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Editor field description for the Contact information

The contact information with detailed information for a person or organization.

This element is deprecated! Use the dedicated Person or Organization elements instead.

Tab "Contact data"

Kind of contact
(Select box)
Optional
Defines if this contact information describes a person or an organization. This selects what is shown in the output headline. Also relevant for SEO.
Name of the contact person
Optional
The optional name of the contact person.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
The optional title of the contact person.
First name
(Text input)
The first name of the contact person.
The first name has to be provided.
Middle name
(Text input)
Optional
The optional middle name(s) of the contact person.
Last name
(Text input)
The last name of the contact person.
The last name has to be provided
Suffix
(Text input)
Optional
The optional name suffix of the contact person.
Name of the organization / company / department
(Text input)
Optional
The name of the organization or company.
Position
(Text input)
Optional
The position or job title of the contact person.
Image
Optional
The image for this content.
Image Path
(Image gallery)
The image path in OpenCms.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
The title of the image.
Optional copyright information for the image.
Decorative only
(Check box)
Optional

Specifies whether the image will be read aloud by screen readers for people with visual impairments.

If the image shows something that is already described in the surrounding text or is not essential for understanding the content, it should be marked as decorative.

Infographics, diagrams, or images that are important for understanding the content should be provided with a meaningful title. In this case, the image content should be described as precisely and briefly as possible (approx. 80 characters). More characters cannot be interpreted by screen readers.

Note: The description supplements the text; it does not repeat it.

Tab "Address / Phone numbers"

Contact
Additional contact data like address, phone numbers.
Address data
Choice
Optional
You can either link to an existing place or enter the address data manually.
Select an existing place content to use its address data.
Choice option 2
Address
Optional
The full address information.
Street
(Text input)
The street address.
Address extension
(Text input)
Optional
This can be used for extended address information, e.g room number, building, or neighborhood.
Zipcode
(Text input)
The zipcode of the address.
City / Locality
(Text input)
The city name of the address.
Region
(Text input)
Optional
The optional name of the region.
Country
(Text input)
Optional
The optional name of the country.
Coordinates
(Location picker)
Optional
Köln, Deutschland

Latitude: 50.937531

Longitude: 6.960279

Zoom: 8

The geocoordinates of the address.
Phone number
(Text input)
Optional
The default phone number of the contact.
Mobile number
(Text input)
Optional
The mobile / cell phone number of the contact.
Fax number
(Text input)
Optional
The fax number of the contact.
Website
(File selection)
Optional
The website URL of the contact.

Please note: External links should always include a prefix, such as https://.

Email
Optional
The email address of the contact.
Email
(Text input)
The email address of the contact.
The email address is invalid.
Obfuscate
(Check box)
If checked the email address is shown obfuscated on the website.

Tab "Further information"

Title
(Text input)
Optional
The title / headline for this content.
Description
(HTML editor)
Optional

Additional text, usually displayed below Address, Phone numbers and Link.

Optional link for this contact.

The display text for the link.
The link target.

Please note: External links should always include a prefix, such as https://.

If checked, the link is opened in a new browser window.

Tab "Availability"

Categories
(Category selection)
Doku Kategorien
Assigns categories to this content.
Sort order number
(Text input)
Optional
Used for sorting entries when displayed in a list. Not shown on the page.

Not displayed on the output page.

The sort order number must be a natural number.
Release / expiration date
Optional
The time period where this content is available.
Release date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will be available online starting from this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Expiration date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will not be available online after this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Confidential
(Access restriction)
Only authorized users
Optional
If outside the release / expiration date, this content is visible offline only for a responsible group which is set by the administration.
Detail page URL
(Text input)
Only Workplace users
Optional
The URL used for the detail page. Not shown on the output page.
Gallery title
(Text input)
Only Workplace users
Optional
Used to identify this content in the OpenCms internal gallery. Not shown in the output page.