User interface:

On the pictures you see the screenshots of our site's interfase:

screenshot of the interface in visitor mode	screenshot of the interface in user mode

There are several menus for your navigation. Every item in menus has a tool tip when you keep the cursor over short description appears.

Top (underlined with red) is your core account menu. If you not logged in (visitor mode) you see "login", "registration" items after logging in(user mode) they change to "logout" and "personal data" items. "Login"-"logout" item is for you to enter and exit registered mode. "Register" is link to the registration form. "Personal data" is link to your basic personal data as name, surname, email, address and so on.

At left top corner there is "help" button (underlined with yellow). It is presented on every page so you have always got a short way to get help. It is coming in pop up window. That gives you a chance to read help and surf site the same time.

In the top of light grey part there is "general information" menu (underlined with blue) with "about exlibrisland", "techniques", "organizations" and "contacts". It gives some general information about our project, list of techniques descriptions, exlibris organizations around the world and link to contact form where you can send any request or offer to exlibrisland.com team.

Left groups of menus (outlined with green) are the main navigator. It consists of two groups when you are in visitor mode and three groups in user mode. You can always turn on/of every group by clicking on the name of the group.

With "exchange" menu items you are browsing different lists of exlibrises: "offered"(was offered for exchange by collectors), "wanted"(list of wanted exlibrises), "collections"(personal collection online), "opus lists"(opus lists of exlibrises made by artists-participants of our community). "Magazine" group is your guide by rubrics of the members' publications.

"My manager" group (only in user mode) consists of your tools to build up and manage your opus list, collection, public information about you, requests for exchange, publications and messages. For description of every item read further.

Legend:

Surfing our pages you meet some important icons-buttons wich help you to use all features.

Buttons:
- add new record (at "my managers" pages);
- view of the data item(opens pop up window with asked information);
- edit item (in the records of "my managers" pages);
- delete item (in the records of "my managers" pages);
- edit illustration (only in "publications" section of "my managers");
- send a message (in the records of "exchange" pages and in "messages" page of "my managers")
- help (opens help in pop up window);
Icon:
- item has an image(it is just information image - not button);

Services of visitor and user mode:

The site brings wide range of services to exlibris lovers. Any visitor can use our source of exlibris information: browse collections, opus lists, read the magazine without any restriction. But the only user mode that registration required bring to you all advantages of exlibslands.com. In that number collection and opus list builder, editors for offers and wants, lists, publisher of articles and messages system.

By simple registering you have got an account at exlibrisland. To hide your personal email addresses exlibrisland.com has messages communication for the members. If you are logged in as registered user you can send messages to the publisher of exlibris record with offer or request.

Forms:

All information that could be brought by user is collected by forms. By filling them you add and edit items in different sections of the web site. The general rules of usage are quite simple. Carefully fill required field that marked with asterisk (*). Sometimes you have alternative to use dropdown lists or type your own data.

The working language is English. Please avoid to type special letters. We are international service and many of the users from different part of the world can not recognise national alphabet symbols. To be sure your information could be read by everyone use basic Latin.

Check boxes used for you to turn of/on item or set up preferences. Many forms provided with file uploading field. By clicking "browse..." button at the right side of the field the standard "open" dialog areas so you can choose any file on your local drive to upload. Read more about image preparing and uploading.

At the bottom you will see a button. By clicking it you put information to the database. When you need you can edit existing information you added before. When you click appropriate edit "button" corresponding form will show you old data in text fields. Feel free to edit it and do not forget to save your changes by clicking a button at the bottom of the form.

Registration:

There are some simple steps to register. Click on the "registration" at the top menu. You will get the registration form. Please fill all fields. Notice: a password is case sensitive. Remember your password to log in in future and keep it in secret for nobody can interfere in your records. Accept the user agreement and privacy by checking the box under "exlibrisland user agreement and privacy policy" text and push "sign up" button. Greetings! Now you are registered user! You will receive a confirmation letter to the email address mentioned in the form.

When you just register you have to establish managers. Click on "personal data" at the top menu and check in the "edit personal data" form the boxes "artist" or/and "collector". They will turn on your managers: "opus list" for "artist" and "collection", "preferable authors", "preferable themes", "offered exlibrises", "wanted exlibrises" for "collector".

Logging in (entering user mode):

To enter user mode click "login" at the top. You will be asked to enter your login(email mentioned in registration form) and password to login. Type them in "user login" form. If you check box "always remember my login and password" your login and password will be pre-typed in the form when you enter the site with the computer. Click "login" button. After the system identifies you will be brought to the "messages" page and at left side you will see "my managers" menu group. You forgot the password - click on appropriate link at the bottom of "user login" page. In the prompt type your email address and forgotten information will be sent to this email.

Browsing the exchange items' lists:

"Exchange" group menu contains all links to the pages with different kind of lists: "offered exlibrises", "wanted exlibrises", "collections", "opus lists". These are the lists build by members of exlibrisland. Every record in the lists is provided with buttonto detailed information and icon that show if it has got an image.

"Collections", "opus lists" - personal pages of our members with short biographical notes (of course if published by user). "Offered exlibrises", "wanted exlibrises" are exchange’s pages, browsing them in user mode you will see message buttonby clicking it you can send request or offer to author of the record. It will be delivered to his message box.

