Collections - My Manager
(beta version)From the Collections tab in My Manager, users can see any collection they've created in Morphbank as well as any other user's published collections. A collection is a group of any objects in the Morphbank database assembled by members for the purpose of viewing and/or manipulating (e.g. rearranging the order, editing, and/or annotating, etc.) and storing the collected objects for future use.
- In this newest (beta) version of Morphbank a collection can now include images and any other objects such as: annotations, localities, publications, specimens, or views.
- A new type of Collection, a Character Collection can be created, shared and stored in this new (beta) version of Morphbank. A Character Collection allows a user to define a character/entity and select objects in Morphbank to illustrate the defined States for that character. In the next version of Morphbank (v 2.8), users will be able to access My Matrices to create matrices with the Character information.
Features and Functions of the Collections tab
Users familiar with Morphbank will be acquainted with most of these features. New Morpbhank users will catch on quickly due to the modular nature of the tools and icons. Note the highlighted areas of the above image briefly explained next.
: please use this link to our automated feedback system. We appreciate your comments so that
we can continue to improve and enhance Morphbank.- Keywords: Use the new enhanced search feature. Hold the mouse over the Keywords box to see an updated expanded list of fields the Keywords field searches.
- Toggle Collection/Character: In this latest (beta) version of Morphbank, the new My Manager interface has 1 new Collection type, a Characater Collection, and a new feature has been added to the regular collections allowing any object in Morphbank to be placed in a collection. Use the radio buttons of this feature to view either or both types of Collections.
- Limit Search by: A new feature of this (beta version) of Morphbank allows a user to view only the objects personally contributed/submitted AND/OR those from a particular group. Use the Header Menu > Tools > Select Group > Choose group from sub-menu feature to change groups OR use the Group link in the Header on the left side of the Main Screen.
- Check box: Note the
check box to the left of each Collection/Character ID
and Title. Use this feature to Select one or more Collections which will then be highlighted green.
A particular action can now be applied to all the Collections at one time using the Select Mass Operation
feature. - To see the contents of any Collection, click on the Collection Title or the
info icon.
- A user can Edit the title of any unpublished Collection they've created simply by clicking on the (edit...) link next to a modifiable title.
- Select Mass Operation:
After checking one or more Collections with the feature, options in the drop-down of
Select Mass Operation can be applied to all
checked objects. Examples include: gathering all the checked objects into a new/existing collecion,
or changing the date-to-publish on all checked objects at once. A user may also
delete an unpublished Collection if they so desire. The
delete icon will
be present if delete is allowed. 
: Click this button to carry out the Mass Operation selected.- Icons: The icons and their functions are explained fully in Morphbank Guide to Graphic Buttons. An abbreviated explanation can be found on the All page for My Manager.
- Briefly, the
icon
opens the collection.
- Clicking on the
camera icon will open the Collection.
- The
Calendar icon allows a user to change the date-to-publish for the Collection to be visible to all
Morphbank users or extend the time it remains private.
- The
Copy icon allows a user to make two kinds of Collections, a regular or Characater
Collection from any Collection (of either type). - Annotations: If annotations exist for an object inside a collection,
this will be indicated by the
icon seen in the open collection
itself. (See screen shot).
FSI Viewer
: Morphbank utilizes a proprietary viewer with its unique capabilities to increase the value of the photograph for the user. Clicking on any thumbnail in the Collections tab will open the Collection, double-click on any image in the Collection to open the image in the FSI Viewer.Create a Collection
A Sample Collection
Edit a Collection
: A collection must be unpublished or a user will not be able to Edit the contents. To Edit an unpublished Collection, click the to open the Collection.
Alter the contents as desired. A user might delete some objects, change the title for some of the objects, or rearrange the objects in the
collection and save the order.
What exactly is a Collection?
Character Collections
Known Issues in this Beta Version
New Features
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