Learn how to add one or more user profiles to a page with the User Card Widget, so colleagues can see contact details and context for the right people without leaving the page.
🎯 Who this article is for: Page group owners and editors who want to add or configure the User Card Widget. All users benefit from seeing accurate profile information on a page, but only these roles can change the widget's settings.
💼 Availability: The User Card Widget is part of Pages 2.0.
🔒 Permissions: Adding or configuring the User Card Widget requires edit access to the page group or page it is on.
1. Overview
The User Card Widget offers a convenient and informative way to share details about specific individuals within your intranet, directly on a page. Each card gives a clear, concise overview of a user's profile, including their picture, name, department, contact information, and other details, so colleagues can identify and connect with the right person without leaving the page.
You can add a single user to a widget, or add several users to the same widget so their cards display together as a group.
The User Card Widget displays the attributes configured in Admin Settings → People Directory → Attributes. Learn more in People Directory.
2. Use cases
- Introduce your team without a separate directory search: Add the department leads or key contacts for a page group directly on its homepage, so anyone visiting already sees who owns what instead of searching People Directory separately.
- Point new hires to the right contact on day one: Feature the HR or IT contact card on an onboarding hub, so new hires self-serve the answer to "who do I ask" instead of interrupting a colleague to find out.
- Feature a whole team on one page: Add every member of a project team or leadership group to a single widget, so the page shows the full group under one header instead of one widget per person.
3. Before you begin
- You need edit access to the page group or page the widget is on.
- Know which attributes you want visible on each card. These come from Admin Settings → People Directory → Attributes, so confirm with your admin that they are enabled there before you rely on them appearing.
4. How to manage the User Card Widget
To manage the User Card Widget:
- Navigate to the page group where the widget is.
- Click the pencil icon at the top right of the page to open the page editor.
- Hover your mouse over the widget until it is highlighted in blue and select the settings (gear) icon at the top right of the widget.
- A new window opens where you can adjust the widget's settings. Switch between the Configure and Styles tabs to change what is displayed and how it is displayed.
5. Configure options
Select users or group
Click Select users or group to choose who the widget displays:
- Search for a user or group: search by name, browse the All users list, or use Happeo's AI-powered recommendations tailored to the page. Add as many users and groups as you need. A person you add displays as their own card, and a group you add displays as a single card representing the whole group. Add more than one entry and their cards stack in the widget.
- Show the visiting user's profile: the widget displays the card of whoever is looking at the page. You can add this alongside specific users or groups, so one widget can combine a fixed set of people with the current visitor's own card.
Selected people and groups shows everyone and every group you have added. Remove an entry at any time using the minus icon next to it. Drag an entry to reorder it, which changes where its card appears in the widget. Reopening the widget's settings keeps your existing selection in place, so you do not need to re-add everyone to add, remove, or reorder an entry.
Choose a size
Select between:
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Choose what to display
- Show contact information, such as email and phone number.
- Show user attributes, such as name, department, and location. Which attributes are available depends on what is enabled in Admin Settings → People Directory → Attributes.
- Show the user's cover image.
- Add a widget header. Once toggled on, type the header text in the field that appears above the widget.
6. Style options
You can only customize a widget's style if your page group has an unlocked brand style enabled. If your brand style is locked, or none is enabled, Style option stays on Default (global widget style) and the rest of the options below are not available.
Choose a style option
Select (Customize) to override this widget's style, or leave it on Default (global widget style) so it follows the page group's shared style. Once you customize a widget, a banner confirms the change and lets you Reset to style default at any time.
Set a background
- Background colour: choose the background colour of the section. The colors available depend on the system default and the brand style you are using.
- Background image: select a background image for the widget. Choose Recommend an image for an AI-suggested image, Select or upload to choose one from Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Box, or your computer, or Browse Unsplash for stock photography.
- Colour theme: choose how the widget's text and background work together: Automatic (Light, with dark text), Light (with dark text), or Dark (with light text).
Adjust padding, shadow, and border
- Padding: Adjust how much background shows behind the widget, between 0px and 32px. A larger value shows more background and makes the content appear smaller, and a smaller value minimizes the background and makes the widget appear larger.
- Custom padding: Toggle on to set the padding for each side individually. Use the lock icon in the middle to link all four sides so they change together, or unlock it to set the top, right, bottom, and left padding separately.
- Shadow: Toggle on to add a shadow around the widget.
- Border: Toggle on to add a border around the widget.
- Round corners: Round the widget's corners between 0px and 16px. A larger value makes the corners appear rounder, and a lower value makes them appear sharper.
For guidance on resizing, copying, and deleting widgets, see Add and Manage Widgets.
7. Best practices
- Match displayed attributes to what the page audience needs: Turn on only the contact details and attributes that are actually useful on that page, so a card does not show fields that are blank or irrelevant for some of the users on it.
- Add related people to one widget instead of several: When a group of users belongs together, such as a project team or a set of department contacts, add them to a single widget rather than creating one widget per person. Use separate widgets only when you want to give an individual person their own size or style.
8. Frequently asked questions
Can I add multiple users to a single User Card Widget?
Yes. Add as many individual users, groups, or a mix of both as you need. Each person displays as their own card, and each group displays as a single card representing the whole group, stacked together in the widget in the order you add them. Remove any entry at any time using the minus icon next to it. If you want a person to have their own independent size or style instead of matching the rest of the group, add them to a separate widget instead.
Is there a limit to how many users or groups I can add to one widget?
No. There's no hard limit, but keep page clutter and load time in mind if you add a large number of entries.
Does a card update automatically if someone's profile information changes?
Yes. Each card pulls from People Directory, so a change to a person's profile attributes, such as their title or department, appears on their card without you needing to edit the widget.
What happens if a user I've selected is suspended or deleted?
Their information no longer displays in the widget. You need to manually update the widget with a new user.