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Note: If you have any difficulties in writing/editing articles or any other issue, please let us know. We will resolve the matter as soon as possible and update the current FAQ page, if needed.
Q: How do I post an article?
Q: Can I find some help with the editor that we should use to write the articles?
Q: How do I insert an image in the text of my article?
Q: How can I include a formula using LaTeX code in the text of the article?
Q: How are people supposed to cite the article that I wrote? (or, how do I include citation information with the article that I am writing?)
Q: How do I get notified if someone comments on the article?
Q: Can I upload a Tech. Report in PDF format instead of writing an article?
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Q: How do I post an article?
A: Follow these steps:
1- Login at the left
2- Click on "Add New Item":
3- A window will open in which you can write your article, select the category of the article and choose values for other parameters.
4- Save the article (click on Save icon). The article will be immediately visible on the site.
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Q: Can I find some help with the editor that we should use to write the articles?
A: Click on the help icon in the editor, as shown below:
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Q: How do I insert an image in the text of my article?
A: Follow these steps:
1- Click on "Insert Image" icon in the toolbar:
2- A window will open. Click on your username on the left (do not forget to put all your images in your own folder). This will show the content of your folder in the middle section:
3- Click on the "Upload" icon on the right, in the same window:
4- Another window will open. Click on "Add" and select the image file on your computer:
5- Then click on "Upload"; you should see the file in the middle section, "Queue". After the file's name appears there with a green icon on the right of it, click on "Cancel" so the "Upload" window disappears.
6- Finally, click on the filename of the image you just uploaded in the middle section, then click on "Insert":
7- The window disappears and you should see your image in the text of your article.
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Q: How can I include a formula using LaTeX code in the text of the article?
A: Encapsulate a LaTeX expression within {tex}...{/tex} tags in the text.
For example, {tex}c^2=a^2+b^2{/tex} will produce this: 
Optional: {tex} by itself displays a formula with a slight indentation. {tex inline} removes indentation, useful for putting a formula inline with surrounding text.
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Q: How are people supposed to cite the article that I wrote? (or, how do I include citation information with the article that I am writing?)
A: It is a very good practice if you, as the author of an important article or blog post, take care of the issue of citation as soon as you have finished writing your article. Follow these steps:
1- Contact the editor to get a "permanent link" to your article (mention article name and current link). This is a shorter URL (like www.polytelecom.com/locate/ArticleKey) and will remain the same, if the site's structure changes later on and the current link to your article becomes invalid.
2- (Optional) Ask the editor to create an entry on CiteULike for your article.
3- The citation information should have the following format, mentioned at the bottom of your article (and used by other people to cite your article):
How To Cite (Link to CiteULike Entry):
AUTHOR'S NAME, "ARTICLE TITLE," PolyTelecom.com, Tech. Rep., MONTH YEAR. [Online]. Available: http://www.polytelecom.com/locate/ArticleKey
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Q: How do I get notified if someone comments on the article?
A: The internal commenting mechanism of the site, accessible through "Moderate comments to my published items" link on the left panel, is not currently in use. Instead, the site has been set to work with disqus.com, a popular commenting service. This is done to improve the ease of use for visitors/readers. To get notified if someone comments on any article, including the ones you've written, click on "Subscribe by email" just below the comment section and follow the procedure. If a comment needs moderation, contact the editor.
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Q: Can I upload a Tech. Report in PDF format instead of writing an article?
Yes, you can. You need, however, to write an article by choosing a title, an abstract, a category, and some tags. You may then upload the PDF document as an attachment to this article. There are examples of this in the site as well which you can check out.
While there is no formatting rules regarding the technical reports, if you need some ideas as to how to write your document, you can follow these steps:
- Download the TechReport Template zip file (the zip file contains a LyX template, a sample bibliography file and a sample generated PDF file).
- To start writing your Tech. Report based on the above package, you should use LyX to write the report and (optionally) use JabRef to manage the bibliography.
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