How to Post Information to the Website

You must be a current member to post information to the website. In other words, you must be logged into the user account that has current membership. If you have questions about your membership status, please contact treasurer@obfs.org.

How do I post information describing my field station?

You must be a current member to post information to the website.

1. Log into the website.
2. Under What is OBFS?, click on Create Content.
3. Click on Field Station.
4. Fill out all requested information. NOTE: for the location of the field station, it is best to enter the actual geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). If you are in the U.S., you can enter your field station's street address and the website will attempt to interpret into geographic coordinates, which may render inaccurate results in some cases.
5. After you click "Save", contact the treasurer@obfs.org. If the station information looks OK, it will be "approved," at which time the station will be included in the online directories.

How do I edit information describing my field station?

You must be a current member to edit information to the website.

1. Log into the website.
2. Near bottom right corner, click on My Stations.
3. Click on the station you want to edit
4. Click on the "Edit" tab.
5. Make desired changes, then click "Save".

How do I post information about a course we offer?

First, you must be a current member of OBFS. Second, you should have an approved Field Station profile (see above).
Note that for each course you offer, you must create TWO items: a General Course Description and a Course Offering. A General Course Description describes the course in general, and is not specific to a time. A Course Offering describes a course being offered a specific time and place, and is associated with a General Course Description.
Having the General Course Description be separate from the Course Offering allows the user to re-post courses each year without re-entering the general description.

Step one:

1. Log into the website.
2. Under What is OBFS?, click on Create Content.
3. Click on General Course Description, complete the form, and click on "Save". Be sure to indicate at which field station your course will take place!

Step two:

1. Under What is OBFS?, click on Create Content.
2. Click on Course Offering, complete the form, and click on "Save". Be sure to indicate which General Course Description the offering should be associated with.
3. Verify that your courses are listed in the Field Courses page.

How do I post other types of information to the website?
(E.g., News & Announcements, Public Documents, Committee Documents, etc.)

You must be a current member to post information to the website. To post any information other than a Job Announcement, you must create a Generic Article. (To post a Job Announcement, see instructions below). Which part of the website the article is posted to depends on the tags you assign to the article. The tags are assigned in the Vocabularies portion of the entry form. An article may have multiple tags, and therefore appear in multiple sections of the website. By default, information posted by members is visible only to current members. However, any article tagged with Public Document can be viewed by the public, regardless of other tags it may have. Here are step-by-step instructions:

1. Log into the website.
2. Under What is OBFS?, click on Create Content.
3. Click on Generic Article.
4. Enter a title (e.g., "New Plant Species Discovered") and enter the details in the Body section.
5. Under Vocabularies, there are 2 types of tags: Committees and Publications. Select any combination of tags.
6. Click Preview, then if everything looks OK, click Save.
   

How do I upload a file to the website?

Follow the same steps as above ("How do I other types of information to the website?") to create a "Generic Article", and under "File Attachments", attach the file you'd like to upload. We recommend that you enter some identifying information in the "Body" section, so that people viewing the resulting webpage knows what the attached file is. For example, if you are uploading a journal article, you should enter in the "Body" section the journal's bibliographic information, including the title, author(s), publication date, and journal citation information.

How do I post a job announcement to the website?

Same as above, except in step 3, instead of clicking on Generic Article, click on Job Announcement. Unlike Generic Articles, no tags are necessary. Job Announcements automatically expire after 90 days.

How do I extend the expiration date of a job announcement?

Locate the full announcement page, click on the "Edit" tab, then the "Extend" tab, then the "Extend" button.

How do I make a job announcement expire immediately?

Locate the full announcement page, click on the "Edit" tab, then click on the "Publishing options" link to expand the section, uncheck the "Published" option, and click the "Save" button at the bottom. Note that unpublished job announcements are still visible on the website, in the Job Announcements Archive page. If you want to permanently remove it from the website, click on the "Delete" button at the bottom. That cannot be undone.