Preparing a Work for Transcription

Editing Work Settings

*First, edit the work's title and transcription conventions on the Work Settings page.*

The settings tab for the work shows the title, description, FromThePage Owner, transcription conventions and other metadata for the work. You can edit these fields by hovering over them with your mouse, then clicking to change them. All full-text fields accept raw HTML.

• Title will appear in the list of works for a collection, at the head of the work when users are reading it, and in the title bar of the browser whenever users interact with the work. In most contexts, the title will be displayed alongside the name of the collection that contains it.
• Transcription Conventions will be displayed at the bottom of the transcription form whenever scribes are transcribing pages from this work. Use this section to define standards for regularizing spelling and punctuation. This may be revised again as you become more familiar with the challenges posed by this particular text.
• All other data here will appear on the About tab for the work.

Controlling Transcription Access

*Then, configure access settings on the Work Access page.*

Works can be configured to allow transcription by any registered user of the FromThePage instance, or to restrict transcribers to only a permitted set of users. The default behavior is to allow transcription by any user. Skip this step if you want any registered user to transcribe this work.

To restrict transcription to certain users, select the access tab for the work, check the "Restrict Scribes" box and hit save. The page will refresh with a list of all registered users on the right hand side under the "Non-scribes" heading. Click the add link beside the name of any users you want to permit to transcribe this work.

Configuring Pages

*Next, add and manipulate the pages for the work.*

The work pages tab is an work owner's view of the pages within the work.

• Add a page appends a new, blank page to the list of pages.
• Edit allows you to change the title of a page or delete that page. Click on the page title to change it.
• Status shows whether a page is ready to transcribe. Pages with no image will show an add link that allows you to upload, rotate and resize a page image. (Image manipulation is unnecessary for works imported from the Internet Archive)
• Up and Down links re-position a page within the list of pages.

Adding the Work to a Collection

*Finally, add the work to a FromThePage collection to make it visible on the site.*

• Click the dashboard link to see the list of collections.
• If you have not created a collection for this work, click on "Create an empty collection" and enter a title for the collection.
• Go to the settings tab for your collection.
• Click the add link next to the work you created.