# General contact This general contact is usually a general contact person or the contact details of the organizer. The contact information appears on the start page in the frontend in the right-hand margin (Fig. 1). This contact does not necessarily have to be a named person; it could be for example *CDC Local Organizing Committee*. ## Places where the general contact person is used The general contact person is indicated in the following places * Contact box in the frontend * Automatic system emails such as *Request Password* or *Forgot password*
Fig. 1: Contact box in the frontend

Fig. 1: Contact box in the frontend

## Create the contact person in the backend
Fig. 2: Select the Contact person in backend

Fig. 2: Select the Contact person in backend

The contact person can be selected in the general settings: * Select the person icon next to the form field to save a dataset from the person browser as the *general contact* (Fig. 2). * If the desired person dataset was found via the search, it can be applied using the blue arrow at the beginning of the line (Fig. 3). {% hint style="info" %} If no matching person dataset is available, a new person dataset can be created using the *Add person* button (Fig. 3) and saved directly using the *Select* checkbox (Fig. 4). *** It is also advisable to mark the personal dataset as *not matchable* (Fig. 4) so that it is not used for duplicate matching and thus unintentionally changed. {% endhint %}
Fig. 3: Apply person

Fig. 3: Apply person

Fig. 4: Properties of the contact dataset

Fig. 4: Properties of the contact dataset

Fig. 5: Contact box

Fig. 5: Contact box

## Display in the contact box Only certain details from the personal dataset, if available, are displayed in the contact box in the front end (Fig. 5): * Title * Given name * Family name * Occupation * Company * Department * Street * Postal code * Location * Phone * Fax * Email * Website (URL) ## Show contact email address The display of the email address in the contact box must be controlled separately. The setting *Show* *the contact e-mail address* can be found in the *General settings*. The following options are available: * Hide email address * Show email address spam filtered: The email address is displayed unlinked and according to the pattern *info \[at] demo.converia.de*. * Show complete and linked email address: The email address is linked behind the text “Email” as in Fig. 1. This display is **also spam-protected.**
Fig. 6: Show contact email address

Fig. 6: Show contact email address

## Show and hide the contact box
Fig. 7: Changing the page template in the page structure

Fig. 7: Changing the page template in the page structure

The contact box can be displayed on the start page and, if required, on other pages, e.g. in the legal notice. The contact box can be shown or hidden independently in the [page structure](https://manual.converia.de/en/general/your-own-converia-website/page-structure) by **changing the template**: * To do this, open the corresponding **page in the page structure** for editing. * Change the page template in the *General* tab (Fig. 7). The template that contains the contact box is called *Frontend3Columns*, i.e. a three-column display in the frontend (Fig. 6). To **hide** the contact box, the *Frontend2Columns* (Fig. 7) or *Frontend1Column* templates can be used, which eliminates the 3rd column. Content from articles is **not** lost when you change templates.
Fig. 8: 3-column view with contact box

Fig. 8: 3-column view with contact box

Fig. 9: 2-column view without contact box

Fig. 9: 2-column view without contact box