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Getting in touch with the community
Thank you! You represent the heart of PlanktoScope. Without your support and belief in the PlanktoScope mission, we wouldn't be where we are today.
The PlanktoScope Community interface is our latest project. It consists of:
- The People - you! The people making posts and creating challenges
- The Feed - where new community posts end up
- Join - the way to register (send this to your friends)!
After you register and are verified (we must approve your application), your account will be switched from subscriber to contributor. After this, you'll be able to create posts and challenges! Posts appear in the Community Feed, and challenges appear on the Challenges Page. More on this below.
Editing Your Profile
Upon registering, you should have received an email with your Login/Password. If you did not, reach out to me and I’ll help you recover it. To edit your profile:
- Go to the PlanktoScope Wordpress login & enter your Login/Password
- Navigate to “Profile” on the left-hand side of the admin page
- Add any missing information
- Click the “Save” button to confirm
Note: your profile will not appear on the People Page until you have a first name, last name, and photo. All other info is optional (but encouraged)!
If your profile is still not showing up on the People Page, reach out to contact@planktoscope.com. We’ll make sure your profile is active and set up as a contributor.
Making Posts
Making a post is a great way to share a cool project, tutorial, or research study that you’ve completed. In general, a post should be something finished (a hack, a lesson, a research study with findings, etc.).
Our community page is based on the Wordpress platform. If you’ve used Wordpress before, you’ll feel right at home. If not, no worries—it’s easy! Log in the same way you would to edit your profile. When you log in, the Wordpress admin page should appear with an option to see the Posts section. Click on it and select Add New from the menu. Next, follow this great tutorial on how to write a Wordpress post. You are now ready to start sharing your work!
On The Horizon
The PlanktoScope Community interface will be forever under development. We really want your feedback! If you have suggestions, please email planktoscope@gmail.com.
As we move forward, we want to improve the level of interactivity between community members and also provide incentives for posting cool projects and challenges.
In addition, we are thinking about ways to enable you to request and share biodata with other members of the PlanktoScope Community. Of course the priority will always be that all data exchanged in this way belongs to the individual who generates the data (first and foremost) and will remain open for others access.
Final Note
The PlanktoScope Community is only as strong as its members. We are calling upon you (!) to help us push the PlanktoScope mission forward by collaborating with each other and going the extra step to share the work that you do. The more we all contribute and collaborate, the more the community benefits as a whole! Let's see what we can build together!
Github
https://github.com/PlanktoScope/PlanktoScope/issues
Mailinglist
https://www.planktoscope.org/join
Slack
https://planktoscope.slack.com
Sharing photos
Please create pages here and show off your favourite micrographs, build pictures, and so on. The more information you add, the better - we'd love to know how you prepared your samples, what configuration of microscope you have, and whether you're happy with your images being reused. We would suggest you add a simple notice somewhere on the page with a license and attribution - e.g.
https://www.planktoscope.org/gallery
Copyright 2020 Your Name, released under CC-BY 3.0
Submit an issue with your photos. You need a Github account. You can drag and drop images, and then fill in the copyright details. Edit the wiki yourself. To edit the wiki you will need to be a project member. Please request access from the link at the top of the project homepage. See the editing guidelines for more details.
Ask a question
If you have questions or suggestions, we would love to know! This helps us improve and document the OpenFlexure Microscope better.
These are the best ways to ask questions or provide feedback
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Check our Frequently Asked Questions, and check whether someone has already raised an issue similar to yours.
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Raise an issue on our Github helpdesk.
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Join the discussion in our Discourse forum.
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Chat with us and our community in our Gitter.
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Tweet us @OpenFlexure.
- @ThibautPollina
- #PlanktoScope