UI Issues: Entering Information

Entering Documents

Provide preferred format for Zotero data entry for names and dates (see "entering topics" and "entering documents" here).

Provide instructions for entering organizational authors in Zotero data.

Add a way to save before adding transcriptions to new documents (currently there is just a warning that adding a transcription will leave the page).

Allow users to add subjects from the document or note page to avoid multiple steps and extra work currently required to do so.

Give instructions for what kind of information belongs in the Type field.

Detail difference between URL field in Zotero form and Document Links section and make clear whether URLs should appear in both places.

Allow users to enter new topics from Add new Document screen to avoid similar issues as with adding subjects (lots of saving, separate steps, etc.)

Allow users/project members to include multiple external links.

Allow project members/users to add more than one URL for document images at a time (currently have to save between each one).

Add way for users to change the item type after one has already been selected instead of having to add a whole new document.

Ensure that users can delete or re-order scans and other information that may have been entered incorrectly.

Entering Topics

Define clearly what a "related topic" is to facilitate better entry of items, etc. (see "Entering Topics" here).

Error messages (sometimes temporary) when adding URLs and topics to items (see "Entering Information" here).

Improve "Related Topics" suggestions so that they are more relevant (see "Entering Information" here).

Some topics don't show, even when they have been created, leading to duplicate topic entries. (see "Entering Information" here).

Potentially return to a topic entering/linking system where you don't have to leave a working area to edit something else. (for more detail, see "Entering Information" here ).

Add instruction or information about the order in which scans will appear when you look at them (see "Entering Information" here). Something I noticed is that when you enter a scan of page 1 of the document, then a scan of page 2, that when you look at the scans, page 2 comes up under the 1 tab and page 1 comes up in the 2 tab--basically the newest one is #1. Its not a big deal, but if there was an instruction on the page where we upload the files, it would help.

Entering Information

Have Item Type list organized in alphabetical order for ease of navigation (see "Entering Information" here).