Faculty & Staff Directory Feed
The Directory Feed Advanced Element allows you to embed a list of user profiles from the official Elon online directory. This can be used to automate faculty and/or staff listings for your department, custom lists for interdisciplinary programs, or simply well formatted “contact us” pages.
Example Directory Feed
Adding a Directory Feed
Place your cursor on an empty line in the Rich Text Editor body:

Click the Add Element button located above the Rich Text Editor buttons:

Click the聽Directory Feed icon in the Advanced Elements selection tool:
![]()
You will now be presented with several options for embedding a Directory Feed. At a minimum, you must add a聽comma separated list of聽Department IDs 辞谤听usernames to include.

Select any other options (detailed below) to customize your Directory聽Feed. When you鈥檙e done editing your feed, click the green Update Element button.

After adding the element, you will see an Directory Feed placeholder image display in the position where the feed will be placed.

Detailed Directory Feed Options

- Comma-separated list of directory Department IDs: A list of Department IDs (or a single Department ID) for the profiles you want to display on a page. You can find these IDs by visiting the online directory, selecting the desired department from the聽Select a Department dropdown, then finding the ID in the URL located after the聽“?d=” parameter.
- For example, after selecting “Love School of Business” from the department dropdown list, you’ll see聽“尝厂叠”听 in the URL: /e/directory?d=LSB
- When displayed on the page, the聽list will display in alphabetical order by last name.
- Comma-separated list of usernames to include: A list of usernames (or a single username) for the profiles you want to display on a page. This option can be used in conjunction with Department IDs to manually add individuals to a department list, or can be used on its own to create a custom list.
- 滨尘辫辞谤迟补苍迟:听Only enter the username, not the full email address.
- When displayed on the page, the list will display in alphabetical order by last name.
- Comma-separated list of usernames to feature at the top:聽A list of usernames that will be forced to the top of a feed list. This option can be used in conjunction with Department ID’s or username lists to move an individual (or individuals) to the top of a list.
- For example, moving a faculty chair or a department director to the top of a full department list.
- Comma-separated list of usernames to exclude: A list of usernames that will be excluded from a list of Department IDs.
- 罢丑别尘别:听The style of list you’d like to embed.聽Options include a vertical list such as the example at the top of the page, or a grid list for a more compact list display.
- Show Photo:聽Selecting or removing this option will determine if the feed will contain the users directory profile picture.
- Show Office and Address:聽Selecting or removing this option will determine whether or not to display the users building, office number, and campus box.
- Show Phone and Email:聽Selecting or removing this option will determine whether or not to display the users email address and phone number.
- Show Expertise:聽Selecting or removing this option will determine whether or not to display the users expertise entered in their personal profile. If the users expertise has not been entered it will not display regardless of this option.
- Show Brief Biography:聽Selecting or removing this option will determine whether or not to display the users brief biography entered in their personal profile. If the users biography has not been entered it will not display regardless of this option.
- Important: If you are embedding a long list of individual, then we recommend聽not enabling this option as it will create a very long page.
Important Information Regarding Directory Data
- If you find that there is incorrect directory data, such as a misspelled name, incorrect office location, or phone number, please contact the Office of Human Resources. All聽non-biographical directory data update requests聽must go through HR.
- Biographical data is managed by the individual user. This includes information such as expertise, brief bio, education, employment history, and courses taught. To edit your biography or other personal information, visit the following URL replacing “测辞耻谤冲耻蝉别谤苍补尘别”听with your actual Elon username:聽/Directories/edit/Default.aspx?user=your_username
- You can only edit your profile. You may not edit the profile of other users.
Editing an Existing聽Directory Feed
To edit an existing Directory聽Feed, simply double click on the placeholder for the feed聽you want to edit. The feed聽element options will display, and update the settings as necessary. When you鈥檙e finished editing, click the green Update Element button to save your changes.