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# Business Cards Overview

Every employee in Essal Access has a digital business card — a clean, shareable page showing their professional details and contact information. The business card is designed to be shared like a physical card: via a link, a QR code, or a vCard file that can be saved directly to a phone's contacts.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/helpcenter/D7BNciBjPYi-5sHM/access/screenshots/business-card-editor.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=D7BNciBjPYi-5sHM&q=85&s=01ed86cd3a7b5f385c77d1602cd5307e" alt="Business Card Editor" width="1440" height="900" data-path="access/screenshots/business-card-editor.png" />

## Business Card vs. Public Profile

Essal Access has two different public-facing views:

|                  | Business Card                               | Full Public Profile                                            |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Purpose**      | Professional networking, contact sharing    | Badge verification and access control                          |
| **Visible when** | Always (when business card mode is active)  | Only when public verification is enabled                       |
| **Contains**     | Name, role, department, contact, bio, links | All of the above + tickets, access zones, health & safety data |
| **Fallback**     | Shown when full verification is disabled    | —                                                              |

The business card is the lightweight, privacy-friendly view. The full public profile is the access-control-oriented view.

## What Appears on the Card

A business card shows:

* **Cover strip** — your organization's primary color, with optional cover photo and company logo
* **Profile photo** — employee's photo, or initials if no photo is set
* **Name, role, and department**
* **Social media icons** — LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook (linked)
* **Save Contact button** — downloads a vCard (.vcf) file for saving to phone contacts
* **Email and Call buttons** — quick-action links (if contact details are shared)
* **Website and custom links** — any additional links configured by the admin or employee
* **Bio** — employee's bio text
* **Contact section** — email and phone with icons

## Who Can Edit the Card

* **Administrators** configure the template (colors, cover photo, which fields are shown, and organization-wide links) in the **Business Card Editor**.
* **Employees** can add their own custom links from the Employee Portal.

## Enabling Business Card Mode

To route all badge scans to the business card instead of the full profile:

1. Go to **Settings → General**.
2. Disable **Allow public badge verification**.
3. Enable **Business card mode**.

With this configuration, scanning any employee badge shows the business card rather than a blocked/restricted screen.