The MyReview system for web-based conference management Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Philippe Rigaux This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA VERSIONS HISTORY ---------------- The system was first used for the ACM GIS conf. in may 2003. It has been developped, tested and enhanced during the second semester of 2003, with several beta versions. The first stable version has been delivered on Feb. 1, 2004 Version 1.0 -- 1 Feb. 2004 Include all the functionalities described in the doc. Version 1.1, March 27, 2004 The SQL interface did not work (missing template) -- There were some problems with Mozilla when displaying the manual assignment form -- The directory storing the files can now be changed and is hidden to reviewers (new script Download.php) Version 1.2.0, June, 15, 2004 PC members and papers can now be removed. This removes all their associated reviews as well. Bug fixed in the manual assignment function: when a specific topic was selected, either for papers of for reviewers, the commit function removed all the previous assignment, including those that were not displayed because they did not match the topic. The topic selection page gives some feedback whenever a selection is submitted. The directory storing uploaded papers can be set up in the configuration form. It is now possible to propose several types (formats) for uploaded papers. The default is still to accept PDF files. The implementation of pop-up windows is more powerful (relies on templates as well). Pop-up are now used intensively to show paper's info. Extension of criteria for the current selection (missing papers, conflicts, etc) Version 1.2.1, June, 17, 2004 Minor changes in the code. Version 1.2.2, June, 23, 2004 Emails length is extended to 60 characters. At least one paper format is proposed Version 1.3.0 Automatic installation script Scrollbars in Javascrit-generated windows A free mail can be sent to all authors Version 1.3.1 Bug when displaying the messages in Review.php Version 1.3.2 Suppress the HTML code from abstracts in emails Version 1.4 All NOTICE messages when the error mode is set to E_ALL are removed The current selection is used for the list of submitted papers The review form is customizable. The format of emails is checked, for authors and PC members Only uploaded papers are shown to reviewers Before notification, check that papers have a status and that no review is missing The status of papers is now customizable (enables short papers of poster acceptance) Assignments can be deleted if the review i not filled. The 'isValid' field has been removed. 1.4.1 Removal of some remaining notice messages. 1.5.0 Support for camera-ready production Templates editing Graphics PDF output for reviews and list of papers. Deadlines for: submission, reviews, camera-ready Login recall for authors and reviewers BUG: fatal error during batch sending of notification mails 1.5.1 Password recall for reviewers and authors Setup.php checks that tmpPDF is writable 1.5.2 Size of email addresses in the configuration form Problem with SQL.tpl editing Links have been added everywhere for logout and back to the admin page. Fix the problem with the schema of the DB Several tests in the configuration form Problem with {FORM_LOGIN_AUTHOR} entity in SubmitPaper.php 1.5.3 Additional test in InstallFunction, due to problems in a Windows environment 1.5.4 Change in Schema.sql (FOREIGN KEY syntax), for MySQL sites that use the InnoDB storage manager 1.5.5 The constant UPLOAD_WITH_ABSTRACT allows (if set to TRUE) to upload the paper file with the first abstract submission 1.5.6 Bug fix: the "Free mail to each authors" sent the notification. Now it send the text which is entered in the form. A mail is sent to the reviewer when a review is submitted Paper files are removed when a paper is deleted 1.5.7 A test is added to check that the uploaded file extension matches the paper format A topic cannot be left null or empty in the submission form (test) 1.6 Improved support for translations: short texts are stored in an XML file (ShortTexts.xml) The list of authors is now managed More explicit messages in case of upload failure (for PHP 4.2 at least) Support for blind reviews Improvement of the PHP automatic assignment algorithm C version of automatic assignment algorithm Support for large datasets (browsing facilities) 1.6.1 Improved support for conflicts and preferences management. Improvement of the Return-path option for mails. 1.7.0 Roles for PC members (admin, chair, reviewer) 1.7.1 Bug in the automatic install. script Add the affiliation in the authors' list 1.7.2 The session is automatically extended at each access Removal of the warning during the automatic install. 1.7.3 Password recalls did not work with some mail senders because of some missing options. 1.7.4 A small mistake in the function that counts the number of reviewers 1.8 Show the papers in the "Status" list even without reviewer Bug fixed: pb in "Compute preferences and conflicts" when a quote appears in the affiliation of an author New: two ballot modes, one based on topic; one general (all papers) New: discussion modes: none, restricted, general New: fields for external reviewers in the review form New: test the existence of the SQL user New: conference sessions, assignment of papers to session, and conference program 1.8.1 Production of Latex documents (proceedings, etc.) 1.8.2 Multi-topics for the submission form Questions for the submission and review forms 1.8.3 Bug with the multi-topic function: a same paper may appear several times in the assignment form. 1.9.0 Support of registrations 1.9.1 Small bug fixes. The selected topics of a PC member are shown in the list 1.9.2 Bug fix: duplication of the review questions in the output (not in the DB) 1.9.3 Add the optional 'megaupload' function (http://www.raditha.com/megaupload/), which shows the progression of uploads for very large files (thanks to Adrian Ilie, adyilie@cs.unc.edu) Allow to hide/show the selection form Improve the representation of the dates Explanations can be associated with criterias (for reviewers) A mail can be sent to all the authors of accepted papers 1.9.4 Bug fix: in MailConfirmAbstract.tpl, replace 'CONF_SUBMISSION_DEADLINE' by 'SHOW_SUBMISSION_DEADLINE' 1.9.5 Additional info. in the registration list 1.9.6 Security problem (possible SQL injection in some scripts). 1.9.7 Bug fix: in MailAccept.tpl, replace 'CONF_CAMERA_READY_DEADLINE' by 'SHOW_CR_DEADLINE' 1.9.8 Bug: in the password recall mail, the {CONF_ACRONYM} was not instantiated Bug: the list of authors did not display correctly the submitted paper (thanks to Petri Salmela for resolving both bugs) 1.9.9 Bug: the password recall function did not work