diff --git a/scipost/utils.py b/scipost/utils.py
index eeea2aa6c16d43ca176936e6b542e6b69ecd048b..83e3e1ae0905bdbfb6dcd8847a1996c437cd670a 100644
--- a/scipost/utils.py
+++ b/scipost/utils.py
@@ -264,40 +264,43 @@ class Utils(object):
if cls.invitation.invitation_type == 'R':
# Refereeing invitation
# Details of the submission to referee are already in the personal_message field
- email_text += ('We would hereby like to cordially invite you '
- 'to become a Contributor on SciPost '
- '(this is required in order to deliver reports; '
- 'our records show that you are not yet registered); '
- 'for your convenience, we have prepared a pre-filled form for you at\n\n'
- 'https://scipost.org/invitation/' + cls.invitation.invitation_key + '\n\n'
- 'after which your registration will be activated, allowing you to contribute, '
- 'in particular by providing referee reports.\n\n'
- 'We very much hope that we can count on your expertise,\n\n'
- 'Many thanks in advance,\n\nThe SciPost Team')
- email_text_html += (
+ email_text += (
'We would hereby like to cordially invite you '
'to become a Contributor on SciPost '
'(this is required in order to deliver reports; '
'our records show that you are not yet registered); '
+ 'for your convenience, we have prepared a pre-filled form for you at\n\n'
+ 'https://scipost.org/invitation/' + cls.invitation.invitation_key + '\n\n'
+ 'after which your registration will be activated, allowing you to contribute, '
+ 'in particular by providing referee reports.\n\n'
+ 'We very much hope that we can count on your expertise,\n\n'
+ 'Many thanks in advance,\n\nThe SciPost Team')
+ email_text_html += (
+ '\nWe would hereby like to cordially invite you '
+ 'to become a Contributor on SciPost '
+ '(this is required in order to deliver reports; '
+ 'our records show that you are not yet registered); '
'for your convenience, we have prepared a pre-filled '
'<a href="https://scipost.org/invitation/{{ invitation_key }}">registration form</a> '
'for you. After activation of your registration, you will be allowed to contribute, '
'in particular by providing referee reports.<br/><br/>'
'We very much hope that we can count on your expertise,<br/><br/>'
- 'Many thanks in advance,\n\nThe SciPost Team')
- email_text += ('\n\n--------------------------------------------------'
- '\n\nAbout SciPost:\n\n'
- 'In summary, SciPost.org is a publication portal managed by '
- 'professional scientists, offering (among others) high-quality '
- 'Open Access journals with innovative forms of refereeing, and a '
- 'means of commenting on all existing literature. SciPost is established as '
- 'a not-for-profit foundation devoted to serving the interests of the '
- 'international scientific community.'
- '\n\nThe site is anchored at https://scipost.org. Many further details '
- 'about SciPost, its principles, ideals and implementation can be found at '
- 'https://scipost.org/about and https://scipost.org/FAQ.')
+ 'Many thanks in advance,<br/>The SciPost Team')
+
+ email_text += (
+ '\n\n--------------------------------------------------'
+ '\n\nAbout SciPost:\n\n'
+ 'In summary, SciPost.org is a publication portal managed by '
+ 'professional scientists, offering (among others) high-quality '
+ 'Open Access journals with innovative forms of refereeing, and a '
+ 'means of commenting on all existing literature. SciPost is established as '
+ 'a not-for-profit foundation devoted to serving the interests of the '
+ 'international scientific community.'
+ '\n\nThe site is anchored at https://scipost.org. Many further details '
+ 'about SciPost, its principles, ideals and implementation can be found at '
+ 'https://scipost.org/about and https://scipost.org/FAQ.')
email_text_html += (
- '<br/><br/>--------------------------------------------------'
+ '\n<br/><br/>--------------------------------------------------'
'<br/><br/>About SciPost:<br/><br/>'
'In summary, SciPost.org is a publication portal managed by '
'professional scientists, offering (among others) high-quality '
@@ -309,48 +312,89 @@ class Utils(object):
'about SciPost, its principles, ideals and implementation can be found at '
'https://scipost.org/about and https://scipost.org/FAQ.')
- emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ email_text_html += '<br/><br/>' + EMAIL_FOOTER
+ html_template = Template(email_text_html)
+ html_version = html_template.render(email_context)
+ #emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ emailmessage = EmailMultiAlternatives(
'SciPost: refereeing request (and registration invitation)', email_text,
'SciPost Registration <registration@scipost.org>',
[cls.invitation.email],
['registration@scipost.org'],
reply_to=['registration@scipost.org'])
+ emailmessage.attach_alternative(html_version, 'text/html')
elif cls.invitation.invitation_type == 'ci':
# Has been cited in a Submission. Invite!
- email_text += ('Your work has been cited in a manuscript submitted to SciPost,'
- '\n\n' + cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.title
- + ' by ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.author_list + '.\n\n'
- 'I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
- 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
- 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
- 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.')
