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Help for ECER authors
This area contains some annotated screenshots which illustrate the steps involved in managing the online content for an ECER paper or workshop/symposium contribution.
Only the authors of papers are permitted to manage or change online content for that paper. You must be logged in to manage your paper. If you find that you do not see the manage-paper interfaces, it probably means that you do not have the permission to do so; if you feel you should have, please contact Mike Malloch of KnowNet, including in your email the name or URL of the paper and session.
Authors should have received an email informing them of their login name and initial password for the site.
There are 3 kinds of editing that authors can perform to add or change the onlone content in this site for their papers:
- Edit the abstract for their paper
- The abstracts for all papers have already been entered by KnowNet staff. Authors can edit that content.
- Upload files
- You can easily upload files - for instance drafts of the full paper.
- Manage files
- If you want to delete files which you have uploaded, you can do so quite easily
The screenshots in this area illustrate how to go about performing those actions. Please contact us if you have problems. If you find it difficult to use the web interfaces provided, please email Mike Malloch of KnowNet, including in your email the name or URL of the paper and session, and attaching any files you would like uploaded for your paper or changes you would like made to the abstract.
Please note that there are some very minor changes in the interfaces for editing this year: the abstract is now part of the content of the page itself. This should not cause any problems with following the instructions here, which were written for ecer 2004.
- Links to subsections:
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Special links for managing your content - screenshot
An example of uploading a document
Editing your abstract - screenshot
Finding your own papers
You can easily find your own papers by clicking on the 'papers' or 'symposium contributions' tabs at the top of every page. Or just browse to the session your paper is being given in. You can also use the quick-search box at the top-right of every page to search for your own name.
Remember that you must be logged in before you will be able to edit your abstract or upload a document.
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Finding your own paper - screenshot, 2005
- This screenshot shows how to find and open your own papers from ECER 2005
Special links for managing your content - screenshot
KnowNet has created some special links in the display for every paper, so that you can easily manage the online content for your own papers. This screenshot guides you through those links.
Remember that you must be logged in - and be the author of a paper - before you will be able to edit your abstract or upload a document. If you do not see these links for a particular paper, and think that you should be allowed to manage the content for it, please contact KnowNet with the URL or names of the session and paper.
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Special links for managing your content - screenshot
- This screenshot shows the special links to help logged-in authors manage their online content
Uploading a document
You can easily upload files to accompany the online content for your paper. For instance, you will probably want to upload versions of the full paper, perhaps as PDF or Microsoft-Word documents.
Remember that you must be logged in before you will be able to upload a document.
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Uploading a file for your paper - screenshot
- This screenshot shows how to upload a file for your paper
An example of uploading a document
This screenshot shows the fields of an upload-file form filled-in. (Do not forget that the form must be submitted after you have filled in the fields and chosen a file.
Remember that you must be logged in before you will be able to upload a document.
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An example of uploading a document - screenshot
- This screenshot shows an example of the upload-file form
Example upload after saving
After you have opened the upload-document form, filled in the title (and optionally description), chosen a file from your hard drive to upload, and saved the form, you should see a page like the one shown. Links are available on this page for downloading the file or previewing it in a new browser window.
Remember that you must be logged in, with appropriate permissions for the particular paper, before you will be able to upload a document.
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Example upload after saving - screenshot
- This screenshot shows an example of the page returned after saving a file-upload
Editing your abstract - screenshot
You can easily edit the text and formatting for your abstract. Clicking the 'edit this abstract' link for a paper brings up the form shown. Leave the Id, title and description fields as they are. You should have a WYSIWYG editing pane, with icons, in which to edit and format your abstract's text.
Remember that you must be logged in, with appropriate permissions for the particular paper, before you will be able to edit your abstract.
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Editing your abstract - screenshot
- This screenshot shows how to edit the abstract for your paper
Saving the changes to your abstract
When you have made changes to the text or formatting for your abstract, you must submit the form to save the changes. The name of the button for saving will vary with language, but will always be in the screen-location shown here.
Remember that you must be logged in before you will be able to edit your abstract.
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Saving the changes to your abstract - screenshot
- Don't forget that you must save the form after editing your abstract's text. This screenshot shows how.
Managing uploaded documents
Once you have uploaded one or more files for your paper, you may find that you want to delete some of them. The 'manage uploaded documents' form is for that purpose. This screenshot illustrates the process for deleting an uploaded document, for instance. Note that you can also open the file-upload item from this interface, and re-upload a different file inthe upload form.
Remember that you must be logged in, with appropriate permissions for the particular paper, before you will be able to manage its uploaded documents.
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Managing uploaded documents - screenshot
- This screenshot shows how to manage the files you have uploaded (delete etc)