What is offered?

A dedicated SIG website hosted by ISCA under the URL:
https://isca-speech.org/SIGname

that you can administer on your own.

Examples: real example for the SynSIG; fake example for SIG-Demo.

Fully independent from ISCA website?

No.

The website will be independent, but will also appear in the ISCA website hierarchy under Activities > Special Interest Groups. You can still ignore this hierarchy and use/advertise your website fully independently from this hierarchy.

What about the existing SIG page under Activities > Special Interest Groups?

It will remain there.

Indeed, each SIG has currently a simple basic page maintained by ISCA and describing the purpose of the SIG exists by default in Activities > Special Interest Groups.

This ISCA SIG page will stay and will remain administered by ISCA, to ensure a minimum homogeneity across SIGs. If you decide to have your own SIG website, hosted or not by ISCA, you can ask the ISCA SIG support to update this ISCA SIG page to a minimum.

An example of the ISCA SIG page from the SynSIG.

Technically, the various pages of your SIG website will appear as child pages of the ISCA SIG page.

Can I keep/have a website not hosted by ISCA?

Yes, as before.

You can still ask the ISCA SIG support to link it from the ISCA SIG page.

Do I have to have a website for my SIG?

No, as before.

You can still ask the ISCA SIG support updates on your ISCA SIG page as before.

What admin rights?

Rights to add/remove pages and update pages for your SIG website. 

One or two SIG members will have the rights to administer the SIG website.

Although for technical reasons you will have edition rights on the parent page of your website, i.e. the ISCA SIG page under Activities > Special Interest Groups, please do not edit it. It is maintained by ISCA. Please communicate with the ISCA SIG support to indicate the changes you would like to see on this parent page.

Which template will the SIG website have?

The ISCA SIG template.

It will be customised to include your SIG name. Here two examples of pages using using this template for the SynSIG and a SIG-Demo.

The menu items are updated upon request to the ISCA SIG support.

What are the limitations?

The ISCA website and by extension SIG websites are hosted by Wild Apricot.

Wild Apricot provides a WYSIWYG interface to edit webpages but does not give access to the full HTML page. While this is enough for most SIGs, it can be a limitation if you need more advanced functionalities.

You will be required to use the SIG-template of ISCA for your webpages, but you cannot have rights to administer the template. If you want to change the website menu that appears in the template, it will have to be requested each time to ISCA SIG support. Alternatively, you can decide to have a separate menu that you edit manually in each of your pages.

How to request a SIG website?

Send a request through this form.

How to manage a SIG website?

You first need to request an access (see the paragraph "How to request a SIG website?").

Once validated, you will be provided with an empty homepage for your SIG and administration rights.

How to log in as an admin?

• Login to your ISCA profile
• In the upper right corner, click on Admin view
• If you end up on the admin dash board with a menu on the left, click on Website:

• Navigate to the homepage of the SIG. A menu Add page/Edit/Move to trash should appear in the upper left corner:

How to edit a page?

• Navigate to the page on the SIG website that you want to edit
• In the upper left corner, click Edit
• Modify the page. You can refer to Wild Apricot Help for further details.
• Save your changes by clicking on Save in the upper left corner

How to hide the page from the public during development?

• Navigate to the page of the SIG website that you want to edit
• In the upper left corner, click Edit
• In the left menu, in the section 'ACCESS LEVEL', make sure to select 'Admin only'
• Save your changes by clicking on Save in the upper left corner

How to add a page?

• In the general ISCA menu, navigate to the parent page of the page you want to add (it can be the SIG page of ISCA if you want to add a page at the same level than the SIG homepage)
• In the upper left corner, open the menu next to Add page and click on Add new page

• In the left column, fill the metadata as follows:

- Page name: Name of the page, preceded by the name of the SIG (for instance 'SIG-SPSC Committee')
- Page URL: Just click in the box, it will generate a URL based on the page name
- Page template: select the template of your SIG (e.g. 'SIG Template - SPSC' for the SIG SPSC). DO NOT USE ANOTHER TEMPLATE.
- Access level: Public (or Admin only if you want to keep it hidden from the public - You can change that setting later.)
- Meta-tags: DO NOT MODIFY ANY OF THESE FIELDS

• Save your changes by clicking on Save in the upper left corner
• If your menu is managed in the SIG template, please contact the ISCA SIG support to make the new page appear there.

How to delete a page?

• Navigate to the page of the SIG website that you want to delete
• In the upper left corner, click Move to trash
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What metadata to use in your page?

The metadata of a page, accessible in the left panel when you edit a page, are: 

Page name

Page URL

Page template

Access level

Meta-tags

Please see the section 'How to add a page?' to set properly these metadata.

How to edit the template?

The template of the page cannot be edited. If you want to request changes, please email ISCA SIG support.

How to edit the menu?

The menu is part of the page template, which cannot be edited.

1. If you want the menu to be part of the page template, please email the ISCA SIG support each time you want to modify it.
2. Alternatively, you can create a menu that you edit manually on each page of the SIG. For this purpose, when editing the page, you can find a dedicated gadget in Gadget > Secondary menu. Send a request to the ISCA SIG support, to delete the menu present in the template.

How to add pictures and documents?

• Edit the page where you want to add a document
• Drag the gadget Content somewhere on the page and click on it to edit it
• In the menu in the top, select Image or File

• Click on Resources to go to the resource folder and then go to the 'SIG-websites' folder:

• Go to the folder of your SIG
• Upload images or documents by dragging and dropping or by browsing your computer
• Double click on the document to add it on the page

What is the color of the footer?

#003471

Good practice

• The SIG webpage is intended to communicate the activities and objectives of the SIG to the public. Use it to share relevant updates, events, and resources.
• Do not use the website as a storage space or for archiving unrelated documents.
• Avoid uploading an unrealistic amount of data or large files that are not essential to the SIG communication needs.
• Use respectful and professional language at all times. Offensive, discriminatory, or inappropriate content is strictly prohibited.

ISCA reserves the right to remove any content or deactivate the website if it is deemed inappropriate or misaligned with the association’s mission and values.

Help

You can visit the Wild Apricot help pages to better understand how it works for your website.

For any help, please contact the ISCA SIG support.