[Dspace-general] Re: [dspace-theses] Custom Submission Screens

[Peter Raftos]

Hi

Custom submission screens are possible, although with DSpace 1.x you'll
need a programmer who is competent in Java. The user interface is
generated via servlets and JSPs - you don't need to know what that
means, but your programmer does!

It's not a task you'd want to do for every user at your institution, but
if you expect a significant number of theses being submitted one by one,
then it's probably a good idea in your case.

Peter Raftos
Digital Resource Services
Australian National University

courtois at ksu.edu wrote:
 > Is it possible to create custom user submission screens for specific
 > Communities or Collections?
 >
 > I'm brand new to DSpace, and just started working with our Grad School
 > last week on a 5 dissertation pilot project.  We had some problems with
 > my login, and I haven't even had a chance to fully explore the
 > submission and admin screens.
 >
 > I can see, tho, that we'd like to make changes to some of the screens
 > users will see as they submit their dissertation.  One change, for
 > example, would be to remove the "Series/Report" field from the 2nd
 > "Describe" screen.  Another change would be to add a pull-down menu of
 > UMI subject categories to the 3rd "Describe" screen.  We'd like for
 > these changes to apply only to an ETD Community/Collection and may have
 > different changes to apply to other Communities/Collections.
 >
 > My background is documentation and user training, although we do have a
 > programmer/developer on our team.  At this point, I just need to get a
 > general idea if this sort of thing is possible or if the submission
 > screens need to be consisent across all Communities and Collections.
 >
 > Thanks for your help,
 >
 > Marty Courtois
 > Instructional Technology Assistance Center
 > Kansas State University
 > Manhattan KS 66502
 > Phone: 785-532-4918
 > E-mail: courtois at ksu.edu
 >
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