Contact card

The contact card pattern is used to display contact information about an individual which may link to additional information. If the main goal is to display contact information this pattern should be used, however if the primary aim is to provide biographical information about an individual then the Staff Profile pattern should be considered.

Rules for contact cards

• Contact cards may appear solo or grouped as a stacked list, they must not appear side by side.
• Contact cards must take up the full width of the design's available space, if the width of a contact card is less than 600px.
• Photographs must be headshots of the individual named in the card and of professional quality.
• Images should be cropped square at 180px wide and 180px high.
• If a suitable image is not available then the initials of the individual should be used.
• The full name of the individual must be displayed.
• Cards may link to additional information on a specific individual but this usage must be consistent within a list of contacts. For example if one card links to a lightbox then all other linked cards in that list must also use the lightbox method.

Options available

• Contact card
• Contact card with initials
• Linked contact card with lightbox
• Contact card list
• Contact card list with lazyload

Contact card

This example shows all available content that may be included on a card.

• Only the image or initials and the full name are required.
• The optional secondary headings should be used to specify the organisational position and role of the individual.
• The optional short paragraph of supporting text can be used to provide additional context for the individual - to help a user identify the correct person to contact.
• The optional phone and email entries must link to valid phone numbers and email addresses.
• The list of tags can be used to convey additional information on an individual which can be linked or not.
• The number of tags for a card should be no larger than five.
• The usage of tags should be introduced before the contact cards, if the tag values used do not immediately convey their purpose.

    

        
    
    

        

        Mrs Sophia Adams
        
        
Unit name, Team name
        
Job title
        
This is a short paragraph of text that can be used to provide supporting information about a contact that may aid in the identification of the correct person to contact.
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Business and finance
        
Computer science and informatics
        
Engineering
        
Artificial intelligence
        
Mathematics
    

Contact card with initials

This example shows the alternative display of initials if an image is not available.

• The initials must be a maximum length of two characters.

    

        SA
    
    

        

        Mrs Sophia Adams
        
        
Unit name, Team name
        
Job title
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Business and finance
        
Computer science and informatics
        
Engineering
        
Artificial intelligence
        
Mathematics
    

Linked contact card with lightbox

Contact cards can also be used to link to further details of the individual. This example opens a lightbox with further details, but the link could also navigate to a new page if desired.

• The content shown in the lightbox must, as a minimum, include all the information available from the selected contact card.
• Additional information may be added to the lightbox with appropriate heading labels.

    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Dr Brielle Williamson
        
        
        
School of Psychology, Clinical Counselling
        
Research Specialist
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Clinical Psychology
        
Industrial Psychology
        
Developmental Psychology
    


    

        

        
        
        
Dr Brielle Williamson
        
School of Psychology, Clinical Counselling
        
Research Specialist
        

            
Phone
            
+44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
            
Email
            
example@st-andrews.ac.uk
            
More information
            
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Publications
            

                
Publication title
                            
Publication title
                            
Publication title
            
            
            
Associated tags heading
            

                
Clinical Psychology
                
Industrial Psychology
                
Developmental Psychology
            
            
        
    

Contact card list

This example shows a list of contact cards that contains a mixture of available information. These contact cards link to a different url rather than opening a lightbox.

• If tags are used in a list of contact cards then their meaning should be consistent. In this example the tags are used to show the areas of expertise of each individual.

    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Miss Colleen Hurst
        
        
        
St Andrews Sustainability Institute, Psychology and Neuroscience
        
Academic Liason
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Crowd behaviour
        
Discrimination
        
Nationalism
        
Prejudice
        
Psychology
    


    

        
        HH
        
    
    

        

        
        Mr Howard Hatfield
        
        
        
School of Computer Science
        
Senior JavaScript Developer
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            longerexample@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Human-Computer Interaction
        
Information Management and Data Analytics
    


    

        
        OL
        
    
    

        

        
        Dr Olivia Liang
        
        
        
Certified Financial Planner
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Professor Timothy Mooney
        
        
        
Chemical Engineering Professor
    
    

    
    

        
Finance & Law for Engineers
        
Mass, Transfer and Separations
        
General Reaction Engineering
    

Contact card list with lazyload

This example shows a list of contact cards that makes use of the available lazyload feature to only load the images when they are about to be viewed. This reduces the amount of data downloaded by the browser, thus improving performance, and would be useful for lengthy contact card lists that may contain a large number of images.

    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Miss Colleen Hurst
        
        
        
St Andrews Sustainability Institute, Psychology and Neuroscience
        
Academic Liason
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        

        
        
        
Miss Colleen Hurst
        
St Andrews Sustainability Institute, Psychology and Neuroscience
        
Academic Liason
        

            
Phone
            
+44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
            
Email
            
example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Mr Howard Hatfield
        
        
        
School of Computer Science
        
Senior JavaScript Developer
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            longerexample@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        

        
        
        
Mr Howard Hatfield
        
School of Computer Science
        
Senior JavaScript Developer
        

            
Phone
            
+44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
            
Email
            
longerexample@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Dr Brielle Williamson
        
        
        
School of Psychology, Clinical Counselling
        
Research Specialist
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    
    

        
Clinical Psychology
        
Industrial Psychology
        
Developmental Psychology
    


    

        

        
        
        
Dr Brielle Williamson
        
School of Psychology, Clinical Counselling
        
Research Specialist
        

            
Phone
            
+44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
            
Email
            
example@st-andrews.ac.uk
            
More information
            
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Publications
            

                
Publication title
                            
Publication title
                            
Publication title
            
            
            
Associated tags heading
            

                
Clinical Psychology
                
Industrial Psychology
                
Developmental Psychology
            
            
        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Professor Timothy Mooney
        
        
        
Chemical Engineering Professor
    
    

    


    

        

        
        
        
Professor Timothy Mooney
        
Chemical Engineering Professor
        

        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Mrs Sophia Adams
        
        
        
Certified Financial Planner
    
    

        

            +44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
        
        

            example@st-andrews.ac.uk
        
    


    

        

        
        
        
Mrs Sophia Adams
        
Certified Financial Planner
        

            
Phone
            
+44 (0)1334 46 xxxx
            
Email
            
example@st-andrews.ac.uk
            
More information
            
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        Mr Chris Bogglesworth
        
        
        
Associate Entertainment Specialist
    
    

    


    

        

        
        
        
Mr Chris Bogglesworth
        
Associate Entertainment Specialist
        

        
    


    

        
        
        
    
    

        

        
        Dr Timothy Shah
        
        
        
Director of Research
    
    

    


    

        

        
        
        
Dr Timothy Shah
        
Director of Research