• Logging In

• ETD Status

• Files

• Abstract/Ekserp

• Keywords

• "Mixed" Availability

• Special Characters/HTML Entities

• Review Process

• Notices

• Starting Over

Use the login page to log in to the etd submission process. If you have not yet registered as a user, you will be given the opportunity to do so.

Once you have begun the process of submitting your etd, you will be able to use the same password to continue making changes to your information until your etd is approved.

The security system used by the submission process requires that your browser support and allow cookies.

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Sample ETD Status message (links removed)

The etd submission process requires you to upload files using a Web browser.

File uploads through a browser window are supported by all versions of Netscape greater than 3.0 and all versions of Internet Explorer greater than 4.0. File uploads may not work properly if your browser is using a proxy server of any kind. Consult your IT Department if you have problems with file uploads.

Please refer to File Standards for the correct naming and numbering of your files before they are uploaded.

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In general, you can copy and paste your abstract from a standard word processing program into the abstract field in your browser window. Be aware that special characters should be replaced by the equivalent HTML entity. Separate paragraphs with <p>.

Alhoewel dit nie verpligtend is nie, beveel ons aan dat u ook die Afrikaanse ekserp insleutel of kopieer in die ruimte wat daarvoor geskep is.

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To improve access to your etd, select keywords or phrases that are descriptive and unique. Consult your chapter subheadings and conclusion for different but appropriate search terms. If you cut and paste your keywords from your word processor, you should be aware of any special characters (Umlauts, accent marks, quotation marks), and replace them with the appropriate HTML entity.

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"Mixed" availability allows you to choose a separate availability for each file that is included with your etd. So for example, if you want to completely withhold access from the second chapter of your etd, you must have selected "mixed" availability for your etd, and must save the second chapter of your etd in a separate file. You must then change the availability of the file containing your second chapter to "withheld". If you have selected "mixed" availabilty and have added at least one file, you will be given the option to change the availability of individual files when you Update your Main Record, or when you Update the file information associated with your etd.

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Some special characters do not display in a browser window. For a number of these cases, there are HTML entities which can be used to safely display the special characters. An HTML entity consists of an ampersand (&), a word or number (quot, for example), and a semicolon (;). The following is a short list of special characters and the HTML entity equivalents.

Name	Character	Description	Syntax
aacute	á	Small a, acute accent	á
agrave	à	Small a, grave accent	à
ccedil	ç	Small c, cedilla	ç
eacute	é	Small e, acute accent	é
egrave	è	Small e, grave accent	è
ntilde	ñ	Small n, tilde	ñ
ouml	ö	Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark	ö
uuml	ü	Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark	ü
(double) quotation mark	"	(double) quotation mark	"
ampersand	&	ampersand	&
less-than sign	<	less-than sign	&lt;
greater-than sign	>	greater-than sign	&gt;

For more complete lists of HTML entities, please visit the following URL, which is maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium:

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/HTML3/latin1.HTML or

Webenalysis: free webmaster resources

http://www.webenalysis.com/special-characters.asp

Superscripts/subscripts
http://fel.utc.sk/physics/computing/HTMLtutorial/tut/download.htm

Problems with Greek and other symbols can also be solved with the Symbol Font Face as described on the following page by Dr Charles S Tritt:

http://people.msoe.edu/~tritt/symbols.html

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Once you have submitted all of the minimum information needed to make up an etd, your etd will be reviewed by the UPeTD Administration. This process can take as little as a few days, or as long as several weeks, depending on the number of etds waiting to be approved. You  will be notified once the process is complete.

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If anything about your etd needs to be changed before it can be approved, the UPeTD Administration may send you a notice, which is a brief message describing the steps you need to take to complete your etd. Notices are generally delivered as email messages to whatever author email address you entered for your etd. Notices may also be sent to your supervisor if there are problems reaching you. Once you receive a message indicating that you have a notice, you should login again and make the requested changes. Once you have made the requested changes, it is very important that you send a response to the UPeTD Administration, so that they will know that your etd has been updated and is ready to be reviewed again.

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If you would like to stop work on a partially completed etd and completely start over, the "Start Over" link in the etd Status block that appears on most pages will give you the ability to completely remove all of the files and information you have already added and start again.

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