# Team members

## Add/remove members

To add or remove a team member, create or delete a Markdown file in `/_members`. 

Each file will automatically generate its own page according to its filename. For example, a file with the name `tim-member.md` will generate a page at `/members/tim-member`.

{% hint style="info" %}
After adding members, you can display them on your site with the [list](https://greene-lab.gitbook.io/lab-website-template-docs/basics/components/list) and [portrait](https://greene-lab.gitbook.io/lab-website-template-docs/basics/components/portrait) components.
{% endhint %}

Example:

{% code title="tim-member.md" %}

```markdown
---
name: Tim Member
image: images/team/some-image.jpg
role: programmer
description: Senior Programmer
aliases:
  - T Member
  - T. Member
  - Timothy Member
links:
  home-page: https://tims-website.com/
  email: tim-member@email.com
  twitter: tims_twitter
---

A bio for Tim, written in Markdown.
A descriptions of his academic studies, his recent accomplishments, his goals for the future, his likes/dislikes, etc.
One or two paragraphs is probably best.
```

{% endcode %}

<table><thead><tr><th width="199">Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>name</code></td><td>Display name of team member.</td></tr><tr><td><code>image</code></td><td>URL to portrait photo of team member.</td></tr><tr><td><code>role</code></td><td>Team member's role in your organization. Determines the <a href="components/icon">icon</a> and <em>default</em> description text to show.<br><br>See <code>/_data/types.yaml</code> for what types of roles are built-in or to add your own.</td></tr><tr><td><code>description</code></td><td>Description of team member's role in your organization. Overrides any default text set from of  <code>role</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>aliases</code></td><td>By default, team member pages have a link at the bottom that goes to the "Research" page and searches for any papers by them. This field is a list of aliases/variations/abbreviations of the team member's name to search for.</td></tr><tr><td><code>links</code></td><td>Social media links for the team member, without any prefixes like <code>@</code>, <code>www.</code>, etc.<br><br>See <code>/_data/types.yaml</code> for what types of links are built-in or to add your own.</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
**`role` vs `description`**

You can organize your team members any way you want with [list](https://greene-lab.gitbook.io/lab-website-template-docs/basics/components/list "mention") filters and by customizing `/_data/types.yaml`. However, by default, `role` is intended to be a high-level type (only a few unique ones in your organization) that you assign an icon and use for coarse list filtering (e.g. "always list PIs first, then postdocs, then undergrads"). `description` is intended for a more specific description that might be unique to each member.
{% endhint %}

## Customize member page

The skeleton arrangement and style of team member pages are based on the `/_layouts/member.html` template, which you can freely edit to your liking.


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