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From the Administration bar, click on My Workbench.
Select the Create/Manage Content tab.
Select the Person profile content type.
Select Rearrange People profiles.
To auto-sort - click on a column heading to sort by 'Name', 'Probable last name', or 'Title or position'.
To manually sort - select the cross-arrows and drag a contact to the desired position.
Click Save.
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Other site templates
Conference
Person profiles are optional, and if enabled, can be added to Blog posts as the Author of the post. People profiles cannot be promoted to the front page.
Twitter handles are optional and can be entered in Conference Person profiles. You do not need to include the "@" symbol.
Publication
The Person profile content type is not available for this template.
Single page
The Person profile content type is not available for this template.