Updating or Creating New Fact Sheets
1. Generate a list of fact sheets to update
A author may wish to update an existing fact sheet (theirs or another's orphaned fact sheet) or add regional details to another author's fact sheet. To do this go to the Author list. Choose the author of interest. All fact sheets by that author will be listed from oldest to newest or vice versa.
2. OPEN the HTM file
A. Click on the 'HTM' link next to the fact sheet of interest.
- Make sure the fact sheet is in the NEW NOT the OLD format.
- If the fact sheet is in the OLD format use the templates found below in Section 2C.
B. Right click on the screen (Firefox) or click on File (Explorer) of the web browser.
1) Select Save page as (Firefox) or Save as (Explorer).
2) The next window will have a field for File name: and Save as type. Make sure to save as a:
- Single Web Page, HTML only (Firefox XP)
- Web Page, HTML only (Firefox Vista)
- Web Page, HTML only (*.htm; *.html) (Explorer XP and Vista).
C. Use the templates below to update the fact sheet from the OLD to the NEW format or to create a new factsheet. Click on the template needed than follow the direcitons in Section 2B:
3. EDIT the HTM file
A. To make changes to the HTM fact sheet file:
1) Right click on the file icon
2) Click on Open with
3) Select Microsoft Word
B. When editing the file please do not change the format. Edit the words but do not change the font size or heading types.
C. See content of fact sheets below.
D. Add/modify keywords in the category line and update the date line at the bottom of the fact sheet.
4. SAVE the HTM file
A. In MS Word:
1) Select the Save As option in the drop down menu.
2) Save as a Web Page, filtered (*.htm; *.html) in the Save as type: field .
B. Make sure to save the file with the original file name OR if fact sheet was created from the templates use the naming convention Pest-Crop.htm and use the file extension (.htm).
5. EMAIL the updated HTM file
Attach the updated HTM file using the original file name and send to Will Lanier. If the format has been changed please indicate this in the email. The HTM file(s) will be indexed and a confirmation of the update will be sent. Check the indexed article.
1. Other information for fact sheets
- Check that the name of the pest is correct and current, this is especially important with disease articles. Edit for typos and clarity.
- If regional details are being added to another collaborator's fact sheet, develop the text and add it to the appropriate section using a sub header. Add your name (regional author name) after the recommendation. Contact the other collaborator to review the recommendations
- Orphaned fact sheets are those that have not been updated in three years. Contact the other collaborator to adopt the fact sheet. Add your name to the beginning of the authors line.
- Acknowledge original authors using the following format:
Sue Blodgett, revision
Michael J. Brewer, Frank B. Peairs & Jay D. Donahue, original
OR
Sue Blodgett, and Frank B. Peairs revised
Mike Brewer, Frank Peairs, Jay Donahue, original
OR
Sue Blodgett, Frank B. Peairs revision, (Michael J. Brewer, Frank B. Peairs, Jay D. Donahue original)
- To add a new chapter contact the other collaborator. Investigate overlaps and any redundancy that may result.
2. Sources of pesticide label information
The Crop Data Management System is the label standard for the agricultural industry and offers pesticide news, products, label and MSDS information. Registration for label search is also available for a fee. Select herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, adjuvant, growth regulators, nutrients, attractant/pheromone, rodenticide, feeding stimulant/bait or desiccant/defoliants and filter the search results for crop, pest and other criteria. Use this information to update pesticide recommendations in the High Plains IPM Guide.
Author Resources
Date: 10/05/2007