+ email_text += (
+ 'Your work has been cited in a manuscript submitted to SciPost,'
+ '\n\n' + cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.title
+ + ' by ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.author_list + '.\n\n'
+ 'I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
+ 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
+ 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
+ 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.')
+ email_text_html += (
+ '<p>Your work has been cited in a manuscript submitted to SciPost,</p>'
+ '<p>{{ sub_title }} <br>by {{ sub_author_list }}.</p>'
+ '<p>I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
+ 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
+ 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
+ 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.</p>\n')
+ email_context['sub_title'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.title
+ email_context['sub_author_list'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_submission.author_list
+
email_text += summary_text
- emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ email_text_html += summary_text_html
+ email_text_html += '<br/><br/>' + EMAIL_FOOTER
+ html_template = Template(email_text_html)
+ html_version = html_template.render(email_context)
+ #emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ emailmessage = EmailMultiAlternatives(
'SciPost: invitation', email_text,
'J.-S. Caux <jscaux@scipost.org>',
[cls.invitation.email],
['registration@scipost.org'],
reply_to=['registration@scipost.org'])
+ emailmessage.attach_alternative(html_version, 'text/html')
elif cls.invitation.invitation_type == 'cp':
# Has been cited in a Publication. Invite!
- email_text += ('Your work has been cited in a paper published by SciPost,'
- '\n\n' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.title
- + ' by ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.author_list +
- '\n\n(published as ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.citation
- + ').\n\n'
- 'I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
- 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
- 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
- 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.')
+ email_text += (
+ 'Your work has been cited in a paper published by SciPost,'
+ '\n\n' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.title
+ + ' by ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.author_list +
+ '\n\n(published as ' + cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.citation
+ + ').\n\n'
+ 'I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
+ 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
+ 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
+ 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.')
+ email_text_html += (
+ '<p>Your work has been cited in a paper published by SciPost,</p>'
+ '<p>{{ pub_title }}</p> <br/> by {{ pub_author_list }} <br/>'
+ '(published as <a href="https://scipost.org/{{ doi_label }}">{{ citation }}</a>).</p>'
+ '<p>I would hereby like to use this opportunity to quickly introduce '
+ 'you to the SciPost initiative, and to invite you to become an active '
+ 'Contributor to the site. You might for example consider reporting or '
+ 'commenting on the above submission before the refereeing deadline.</p>')
+ email_context['pub_title'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.title
+ email_context['pub_author_list'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.author_list
+ email_context['doi_label'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.doi_label
+ email_context['citation'] = cls.invitation.cited_in_publication.citation
email_text += summary_text
- emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ email_text_html += summary_text_html
+ email_text_html += '<br/><br/>' + EMAIL_FOOTER
+ html_template = Template(email_text_html)
+ html_version = html_template.render(email_context)
+ #emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ emailmessage = EmailMultiAlternatives(
'SciPost: invitation', email_text,
'J.-S. Caux <jscaux@scipost.org>',
[cls.invitation.email],
['registration@scipost.org'],
reply_to=['registration@scipost.org'])
+ emailmessage.attach_alternative(html_version, 'text/html')
elif cls.invitation.invitation_type == 'C':
email_text += ('I would hereby like to quickly introduce '
@@ -445,13 +489,93 @@ class Utils(object):
'\n---------------------------------------------\n'
'tel.: +31 (0)20 5255775\nfax: +31 (0)20 5255778'
'\n---------------------------------------------')
+ email_text_html += (
+ '\n<p>You will have noticed that scientific publishing is currently '
+ 'undergoing many changes, and you will hopefully agree that it is of '
+ 'the utmost importance that the best interests of science and scientists '
+ 'be served by these developments. After much thinking and discussion '
+ 'about this issue, I recently decided to forge ahead and develop a new '
