diff --git a/controllers/grid/settings/series/SeriesGridHandler.inc.php b/controllers/grid/settings/series/SeriesGridHandler.inc.php
index d428f6328b9..7d87546360f 100644
--- a/controllers/grid/settings/series/SeriesGridHandler.inc.php
+++ b/controllers/grid/settings/series/SeriesGridHandler.inc.php
@@ -256,10 +256,6 @@ function deleteSeries($args, $request) {
 					$activeSeriesCount++;
 				}
 			}
-			if ($activeSeriesCount < 1) {
-				return new JSONMessage(false, __('manager.series.confirmDeactivateSeries.error'));
-				return false;
-			}
 
 			$seriesDao->deleteObject($series);
 			return DAO::getDataChangedEvent($series->getId());
@@ -284,33 +280,18 @@ function deactivateSeries($args, $request) {
 
 		// Get series object
 		$seriesDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('SeriesDAO'); /* @var $seriesDao SeriesDAO */
-		// Validate if it can be inactive
-		$seriesIterator = $seriesDao->getByContextId($context->getId(),null,false);
-		$activeSeriesCount = 0;
-		while ($series = $seriesIterator->next()) {
-			if (!$series->getIsInactive()) {
-				$activeSeriesCount++;
-			}
-		}
-		if ($activeSeriesCount > 1) {
-			$series = $seriesDao->getById($seriesId, $context->getId());
 
-			if ($request->checkCSRF() && isset($series) && !$series->getIsInactive()) {
-				$series->setIsInactive(1);
-				$seriesDao->updateObject($series);
+		$series = $seriesDao->getById($seriesId, $context->getId());
 
-				// Create the notification.
-				$notificationMgr = new NotificationManager();
-				$user = $request->getUser();
-				$notificationMgr->createTrivialNotification($user->getId());
+		if ($request->checkCSRF() && isset($series) && !$series->getIsInactive()) {
+			$series->setIsInactive(1);
+			$seriesDao->updateObject($series);
 
-				return DAO::getDataChangedEvent($seriesId);
-			}
-		} else {
 			// Create the notification.
 			$notificationMgr = new NotificationManager();
 			$user = $request->getUser();
-			$notificationMgr->createTrivialNotification($user->getId(), NOTIFICATION_TYPE_ERROR, array('contents' => __('manager.series.confirmDeactivateSeries.error')));
+			$notificationMgr->createTrivialNotification($user->getId());
+
 			return DAO::getDataChangedEvent($seriesId);
 		}
 
