Scratchpad Team
The client who this site belongs to.
Drupal
The type of site to install.
The profile selected here determines the list of supported platforms below.
None
The platform you want the site to be hosted on.
Not seeing a certain platform? Platforms shown are those that support the profile above. If a different profile is selected, this list may change automatically.
English
The language of site being installed.
quartz.nhm.ac.uk
The database server the site will use to host its content.
About you
Mr/Mrs/Dr/Professor/Vicar
At minimum this should be your first given name and your family name
Your email address. This must be a valid email address, as your password will be sent to it
The institution with which you are most closely associated. If retired or amateur, please insert "N/A"
The country that you are based in.
About your Scratchpad
The site title will appear in the header section of your Scratchpad by default but can be removed later.
The taxonomic group which best describes what taxa will be featured on your site. e.g. Insecta, Aves, Phthiraptera, Dragons
.myspecies.info

Your domain name should be:

  • Short. You can choose up to 34 characters, but short names and single words are easier to remember. We recommend no more than 20 characters.
  • Simple. The subdomain name should be your website's name.
  • Legal. Spaces and special characters are not allowed. Remember also that domain names are NOT case sensitive.

Using your own domain

Users are more than welcome to purchase their own domain name for use with a Scratchpad. All that is required is that the domain name is pointed at our server quartz.nhm.ac.uk which has the IP address 157.140.2.32. If using your own domain name, the domain purchase should be completed before the Scratchpad application.

If you would like to use your own domain name, then enter the full domain name (without "http://").

A description of your site, including what information a user of your site is likely to find there. By default the mission statement will appear on the front page of your site (although this can be changed later).

Go to the Google API key signup page, check the terms & conditions, enter the URL for your new Scratchpad ("xyz.myspecies.info") and click on the 'Generate API key' button. Sign into an existing Google Account or create a new one. If you are now back on the Sign up page you will have to reenter the data to generate the API key. You will now see a page with several versions of the API key. Copy the first version under 'Your key is:' and paste it in the field above.

Note, this is not required. ClustrMap signup page

Only change this value if you know that you require a specific Scratchpad version
Miscellaneous