New Ringer Tool: You are now able to Edit
Dane Paijmans(2016-01-13)
After months and months of sweat and tears we have finally activated the record editing tool for registered ringers. This tool will allow you to edit your own records through a fairly simply search menu. This page will be undergoing some edits in future so we are happy to receive any comments and improvements.
To access the editing tool, you will need to first login on the SAFRING home page.
- Then click on the "Ringers" tab at the top (seen the image)
- Choose the "View/Edit Records" option from the drop down menu, and you will be taken to our new Ringer's Summary Page
- On this page there are three ways to search for your ring records
- Using the map: This map will display all your records (based on location). If you click a point it will produce a list of all the records within that coordinate. If you happen to have a lot of points in the ocean you may have previously uploaded the wrong coordinates, and will need to edit each record found here.
- Using the drop down lists: There are three drop down lists (Location, Year and Species). You can click one or all of these to refine your search. Once done you can click search and a list of these records will be produced. Look out for extreme dates which fall outside of your ringing years (eg. 1900) as these may need to be corrected
- Using the ring search: If you know exactly which ring you are looking for then you can use this function. Just enter it in and it should appear (as long as it is linked to you)
- Once you have your list (which is usually summarised to species or coord) you can click on one of them.
- Another list will be produced with a summary of each ring record. Choose either View (to view the record) or Edit (to start editing the record)
- If you choose to edit a record you will be taken to a new page that will show the entire record (including all the columns that you may not use). You can fill in additional information at this point or just make the minor changes needed. Once complete click "Submit" and the edit will be complete
- Please note that all sections can be edited except for ring number. If you need the ring number changed then you will still need to contact us.
I hope you enjoy this new function, and if you notice any bugs or errors please let us know.