+ 'online publication portal by and for scientists, aimed at turning '
+ 'these ideas into reality.</p>'
+ '\n<p>The initiative, called SciPost, aims to build on the best traditions '
+ 'within our community (as exemplified by the arXiv.org preprint server) by '
+ 'offering a complete scientific publication platform, run by and for '
+ 'professional scientists, providing:</p>'
+ '\n<ul><li>- a means to comment on all existing literature;</li>'
+ '<li>- a repository of links to theses (Habilitation, PhD, Master\'s);</li>'
+ '<li>- and, most importantly, a collection of community-run two-way open '
+ 'access (no subscription fees, no author fees) journals with extremely '
+ 'stringent (peer-witnessed) refereeing.</li></ul>'
+ '\n<p>For the Journals, the main innovations are thus a redesigned, more '
+ 'accountable refereeing process, together with a new concept for the '
+ 'editorial process, based on our Editorial College (exclusively composed '
+ 'of established, professionally practising scientists), designed to '
+ 'ensure the highest achievable scientific quality while minimizing the '
+ 'burden of the editorial workflow.</p>'
+ '\n<p>SciPost.org is legally based on a not-for-profit foundation and will '
+ 'operate in perpetuity as a non-commercial entity at the exclusive service '
+ 'of the academic sector. '
+ 'The online portal is now operational, and we are currently busy '
+ 'publicizing it and broadening its user base.</p>'
+ '\n<p>To go straight to the point, on behalf of the foundation '
+ 'and in view of your professional expertise, I hereby would '
+ 'like to invite you to become an Editorial Fellow and thus join the '
+ 'Editorial College of SciPost Physics.</p>'
+ '\n<p>Please note that only well-known and respected senior academics are '
+ 'being contacted for this purpose. Academic reputation and involvement '
+ 'in the community are the most important criteria guiding our '
+ 'considerations of who should belong to the Editorial College. We '
+ 'envision each subfield of physics to be represented by around a dozen '
+ 'Editorial Fellows.</p>'
+ '\n<p>To help you in considering this, it would be best if you were to take '
+ 'the time to look at the website itself, which is anchored at scipost.org. '
+ 'Registration is now generally open, but you can also personally register '
+ '(to become a Contributor, without necessarily committing to membership '
+ 'of the Editorial College, this to be discussed separately) by visiting '
+ 'the following <a href="https://scipost.org/invitation/{{ invitation_key }}">'
+ 'single-use link</a>, containing a partly pre-filled form for '
+ 'your convenience. I will then activate your account.</p>'
+ '\n<p>Many details about the initiative '
+ 'can then be found at scipost.org/about and at scipost.org/FAQ. '
+ 'Functioning of the College will proceed according to the by-laws set '
+ 'out in scipost.org/EdCol_by-laws.</p>'
+ '\n<p>Since the success of this initiative is dependent on the involvement of '
+ 'the very people it is meant to serve, we\'d be very grateful if you were '
+ 'to give due consideration to this proposal. We would expect you to '
+ 'commit just 2-4 hours per month to help perform Editorial duties; we will '
+ 'adjust the number of Editorial Fellows to ensure this is the case. You '
+ 'could try it out for 6 months or a year, and of course you could quit '
+ 'any time you wished. We\'d be even more grateful if you considered '
+ 'submitting a publication to one of the journals, in order to help '
+ 'establish their reputation.</p>'
+ '\n<p>I\'d be happy to provide you with more information, should you require '
+ 'it. In view of our development plans, I would be grateful if you could '
+ 'react (by replying to this email) within the next two or three weeks, '
+ 'if possible. I\'ll be looking forward to your reaction, your comments '
+ 'and suggestions, be they positive or negative. If you need more time '
+ 'to consider, that\'s also fine; just let me know.</p>'
+ '<p>On behalf of the SciPost Foundation,</p>'
+ '<p>Prof. dr Jean-Sébastien Caux<br/>'
+ '---------------------------------------------'
+ '<br/>Institute for Theoretial Physics'
+ '<br/>University of Amsterdam'
+ '<br/>Science Park 904<br/>1098 XH Amsterdam<br/>The Netherlands'
+ '<br/>---------------------------------------------<br/>'
+ 'tel.: +31 (0)20 5255775\nfax: +31 (0)20 5255778'
+ '<br/>---------------------------------------------\n')
- emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ email_text_html += '<br/><br/>' + EMAIL_FOOTER
+ html_template = Template(email_text_html)
+ html_version = html_template.render(email_context)
+ #emailmessage = EmailMessage(
+ emailmessage = EmailMultiAlternatives(
'SciPost registration invitation', email_text,
'J-S Caux <jscaux@scipost.org>',
[cls.invitation.email],
['registration@scipost.org'],
reply_to=['registration@scipost.org'])
+ emailmessage.attach_alternative(html_version, 'text/html')
+
# This function is now for all invitation types:
emailmessage.send(fail_silently=False)