New type of submission

[murphywong]

Could we have more submission type other than single/multiple presentation? I would like to have the followings:
* Symposia (group of presentations on a theme)
* Paper Presentations / Virtual Paper Presentation
* Workshops
* Teacher and student Demonstrations

Or, it is possible to allow user to define their own type?

[murphywong]

Dear all,

I've updated the source code to implement my new submission types. The updated source code is attached for your reference. Thanks.

Regards,
Murphy



Updates by Murphy Wong Murphy.Wong@hku.hk
timestamp: 22:35 01/21/2010

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This is a provisional readme file documenting changes on
OCS 2.1.2 for...

(1) adding the following "submission type":
* Symposia (group of presentations on a theme)
* Paper Presentations / Virtual Paper Presentation
* Workshops
* Teacher and student Demonstrations
* Full paper
* Practitioner presentation proposal
* Research in progress proposal

(2) setting the "Presenter" checkbox to "checked" by default
during account creation

(3) allowing author to update abstract after the paper is
accepted or revision required,

(4) adding a sample reviewer report

(5) update look and feel to use big icon/image file


Hacked code (files) below:
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(1.1) classes/paper/Paper.inc.php
add submission type definitions

(1.2) locale/en_US/locale.xml
add new message strings

(1.3) classes/manager/form/schedConfSetup/SchedConfSetupStep2Form.inc.php
add submission type definitions

(1.4) classes/presenter/form/submit/PresenterSubmitStep2Form.inc.php
add submission type definitions and logics

(1.5) templates/manager/schedConfSetup/step2.tpl
add submission type selection for manager

(1.6) templates/presenter/submission/management.tpl
add submission type selection for presenter

(1.7) templates/presenter/submit/step2.tpl
add submission type selection for presenter

(1. templates/reviewer/submission.tpl
add submission type selection for reviewer

(1.9) templates/trackDirector/submission/management.tpl
add submission type selection for track director

(useful debugging files)
templates/presenter/submission/peerReview.tpl
templates/trackDirector/submission/directorDecision.tpl


(2.1) classes/user/form/CreateAccountForm.inc.php
set default account creation as "Presenter"

(3.1) classes/submission/presenter/PresenterAction.inc.php
change to allow author updating abstract after the paper is
accepted or revision required

(3.2) classes/submission/presenter/PresenterSubmission.inc.php
copy functions for peer review

(3.3) pages/presenter/PresenterHandler.inc.php
add function viewPeerReviewComments

(3.4) pages/presenter/SubmissionCommentsHandler.inc.php
add function viewPeerReviewComments

(4.1) locale/en_US/locale.xml
add new message strings

(4.2) docs/ReviewerReport.doc
add this file as a sample reviewer report

(5.1) templates/images/Author.png
add this author button image file

(5.2) templates/user/index.tpl
Show big author button

(5.3) styles/common.css
highlight hyperlinks

(5.4) styles/links_bg.png
add this file as background

[tshore]

This is a very important feature that has been requested over and over again. Any chance that this has been addressed in OCS 2.3? Where can I find a summary of what upgrading to 2.3 will get me? I've just gone/am about to go live with 4 conferences and I don't want to risk mucking them up unless the payoff is worth it.

Thank you.

[jmacgreg]

Hi Murphy,

Thanks for these files! I'm sure other users will find them very useful. We have added the ability for users to define their own submission types in OCS 2.3, but for users not making the upgrade, these files will come in handy.

(And Trudy -- you can see a full set of changes from 2.1.2 to 2.3 in docs/Changelog, and can also see a list of bugs committed against 2.3 by spending a couple of minutes setting up a search in Bugzilla. We'll get a descriptive summary list of new features available in OCS out soon, but in the meantime everything's there for you to find yourself.)

Cheers,
James

[tshore]

you can see a full set of changes from 2.1.2 to 2.3 in docs/Changelog

Just combing through the 2500 lines of text in docs/ChangeLog and I didn't get very far. Can you just tell me whether or not I will be able to add custom submission types (ie. posters, workshops, etc.) if I upgrade to 2.3?

Thanks James.

[jmacgreg]

Hi Trudy,

As stated directly above, "We have added the ability for users to define their own submission types in OCS 2.3" -- so that would be a yes. Again, we'll get a "best-of" feature list for OCS out shortly, but careful reading (and, say, a search such as this one, showing all feature requests against OCS 2.3.x in Bugzilla) will also get you answers.

Cheers,
James

[tshore]

Thanks James. Sorry about that.