Informatics Institute Website User's Guide

How to Log In

1. Click on "Login" link on the top-rigt corner of Informatics Institute website.
2. Enter your username. Your username is your fullname such as "Çağan Arslan" with following conditions:
   • First letters are capitalized.
   • Turkish characters must be used.

Note: You can also use your e-mail address as username.

3. Enter your password.
4. Click the "Log in" button.

How to Reset Password or Activate Your Account

1. Visit the “Request new password” page using this link.
2. Fill the following fields;
   • Username or e-mail address: Your e-mail address.
     • If you have an e-mail address with “ii.metu.edu.tr” extension, use this account. Otherwise, use “METU student” e-mail account.
   • Word verification: Generated CAPTCHA code if requested.
3. Click “E-Mail New Password” button to send the password reset link to your e-mail.
4. Check your inbox and follow the instructions.
5. After activating your account, please follow the instructions under “How to Update Your Profile Page?” topic to generate your profile page.

How to Update Your Profile Page

1. Login the Informatics Institute Web Site as described in “How to Log In” topic.
2. Navigate to “My Account” link.
3. Click on “Edit” tab in your profile page.
4. You will see a sub-menu including “Account” and “Profile” choices. By default, “Account” panel has already been selected.
5. By using “Account” panel, the following fields can be updated;
   
   • User name: Your username is your fullname such as "Çağan Arslan" with following conditions;
     
     • First letters are capitalized.
     • Turkish characters must be used.
       Note: You can also use your e-mail address as username.
   • Password
   • Default Language: Your account's default language for e-mails.
6. By using “Profile” panel, the following fields can be updated;
   
   • Meta tags and Keywords to be indexed by search engines
   • Photo: Your profile photo with the following conditions;
     
     • Maximum Filesize: 1 MB
     • Allowed Extensions: jpg gif png
     • Images must be between 48x48 pixels and 144x144
   • First Name, Last Name with the following conditions;
     
     • First letters are capitalized.
     • Turkish characters must be used.
   • Earned Degrees : Your earned degrees (NOT expected degrees) in chronological order. Use the standard abbreviation for the degree name. E.g. BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCert.
   • Title: Your academic title.
   • Affiliation: Related department(s) with your position.
   • Phone: 4 digits METU office phone number.
   • Personal Website URL
   • Room Number: If you have an office in the Informatics Institute building.
   • Bachelor's Background (B.Sc. or B.A.)
     
     • Year: Graduation year.
     • Discipline: e.g. Computer Engineering
     • University: e.g. METU
   • Masters's Background (M.Sc. or M.A.)
     
     • Year: Graduation year.
     • Program: Select your program if you earned M.Sc degree from METU Informatics Institute.
     • Program: Please enter if you earned M.Sc degree from other programs. E.g. Computer Engineering.
     • University: Please enter if you earned M.Sc degree from other universities. E.g. Boğaziçi University.
   • Doctorate's Background
     
     • Year: Graduation year.
     • Program: Select your program if you earned Ph.D degree from METU Informatics Institute.
     • Program: Please enter if you earned Ph.D degree from other programs. E.g. Computer Engineering.
     • University: Please enter if you earned Ph.D degree from other universities. E.g. Boğaziçi University.
   • Post Graduate Background
     
     • Year
     • Discipline
     • Program
   • Research Interests: In 500 characters or less, indicate your current areas of research interest. E.g. Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Agent Middleware, Network Security.
   • Academic and Professional Activities: e.g. Fellow of the UK Higher Education Editorial Member of International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) Member of Association of Information Systems (AIS) Member of British Academy of Management (BAM)
   • Honors, Scholarships and Awards: e.g. Achieved 2 high-honour and 4 honour degree in undergraduate degree.Work / Research Experience: E.g. Dec. 2006-Oct. 2008 PostDoc Researcher and Lecturer, Brunel University, London, UK.
   • Short Biography
      

Creating Content

Creating a New Page

1. Login to website.
2. Click on "create content" link from the user menu on the right.
3. Now, you shoud see the content types which you have permissions to create/edit/delete.
4. Click on "page". This will take you to a new page with several form fields to fill in.
5. Enter a title which describes s on "Title" field.
6. Enter tags related to the page on "Tags" field.
7. Enter body for the new page on "Body" section. You don't have to know HTML to create a page body. You can easily create your page body with embedded WYSIWYG operator. If you want to use HTML codes, click "Disable rich-text" link.
8. Enter teaser of the new page on "Teaser" section. You can pass this section, system creates a teaser automatically.
9. Choose the language of the new page from "Language" select box.
10. Pass the below fields.
11. Click save to submit the new page or click preview to see appearance the new page before submitting.

Creating an Event

1. Login to website.
2. Click on "create content" link from the user menu on the right.
3. Now, you shoud see the content types which you have permissions to create/edit/delete.
4. Click on "event". This will take you to a new page with several form fields to fill in.
5. Enter a title which describes the event on "Title" field.
6. Enter tags related to the event on "Tags" field.
7. Enter body for the event on "Body" section. You don't have to know HTML to create a page body. You can easily create your page body with embedded WYSIWYG operator. If you want to use HTML codes, click "Disable rich-text" link.
8. Enter teaser of the event on "Teaser" section. You can pass this section, system creates a teaser automatically.
9. Choose the language of the event from "Language" select box.
10. If the event takes all day, uncheck "Event has time" checkbox. 
11. Choose start day and time of your event. 
12. if you want to specify an end date for the new event, check "Event has end date" checkbox , then choose end date.
13. Pass the below fields.
14. Click save to submit the new page or click preview to see appearance the new page before submitting.

Some examples:

• To enter an event that is all day on May 25, 2007: Check the all day box and enter May 25, 2007 into both the start and end dates.
• To enter an event that is all day from May 25, 2007 to May 28, 2007: Check the all day box and enter May 25, 2007 into the start date and May 28, 2007 into the end date.
• To enter an event that is from 9 to 17 on May 25, 2007: Do not check the all day box. Enter May 25, 2007 09:00 into the start date and May 25, 2007 17:00 into the end date. 
• To enter an event that is from 9 to 5 every day from May 25, 2007 to May 28, 2007: Do not check the all day box. Enter May 25, 2007 09:00am into the start date and May 28, 2007 17:00 into the end date.  

Adding a Publication

1. To add a new biblio entry (publication):

• navigate to Create content > Biblio
• navigate to Research > Publication > Submit Publication
• navigate to direct link http://fodor.ii.metu.edu.tr/node/add/biblio

2. Select the publication type. This can be changed later, if needed.

3. The form will reload with the options related to the publication type you chose in the previous step.

Note: Fields marked with a "*" are required.

4. Enter the title of the publication.

5. Enter the year of thepublication.

6. If you are a member of research groups, select corresponding research groups. You can select multiple research groups.

7. Enter Tags which will be related to thepublication.

8. Pass the Menu settings and Teaser sections.