How do I contribute Community Resources?

Sparx Systems invites Members of the Community Site to submit their own resources and articles for publication, by applying for Author status. Once you have been approved as an Author, you can submit items for publication on the Site. The rest of this page describes the process for submitting content.

To submit content you need to follow three simple steps:

1. Create a Member account, if you are not currently signed up.
2. Complete the Author approval form.
3. Create content (after being granted Author status).

1. Create a Member account

Select the “Create new account” link in the top right hand corner of the home page. Or click here

You will then be presented with the following form.

Please complete your user-name, email address, your full name and other details.

Note: After account creation you will be sent a confirmation email. This will contain your user name and password, and a convenient URL which can be used to reset your password. This log in may only be used once. It is always advisable to reset a password and store it securely.

Once you are logged in, you will be able to upload a picture of yourself and complete your personal profile.

As a member you will be able to view and download all of the content on the site. If you ever forget your password, you may request a new password and it will be forwarded to the email address that you provided during account creation.

2. Complete The Author Approval Form

Click here to complete the “Author Approval Form”.

Note: Some of the fields will be pre-populated with information you have already submitted.

What we need to process your application:

• Short description of the author and/or company.
• Experience with Enterprise Architect.
• Evidence of a previous publication or resource you have created.
• Information that will form part of your Author Profile.

3. Create Content

Once your author status has been confirmed, the website interface will be modified to present content options.

As an author you can submit case studies, news items, tutorials, white papers and shared resources.

As an example we will create a Case Study.

You will need to follow these steps:

• Read and agree to the terms and conditions.
• Insert a title and synopsis that meaningfully describes your case study.
• Create the body of the text you wish to submit.
• Insert images and files.
• Add industry and keyword meta data that will be used to improve search features.
• Set the status of your work.
• Preview and save your work.

Notes about Content Creation

The WYSIWYG Editor (What You See Is What You Get) will allow you to create your document for submission. If you wish to include images in your document, you must first upload the image using the Viewable Images dialog and then insert the image into the document.

To insert an uploaded image, simply provide a title and alternative text description. Place the cursor in the appropriate location in the body of your case study. Then press the “send to text area” button.

To Paste From an Existing Word Document

Select the “Paste From Word” option shown below.

Paste your desired text into the dialog box (As shown below)

You can also type directly into the WYSIWYG editor and use its native controls for formatting, or select HTML to enter straight HTML. Please note that the HTML is filtered to remove potentially dangerous HTML tags. Again, to get started authoring your own content, please apply with the link below