Editoria11y (meaning "editorial accessibility”) is an in-app tool that alerts logged-in users when content on their website doesn't conform to accessibility standards, then provides recommendations for fixing it. For example, images lacking alt-text or headings used out of order will be flagged...

These roles can be assigned to key staff at your institution who assist with managing all of your OpenScholar sites. Organization Administrators can view and download reports about all the sites on your install, create new sites or edit sites on behalf of users, and manage select install-wide...

The Core Facility site structure puts your facility's services and resources at the forefront of the website. The structure and labels have been designed to make it easy for visitors to find information and to provide you with a framework to easily organize your website's content. Adopting this...

The Callout Banner Widget displays a headline and optional description text in a large, attention-getting banner. You can add an image in the background or on the side, and it can have a button linking to another page or a search box to search for more content that the viewer might be interested in...

Website accessibility guidelines require you to include text alternatives with audiovisual media. Some website visitors may not be able to hear your multimedia content. Others may find it useful to refer to a written transcript instead of watching an entire video. For video that has audio, both...

Before using Google Tag Manager, you need to enter a GTM Container ID to your OpenScholar site. Here is Google's documentation on how set up your account, container ID, etc. To enter your GTM Container ID to your Openscholar site. 1. Go to your OpenScholar site, navigate to Settings area 2. Select...

This widget is the easiest way to add site name or site logo for your site. Allowable file types include png, gif, jpg, jpeg or svg. The maximum file size is 128 MB. How to create: 1. Go to Layout. 2. Select All Pages from Place to if you would like to have the site logo showing all pages in the...

Introduction This guide will help you think through the content you may want to include in your OpenScholar site. Review your template as a guide for suggested content areas. You may choose to replace the default content with your own or remove any widgets you don't need. It's also important to have...

Accessibility is important to OpenScholar and to our customers, and for good reason. We want everyone to access the information they need from an OpenScholar site, and it’s a legal requirement. We are constantly improving our product to ensure we meet WCAG requirements. On the back end, we are...

The OpenScholar platform offers two ways to import publication citations: importing from a file (various citation systems) and automated daily imports (PubMed only). Import from file Publication citations can be imported with different file formats. Import accepts BibTex, EndNote X3 XML, EndNote 7...