You need to create an issue before you can load articles to it.
1. Log in.
2. Hover your mouse over your name and click on Dashboard.
3. In the left hand menu, click to "Issues", then click to "Future Issues". (You will create the issue in Future Issues. Later, after articles are added, you will publish the issue.)
4. Create the issue so that the article has somewhere to go. In the top right corner, click "Create Issue".
5. Fill out the requested information and upload a cover image if desired then click to "Save" the issue.
1. Log in.
2. Hover your mouse over your name and click on Dashboard.
3. In the left hand menu, click to "Issues", then click to "Future Issues".
4. Create the issue so that the article has somewhere to go.
5. Add the article.
6. In the left hand menu, click to "Tools" just above Administration near the bottom.
7. On the "Import/Export" tab, click on "QuickSubmit Plugin" at the bottom of the list.
8. Fill in the requested info on the form.
9. Choose a Section from the drop down menu. You must select one of the choices.
10. Fill out the information for the article. Title and Abstract are both required.
11. Click "Add contributor" and add at least one author. Name, contact email, and country are required. You must also choose a role for the contributor, typically author, and save at the bottom. If you want to mark the author as the principle contact for editorial purposes that is fine too.
12. Toward the bottom of the form, click to "Add galley" and click through the wizard to add upload the article file and add basic information. (Allowed filetypes are: zip; pdf; doc; docx; jpeg; gif; png; jpg; ppt; pptx; xls; xlsx; csv; txt; html; mp3 . If you have an additional filetype that you need to add, you can change settings for the Allowed Uploads Plugin, or contact help@flvc.org to get set up to upload a new kind of file.)
13. Check the radio button for "Published".
14. A pop up menu will open for "Schedule for publication in". Use the drop down menu to select the issue you will add the article to.
15. Scroll down to put in a publishing date for the issue or article. Click "Save" at the bottom of the form.
16. If you want to add another article, click to "Return to QuickSubmit Plugin".
After you have added articles to an issue, it is time to make that issue go live to the public.
To make an issue live for the public:
1. Log in.
2. Click to the admin page for your journal.
3. On the left hand menu, click to "Issues", then click to "Future Issues".
4. Look for the name of the issue that you want to publish. Click the arrow next to that issue's name. This will open a menu of options. Click the option to "Publish Issue".
5. Sort the issue among existing back issues: Now click to the "Back Issues" tab. This will give a list of all back issues. The issue you just published will be listed as most current. If it needs to be sorted (ie. a different issue is most current), then click on the "order" button, then the title of the issue and drag and drop it in the list of issues to sort it.
6. Log out and check over the issue. Log out. Go to your journal's public page in Florida OJ, and click to "Archives". Locate the issue you just published. Click into it and check over the issue for any display issues and to make sure it is appropriately open to the public.