What is the Meet the Team section?

People do business with those that they know like and trust. A Meet the Team section helps visitors potential customers get to the point of knowing, liking and trusting you.

With a Meet the Team section on your website you show images of your team members, who they are, what they do, and you can also provide social platform links and direct contact options for them.

Privacy & Consent Warning

You should ask and gain written consent from your team member before publicly placing their details on your website, which they would reasonably have a legal right to refuse. Not everyone will want their photo, or even their name appearing online - mainly due to privacy concerns. A team member may be worried about receiving unwanted attention or may have even been the survivor of abuse, and does not want their details or their place of employment to be easily found.

How do I create a Team Member?

To create a new Team Member, do the following:-

  1. First tap or click  Meet the team from the menu;
  2. Then tap or click Create a new team member;
  3. Now complete the displayed fields:-
    • Team member name - Enter the team member name as you want it to appear. If they have any important titles, like Dr, or any post-nominal letters, like PhD, include these too.
    • Job title - Enter the title of the position this team member holds.
    • Direct telephone number - This is optional but if you want to show a direct contact number for this team member, enter that here.
    • Direct e-mail address - This is optional but if you want to show a direct e-mail address for this team member, enter that here.
    • LinkedIn profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members LinkedIn profile, enter that here.
    • Facebook profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members Facebook profile, enter that here.
    • X (formally Twitter) profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members X profile (formally Twitter), enter that here.
    • Display order - Team members are displayed in the order they were created, but you can override that if you wish. Simply enter a number greater than zero here. It's OK to give more than one team member the same display order number, for example you may want to set Directors to 1, Senior Managers to 2, and everyone else to 3.
    • Team member Blurb - Use the space below to provide more information about the team member, such as their responsibilities or achievements. You should note that currently not all templates are able to display this information.
  4. Then tap or click Create.
  5. Now that the Team Member has been created you can select an image for them, tap or click Set a team member image - you will be directed to the  Media screen, where you can upload a new image or select an existing one. Once an image is selected or uploaded it will automatically be set as this Team Members image. See,  for more details.

Privacy & Consent Warning

You should ask and gain written consent from your team member before publicly placing their details on your website, which they would reasonably have a legal right to refuse. Not everyone will want their photo, or even their name appearing online - mainly due to privacy concerns. A team member may be worried about receiving unwanted attention or may have even been the survivor of abuse, and does not want their details or their place of employment to be easily found.

How do I edit a Team Member?

To edit a Team Member, do the following:-

  1. First tap or click  Meet the team from the menu;
  2. Then tap or click the Team Member you want to edit;
  3. Now update the displayed fields as needed:-
    • Team member name - Enter the team member name as you want it to appear. If they have any important titles, like Dr, or any post-nominal letters, like PhD, include these too.
    • Job title - Enter the title of the position this team member holds.
    • Direct telephone number - This is optional but if you want to show a direct contact number for this team member, enter that here.
    • Direct e-mail address - This is optional but if you want to show a direct e-mail address for this team member, enter that here.
    • LinkedIn profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members LinkedIn profile, enter that here.
    • Facebook profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members Facebook profile, enter that here.
    • X (formally Twitter) profile address - This is optional but if you want to show a link to this team members X profile (formally Twitter), enter that here.
    • Display order - Team members are displayed in the order they were created, but you can override that if you wish. Simply enter a number greater than zero here. It's OK to give more than one team member the same display order number, for example you may want to set Directors to 1, Senior Managers to 2, and everyone else to 3.
    • Team Member Image
      • To change the Team Members image tap or click Change image - you will be directed to the  Media screen, where you can upload a new image or select an existing one. Once an image is selected or uploaded this will automatically be set as this Team Members image. See,  for more details.
      • To remove the Team Members image tap or click Remove image.
    • Team member Blurb - Use the space below to provide more information about the team member, such as their responsibilities or achievements. You should note that currently not all templates are able to display this information.
  4. Finally tap or click Save Changes.

Privacy & Consent Warning

You should ask and gain written consent from your team member before publicly placing their details on your website, which they would reasonably have a legal right to refuse. Not everyone will want their photo, or even their name appearing online - mainly due to privacy concerns. A team member may be worried about receiving unwanted attention or may have even been the survivor of abuse, and does not want their details or their place of employment to be easily found.

How do I delete a Team Member?

To delete a Team Member, do the following:-

  1. First tap or click  Meet the team from the menu;
  2. Then tap or click the Team Member you want to delete;
  3. Now tap or click Delete team member and then tap or click Ok on the popup notice.

Note

This will not delete the image used on this Team Member, as it may be used in other areas of your website. If you want to delete the the image you will need to do that separately from the  Media screen.

Privacy & Consent Warning

You should ask and gain written consent from your team member before publicly placing their details on your website, which they would reasonably have a legal right to refuse. Not everyone will want their photo, or even their name appearing online - mainly due to privacy concerns. A team member may be worried about receiving unwanted attention or may have even been the survivor of abuse, and does not want their details or their place of employment to be easily found.

How do I configure the general Meet the Team settings?

To configure the general Meet the Team settings, do the following:-

  1. First tap or click  Meet the team from the menu;
  2. Then tap or click the Meet the Team settings tab;
  3. Then update the displayed fields as needed:-
    • Display this section in menu's and on the home page - Select if the Meet the Team section is to be displayed. If it is to be displayed, choose whether this will show on the home page and have a link in the menu, or if it will just show as a section on the home page. 
    • Meet the team heading - This is the title that will be shown just above the Meet the Team section on the home page, and will also be used as the menu link if you have chosen to enable that above. You should keep this less than 5 words long, and be sure to include at least 1 keyword to help boost your on page SEO.
    • Meet the team subheading - You can include a subheading for the Meet the Team section, which will appear with the heading above. You should keep this less than 10 words long, and be sure to include at least 1 keyword to help boost your on page SEO.
  4. Finally tap or click Save Changes.