What is customizable in FieldScope?

The FieldScope team is dedicated to allowing project managers to have as much flexibility to align their projects with their project goals, content, and audiences as possible. Because of this, the platform incorporates many tools managers can use to customize projects according to their needs.   There are, however, certain aspects of the platform that are essential or part of the basic platform design. These aspects are not customizable.  A good way of looking at it is to remember two things: Anything that is built into the platform itself - things that are in common across all FieldScope project pages - is generally not customizable. Anything that would change the basic functionality of the platform is generally not customizable. **The table below explores what can and cannot be customized in more detail.

Please note: In certain cases, features that are not customizable can be updated with more in-depth coding from the development team that works with FieldScope. These types of customizations require (1) contracts outlining funding beyond the basic license agreement - the amount variable according to the customizations requested and (2) additional time from our developers to institute a change, beyond our general 2-week turnaround - this timeframe will also be variable according to the request. In some cases, the developers may conclude that a change is not feasible regardless of time or funding.

Discover more about the specifics of project customization in the articles here:

• Customizing a Project Homepage
• Customizing a Project Data Entry Form
• Adding GIS / Map Layers to Your FieldScope Project

Customizable	Not Customizable
Top of Project Page
Main image Logo image (upper-left corner) Project title Brief project description The presence of the “Total observations” and “Total contributors” boxes (please note: removing these boxes may require extra set up time)	The appearance and placement of the “Home,” “Visualizations,” “Data,” and “Help” tabs and the “Log in” button. The size of the main and logo images (they may be resized, but the area of the page they are on is set)
Project Body
Right-hand side: “Project overview” body content “How to participate” content, including removing this section completely “Who is involved” content, including removing this section completely Please note: images and live links may be included in the customization of these sections.	Left-hand side: The placement and order of the “Project overview,” “How to participate,” and “Who is involved” tabs. The text in the sidebar menu
Bottom of Project Page
Whether particular visualizations are highlighted If visualizations are highlighted, boxes with  links to the visualizations of your choice	The placement and appearance of the “Our most recent observations” map The placement of the “Explore and learn” section The FieldScope footer
Data Entry Form
Stations All fields you would like to include for stations (aside from latitude, longitude, and a station name) Whether the additional fields you choose to include are required or optional Whether the additional fields you include are open text or have a dropdown menu Observations  The title of each section of the observation form (aside from the required “Observation details”  section) The name of each field within the sections you create Whether the fields you include are open text, a numeric selection, or a dropdown menu of choices (you create the choices) Whether a section of the form is repeatable (note: only one section of the form may repeat) Whether or not to include the “Photos,” “Documents,” “Audio,” and “Video” sections in your form	Stations The look, placement, and text of the “Previously used stations” and “All stations” options, including the placement of the map Including latitude, longitude, and a station name for all stations Observations The presence of the “Observation details” section, including the presence of the “Observation date” field If you choose to include the “Photos,” “Documents,” “Audio,” and “Video” sections in your form: The order in which these sections appear is built into the platform The “Audio” and “Video” sections are tied together - there is not a way to include one without the other