Hello there,
I am pretty sure that I am not the first one with this question, however, searching for “shortcut” and related did not provide much information. So my apologies if I reopen an old thread, in that case please just point me to the one related.
Problem:
For our first issue of www.jrfm.eu, we have some contributors that are not really familiar with the use of a sophisticated system like OJS, and besides, the installation was not complete yet. So we decided to create the final PDFs in the way of the well known procedures (mailing etc.)
I ended up with a perfect issue, separated in 16 PDF files (from cover and titeling via various content to calls for papers, each separately) .
I used the submission feature of OJS to upload them, switching to the respective user account, and used the Editor access afterwards to upload them as galley files. I am now able to have a preview of the upcoming issue in the Editor role that can be viewed using the [ Editor → Future Issues → Volume involved → Preview ] feature.
However, it seems that I can not skip the steps that OJS wants one to follow - assigning a copy editor, a layout editor, proofreader etc. And each of these actions needs a reply from the person involved.
Basically, I would need now to define my own account as each of these roles for each article separately and to push every single paper all through the process step by step … GEEEEEZ !
Although this is absolutely helpful if you follow the defined process from the very beginning, in our case it is … errrr … time consuming.
And even if it might be possible to “publish” this issue, the files still show up in [Editor → Submissions → in editing]. Probably not how it is meant to be.
Is there a workaround or a shortcut to get to an issue ready for publishing without shipping through all these stormy waters?
Or do I think far too complicated?
Thank you for your input -
cw