diff --git a/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/SeriesForm.inc.php b/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/SeriesForm.inc.php
index 7f2fe58d714..0cdcd55d2b7 100644
--- a/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/SeriesForm.inc.php
+++ b/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/SeriesForm.inc.php
@@ -112,25 +112,6 @@ function validate($callHooks = true) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Validate if it can be inactive
-		if ($this->getData('isInactive')) {
-			$request = Application::get()->getRequest();
-			$context = $request->getContext();
-			$seriesId = $this->getSeriesId();
-
-			$seriesDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('SeriesDAO'); /* @var $seriesDao SeriesDAO */
-			$seriesIterator = $seriesDao->getByContextId($context->getId());
-			$activeSeriesCount = 0;
-			while ($series = $seriesIterator->next()) {
-				if (!$series->getIsInactive() && ($seriesId != $series->getId())) {
-					$activeSeriesCount++;
-				}
-			}
-			if ($activeSeriesCount < 1 && $this->getData('isInactive')) {
-				$this->addError('isInactive', __('manager.series.confirmDeactivateSeries.error'));
-			}
-		}
-
 		return parent::validate($callHooks);
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/submissions.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/submissions.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0e7c4f1f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/submissions.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{**
+ * templates/frontend/pages/submissions.tpl
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2021 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @brief Display the page to view the editorial team.
+ *
+ * @uses $currentContext Journal|Press The current press
+ * @uses $submissionChecklist array List of requirements for submissions
+ *}
+{include file="frontend/components/header.tpl" pageTitle="about.submissions"}
+
+<div class="page page_submissions">
+	{include file="frontend/components/breadcrumbs.tpl" currentTitleKey="about.submissions"}
+	<h1>
+		{translate key="about.submissions"}
+	</h1>
+
+	<div class="cmp_notification">
+		{if $currentContext->getData('disableSubmissions')}
+			{translate key="author.submit.notAccepting"}
+		{else}
+			{if $isUserLoggedIn}
+				{capture assign="newSubmission"}<a href="{url page="submission" op="wizard"}">{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.newSubmission"}</a>{/capture}
+				{capture assign="viewSubmissions"}<a href="{url page="submissions"}">{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.viewSubmissions"}</a>{/capture}
+				{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.submissionActions" newSubmission=$newSubmission viewSubmissions=$viewSubmissions}
+			{else}
+				{capture assign="login"}<a href="{url page="login"}">{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.login"}</a>{/capture}
+				{capture assign="register"}<a href="{url page="user" op="register"}">{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.register"}</a>{/capture}
+				{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.registrationRequired" login=$login register=$register}
+			{/if}
+		{/if}
+	</div>
+
+	{if $submissionChecklist}
+		<div class="submission_checklist">
+			<h2>
+				{translate key="about.submissionPreparationChecklist"}
+				{include file="frontend/components/editLink.tpl" page="management" op="settings" path="workflow" anchor="submission/submissionChecklist" sectionTitleKey="about.submissionPreparationChecklist"}
+			</h2>
+			{translate key="about.submissionPreparationChecklist.description"}
+			<ul>
+				{foreach from=$submissionChecklist item=checklistItem}
+					<li>
+						<span class="fa fa-check" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+						{$checklistItem.content|nl2br}
+					</li>
+				{/foreach}
+			</ul>
+		</div>
+	{/if}
+
+	{if $currentContext->getLocalizedData('authorGuidelines')}
+		<div class="author_guidelines" id="authorGuidelines">
+			<h2>
+				{translate key="about.authorGuidelines"}
+				{include file="frontend/components/editLink.tpl" page="management" op="settings" path="workflow" anchor="submission/authorGuidelines" sectionTitleKey="about.authorGuidelines"}
+			</h2>
+			{$currentContext->getLocalizedData('authorGuidelines')}
+		</div>
+	{/if}
+
+	{foreach from=$sections item="section"}
+		{if $section->getLocalizedPolicy()}
+			<div class="section_policy">
+				<h2>{$section->getLocalizedTitle()|escape}</h2>
+				{$section->getLocalizedPolicy()}
+				{if $isUserLoggedIn}
+					{capture assign="sectionSubmissionUrl"}{url page="submission" op="wizard" sectionId=$section->getId()}{/capture}
+					<p>
+						{translate key="about.onlineSubmissions.submitToSection" name=$section->getLocalizedTitle()|escape url=$sectionSubmissionUrl}
+					</p>
+				{/if}
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+	{/foreach}
+
+	{if $currentContext->getLocalizedData('copyrightNotice')}
+		<div class="copyright_notice">
+			<h2>
+				{translate key="about.copyrightNotice"}
+				{include file="frontend/components/editLink.tpl" page="management" op="settings" path="workflow" anchor="submission/authorGuidelines" sectionTitleKey="about.copyrightNotice"}
+			</h2>
+			{$currentContext->getLocalizedData('copyrightNotice')}
+		</div>
+	{/if}
+
+	{if $currentContext->getLocalizedData('privacyStatement')}
+		<div class="privacy_statement" id="privacyStatement">
+			<h2>
+				{translate key="about.privacyStatement"}
+				{include file="frontend/components/editLink.tpl" page="management" op="settings" path="website" anchor="setup/privacy" sectionTitleKey="about.privacyStatement"}
+			</h2>
+			{$currentContext->getLocalizedData('privacyStatement')}
+		</div>
+	{/if}
+
+</div><!-- .page -->
+
+{include file="frontend/components/footer.tpl"}