Browsing the magazine:

All articles in the magazine are collected by several rubrics presented in "magazine" menu group. By clicking you will get all announces of the article in certain rubric. Click on the title or announce text of the article to read a full text.

Working with managers:

Tools to manage your records are collected in "my managers" group. To add an exlibris record go to appropriate section (depends on your wish: to build or manage opus list/collection - "opus list"/"collection", to offer an exlibris for exchange - "offered exlibrises", to ask for exlibris "wanted exlibrises"). Click on "add new record" buttonand submit filled form. New record appears in your list. You can always edit the records calling the form with edit button.

Collection, opus list, offer, want lists:

In user mode by clicking on one of the item of submenu "my managers" you will get the page with "opus list", "collection", "offered exlibrises" or "wanted exlibrises" list.

By clicking link"add new record" you will get the standard form for adding exlibris.

In the lists you see short record of an item. To view, edit, delete record please click on the proper button:- to view,- to edit,- to delete

Adding items:

By clicking link"add new record" you will get the standard form for adding exlibris. All fields marked with asterisk (*) must be filled in.

There is pre-typed your name in the "name of the owner", you have to change it in accordance with appearance on bookplate you adding. In "author" section you have dropdown list with predefined list of artists, if you do not find the author of exlibris in this list you are welcome to type first name, last name, select country of the author of the bookplate and fill optional his city and year of birth. You filling "theme" and "technique" section the same manner. You can type opus number in author's check list, size, year of production add your description and key words for subject of image. The more information you provide the easier to identify the bookplate for everyone.

You can also upload picture of bookplate you are adding in. Click "browse..." button at the right side of "image file" field and select prepared image file on your computer drive, click ok and you will see the name and local path of selected file in the field.

Notice: any image to upload has to be .jpg fie format with file size not exceeding 100 kbt. To avoid unpredictable resizing please keep the image size less than maximum image area sizes in this section is width 400 px, height 400 px.

When you adding exlibris into your collection by checking "offered for exchange" box you can add the bookplates in the list of offered for exchange exlibrises. Push "submit" button to add the record into your list.

To view, edit, delete record please click on the proper button which are in the lists at right side of any record:- to view,- to edit,- to edit,- to delete.

You always can correct information, change an image, add/remove to/from offer list by clicking edit button at exlibris record in collection list.

Editing records:

The editing of record is the same as adding. The only difference with adding record is that the form is pre-filled with old data.

Personal filters:

There are two kind of personal filters you can set up: "preferable authors", "preferable themes".

When you visit proper section you will find the list of authors/themes with checkboxes. You can mark the boxes you want and submitting your choice. The list of your personal preferable authors/themes will be built.

When somebody place new records in exlibrisland database that correspond to the checked boxes automatically generated messages will be sent to you.

Anytime you can change you preferable authors/themes by checking/unchecking the boxes in these sections. Do not forget to push "submit" button to save your settings.

Publish personal data:

Just go to "about me" page and fill the form. You can also upload you photo. Click "browse..." button at the right side of "image file" field and select prepared image file on your computer drive, click ok and you will see the name and local path of selected file in the field.

Notice: any image to upload has to be .jpg fie format with file size not exceeding 100 kbt. To avoid unpredictable resizing please keep the image size less than maximum image area sizes in this section is width 200 px, height 300 px.

Notice: you data would be available for visitors if you have published at least one record in collection or opus list section.

Publishing an article:

Click on "publications" item in "my managers" menu. You will see the page where your publications list is built. Click on "add new article button". In the form you have to fill all fields and select appropriate rubric. Please choose the rubric which corresponds to content of your publication as much as possible. After you save the article by pushing "save" button you will see just added article in your articles' list. You can add illustration, edit or delete any article in the list.

Please separate blocks in your texts use just double "enter" key in the text area form.

Adding illustrations to the article:

Click on the buttonadd/edit illustration at the right side of the record in the tools column of the table. At the next page click on"add new illustration" button to add an illustration. You will see new illustration fields "description" and file upload field. Type the description you like to see under illustration in the article. Choose image file by clicking "browse..." button at the right side of "image file" field and select prepared file on your computer drive, click ok and you will see the name and local path of selected file in the field. Push "save" button. So your article has a new illustration to preview an image click on view button that exist near every available illustration.

Notice: any image to upload has to be .jpg fie format with file size not exceeding 100 kbt. To avoid unpredictable resizing please keep the image size less than maximum image area sizes in this section is: width 300 px, height 300 px.

The images will be allocated in the text of the article without special order just between text blocks that separated by empty text row. So, please to separate blocks in your texts use just double "enter" key in the text area form.

Messages:

There is a private message system to provide communication between members with the goal to prevent getting you personal e-mail by unwanted persons.

When you browsing the pages as logged in user in every list by other collectors you will see the message button.

By clicking it the prompt window appears when you can type any message to person who placed bookplate. The items number you writing about, your name will be automatically added to the message

You can also receive automatically generated messages in accordance with your filters settings.

In section "messages" of "my managers" menu you can view and answer any received message.