Tree of Life Contributor Workshop

Here are some dummy users you can impersonate during the ToL Contributor workshop.

No.	Contributor Name	User ID	Password	Group Assignment
1	Zeke Testuser	zeke@tolweb.org	critterus1	Critterus
2	Greta Testuser	greta@tolweb.org	rumzum2	Rumzum
3	Alberto Testuser	alberto@tolweb.org	humbux3	Humbux
4	Antonia Testuser	antonia@tolweb.org	axoboxus4	Axoboxus
5	August Testuser	august@tolweb.org	igatta5	Igatta
6	Lily Testuser	lily@tolweb.org	oozimanus6	Oozimanus
7	Oliver Testuser	oliver@tolweb.org	pussifutus7	Pussifutus
8	Rosa Testuser	rosa@tolweb.org	twideldum8	Twideldum
9	Carla Testuser	carla@tolweb.org	orifixus9	Orifixus
10	Wendelin Testuser	wendelin@tolweb.org	luckydox10	Luckydox
11	Edmund Testuser	edmund@tolweb.org	auweia11	Auweia
12	Yuri Testuser	yuri@tolweb.org	simsalabum12	Simsalabum
13	Liesl Testuser	liesl@tolweb.org	apsolutus13	Apsolutus
14	Gustav Testuser	gustav@tolweb.org	pinkitoa14	Pinkitoa
15	Micky Testuser	micky@tolweb.org	allegorina15	Allegorina
16	Samson Testuser	samson@tolweb.org	suavina16	Suavina
17	Tito Testuser	tito@tolweb.org	exembroxus17	Exembroxus
18	Emilia Testuser	emilia@tolweb.org	acrobraxus18	Acrobraxus
19	Sophie Testuser	sophie@tolweb.org	circumscriptus19	Circumscriptus
20	Fernando Testuser	fernando@tolweb.org	bogus20	Bogus
21	Giovanni Testuser	giovanni@tolweb.org	creepix21	Creepix
22	Leonid Testuser	leonid@tolweb.org	slitherus22	Slitherus
23	Pablo Testuser	pablo@tolweb.org	slickiduda23	Slickiduda
24	Roberta Testuser	roberta@tolweb.org	tippitoa24	Tippitoa
25	Marla Testuser	marla@tolweb.org	slirpum25	Slirpum
26	Dario Testuser	dario@tolweb.org	kamikaza26	Kamikaza
27	Olga Testuser	olga@tolweb.org	obsoletus27	Obsoletus
28	Alma Testuser	alma@tolweb.org	omya28	Omya
29	Sally Testuser	sally@tolweb.org	parashutus29	Parashutus
30	Sascha Testuser	sascha@tolweb.org	umbrellala30	Umbrellala

Some sources of public domain images:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Digital Media Library
• Yellowstone Digital Slide File
• NOAA Photo Library
• Public Health Image Library

Outline

Getting Started

• Focus on branch & leaf pages, procedure for other articles & notes is similar, only simpler
• Register: contact coordinator and/or treegrow@tolweb.org, contribute: registration
• Get user name (email) & password
• contribute: log in
• Scientific Materials Manager: change password
• Articles/Notes: follow link
• Assigned group in quicklinks

Authoring a page

• ToL development site: password protected, can be viewed only by ToL contributors
• Empty page: need to add content
• Add some text: manage text sections -> Introduction
• wysiwyg editor lets you format text, some options
• save and preview
• add an image: select an image from the ToL database
• images attached to the current node or any of its descendents
• format image in a variety of ways
• add title illustration: upload a new image to the db
• image data form:
  • copyright
  • license
  • acknowledgements
  • attach to group: ideally to a leaf node
  • other info
  • submit: review, save
• format title image array
• references, internet links
• authors: select from database
• register your co-authors
• taxon names: subtitles

Building the Tree

• download & install TreeGrow
• add taxa
• create tree structure
• upload to server
• list/tree
• comment after tree
• taxon properties: leaf pages
• add new pages
• upload, check in branch!

Submit for Publication

• submit one page at a time
• submit multiple pages