separated by commas. If you would like to update your subscriptions tags, you can reference the full subscription tag list for news/events or the full subscription tag list for profiles. If you select the “Subscribe to all [content type]” checkbox, your site will import every piece of content of that type created in Syndication.
Identify This Site - optional: You’ll note in the full subscription tag lists that some tags have others nested under them. If your site is one of those, and you would like the option of including all content with nested tags on your site, then you can enter your site’s subscription tag as an identifier.