Hi, I've set up a Conference contribution page so that the user can enter an abstract into a multiline text field. But when I test this, it keeps coming back with "Please attach the abstract as a doc/pdf". I removed the original Abstract field and created a new one, but still not luck. Any way to over-ride this function as we don't want people to have to attach a doc or pdf.

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azcoser’s picture

azcoser commented

have you found any how to stop this

Beernink’s picture

Beernink commented

No luck / no answer to this problme. I've decided to go with Microsoft Research Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) instead, which is a free conference submissions management facility for non profit organisations. It has limited functionality to personalise / theme the site, but has all the right functionality for submitting abstracts and assigning reviews. Still keen to get an answer to this issue though, so leaving it active.

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Jon Rodriguez commented

I fixed this by going into conference.module and deleting the snippet that required a file upload to continue.

Go to line 1739 and delete:

form_set_error ('upload', "Please attach the abstract as a doc / pdf");

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jenifertucker commented

I agree. This should not just be a mandatory file attachment option. I was surprised to see this module set up like this. My preference is for the conference contributors to enter text in a text field. That way the text can be displayed in a number of ways on a conference website, etc.

Beernink’s picture

Beernink commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)
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sertaconay commented
Status: Closed (won't fix) » Fixed

This issue has been fixed by #3. Why did you change status as "won't fix" ?

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Beernink commented

Sorry, picked the wrong status...

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.