Hello,
In looking to install OJS, the journal I am working with will be using OJS as a manuscript submission management system, but not using the OJS front-end website function. If this is what OJS will be used for, will we still be required to install the software on a server? I am absolutely not tech savvy, so I can’t say I even know what a server is. Is it possible to install OJS on a personal computer? Or do we require a separate bit of hardware that is a server?
Thanks in advance!
Ian
Hi @ivmcphail,
If more than one person is going to interact with OJS – think authors, reviewers, etc. – then you’ll have to install it on a server. You’ll likely have to either choose a host to provide and manage the server for you (there are many out there) or you’ll have to find someone with those skills.
Since OJS is intended to run on a server, it’s unconventional to run it on a personal computer, and it’ll take the same skills to set it up there.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
Once again, thanks for the speedy and very helpful reply!
Ian.