Provider account creation

Provider account creation#

Content providers are entities (such as academic institutions, non-profit organisations, portals) that provide training materials of relevance to your community. Every event or training material in TeSS is associated with precisely one content provider.

Each content provider has the following properties:

  • Title, URL, description, logo, keywords

  • One of three types: Organisation, Project, Portal

  • One or more approved editors (TeSS user accounts)

  • In ELIXIR TeSS: one ELIXIR national node

Viewing content providers#

Content providers can be browsed and searched in TeSS.

To browse content providers:

  1. In the top menu, click ‘Directory’, then click ‘Providers’.

  2. The list of all visible content providers is shown, with a search box at the top. For each provider, you can see how many events and materials are registered.

  3. There are filters on the left to limit the search by keyword, type, and (if enabled) node. There is an option to ‘Show hidden items’ in the search results.

Registering content providers#

Content providers can be created by any registered user. New providers must be approved by an administrtor. [TBC] ❓

To register a content provider:

  1. In the top menu, click ‘Directory’, then click ‘Providers’.

  2. Click the buttom ‘Register content provider’.

  3. Complete the fields (required fields are marked with an asterisk) then click the ‘Register Content Provider’ button.

Updating content providers#

To make changes to a content provider:

  1. Navigate to the content provider page.

  2. Click the ‘Edit’ button at the top-right.

  3. Make your changes then click the ‘Update Content Provider’ button.

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