Ecostamps for Editors: Console

The Console is the command center of Ecostamps. You'll use it to review submissions, add categories to your submission form, manage subscriptions, promote contests, and much more. An overview of console features is provided below.
	Submission Form A toolbox containing everything needed to manage your Ecostamps submission form. Categories: Add, edit, and remove categories and contests. Reading Periods: Set global and category-specific reading periods. Submission Guidelines: Include guidelines in the Ecostamps submission form or add a link to guidelines posted on your web site. FAQs: Include a frequently asked questions section in the submission form or add a link to FAQs posted on your web site. Logo/Cover: Include your logo or the cover of a recent issue on the submission form. Waivers/Agreements: Include global and category-specific waivers and agreements that must be accepted by authors before submitting their work.
	Submissions Review, evaluate, and workshop submissions. My Assignments: A quick link to submissions awaiting review in assigned categories. Final Review: Review is a two-step process. The initial evaluation includes ratings, notes, feedback, and comments. Submissions may also be assigned to other editors for review. In the next step, final decisions, whether a submission has been accepted or declined for publication, are communicated to authors. This two-step process enables editors to review many submissions over the course of a reading period and sort them into groups before communicating final decisions to authors. Workshop: A secure area to collaborate and exchange ideas with editors and authors on a submission prior to publication. Search: Use this tool to search or filter submissions in the Ecostamps archives.
	Assessments Components to streamline the review process and efficiently provide substantive feedback to authors, completing the virtuous circle created by Ecostamps. Ratings: Create customized ratings to be included in Assessments. Letters: Create and edit acceptance and rejection letter templates that include dynamic fields, such as first and last name, submission title, etc., for greater customization and personalization. Suggestions: An optional Assessments component that enables editors to create an easily accessed catalog of suggestions and advice to provide authors on their work. Rejection Reasons: Another optional Assessments component that enables editors to easily present a standard list of reasons why a submission was not accepted for publication. Internal Use-Only: Create groups and elements to tag submissions for simplified filing, sorting, and retrieval. Internal use items do not appear on Assessments.
	Greenmail A complete email solution fully integrated with the Ecostamps store and submission archive. Compose/Send: Promote contests, announce special subscription rates, send reminders of upcoming deadlines. Greenmail puts dynamic, customized emails at your fingertips. Contacts: The contacts list consists of two groups: registered Ecostamps users and custom contacts. Ecostamps users is a comprehensive list of individuals who have either submitted work, placed an order, or renewed a subscription through your Ecostamps submission form or store. Custom contacts is the list of individuals you imported and manually entered in the console. Both types of contacts can be combined in customized groups for ease of use. Import/Export: Import or export contacts to or from a mail client such as Outlook or Outlook Express, spreadsheet, or text file. Sent Items: An archive of emails sent through Greenmail.
	Ecostamps Store Process subscriptions, renewals, and issue orders through the Ecostamps submission form. New Orders: A quick link to unfilled orders. Search/Download: Search the order archive, apply filters, and download the results to a spreadsheet. Subscriptions: Add, update, and edit subscription options in the Ecostamps submission form, including discounted rates for contest submissions. Issues: Add, update, and edit issues to be included for sale in the Ecostamps submission form. Include table of contents, reviews, and cover images. Auto-Confirmations: Add or edit customized messages to be included in the confirmations sent to users for subscription and issue orders. Standard information automatically included in confirmation emails includes an order summary, billing details, and contact information for your organization.
	Staff Components to add and remove staff, grant permissions, and approve assignments. Access to these components is limited to the administrator for the organization. Staff: Add, activate, and deactivate staff members, including guest judges for contests. Permissions: Grant or limit access to components in the Ecostamps console. Assignments: Grant and limit access to submissions by category. Full access permits a team member to read, review, and search the archives in the category. Restricted access permits team members to read and review submissions but not perform final review.
	Organization Update contact and accounting information, pay rates, rights acquired, and general information to be included in MarketSource, the Ecostamps database of the literary marketplace.
	My Account Manage account credentials, including contact information, password, and security questions.
	Miscellaneous Performance scorecard, preferences, development tracker, and much more. Scorecard: Interactive charts and tables that provide a snapshot of submissions received and reviewed and revenues earned over various time periods. Preferences: Set defaults for console access, review, and workshop styles. Email notification: Set email preferences for submission and order notifications. Development: Submit ideas for and track the progress of new console and submission form features, enhancements, and components. Mailbox: Database-driven contact tool to communicate with our developers and client-support team. Site Integration: Step-by-step instructions for integrating the Ecostamps submission form into your web site.