Help:Score submission guide
WARNING. This page is a draft - work in progress.
Choose a link:
- Quick start – Summary instructions for new or inexperienced users.
- Detailed descriptions – Automated add-score process in detail.
- Traditional method – For those who wish to add their own wiki code to composer pages.
- File name and page titles – Suggestions for file names, limits on characters, etc.
Introduction and explanation
A key element of the automated process is the automation of composer pages, that are automatically updated whenever a new work is added. This automation is based on a specific function, named SortWorks, which automatically lists all works by a certain composer according to certain criteria (e.g., by creating separate lists for sacred vs. secular music). Please note that not all composer pages have been automated using the SortWorks function: some composer pages are still maintained manually, so, whenever a new work by that composer is added, the title of the new work and the link to the relevant work page have to be added manually, by doing copy-and-paste of some wiki code, as it was necessary before the automated process was introduced. You can recognize the automated composer pages by the presence of the {{SortWorks}} function in the wiki code of the page. See Help:Automating the work list on composer pages for details about the automation of composer pages and about the use of the SortWorks function.
If you added a new work and the composer page is already automated, the new work title should be automatically displayed on the page. It is possible that the work title is erroneously displayed twice, both in the main list and in the list under "Other works not listed above" at the bottom. It's a side effect ot the wiki cache, because not enough time has elapsed for the cache to refresh. You can force a cache refresh by clicking on Edit followed by Save changes, or by adding ?action=purge to the URL of the page. You may have to do this twice to obtain that the cache is completely refreshed.
If you added a new work and the composer page is not automated, you have to manually copy-and-paste the wiki code fragment that links to the new work page. You'll have received the wiki code fragment via email. You have to use the wiki code fragment under "Composer entry (this entry appears on the composer page, please copy/paste the line below, under List of works)", and you have to copy-and-paste it to the correct location on the page, depending on the composer page structure.
Composer pages newly created will lack much relevant information (birth and death dates, biography, etc.). You are invited to edit the page, adding any missing data.
If your files are already stored on external servers, we recommend that you upload them to CPDL anyway, in order to avoid eventual broken links. But if you prefer not to, then please enter the relevant links (full URL beginning with http://) and the applicable details (file type, size, page size, number of pages, etc.) because the system cannot automatically detect such information on externally stored files.
View main help index