nitrc:Future User Guide - NITRC Home Page

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Use a supported browser to go to www.nitrc.org. Once you are using the NITRC site, you may access the NITRC Home page from other NITRC pages by clicking the "Home" menu link or the NITRC logo in the banner.

Browse: The NITRC team has developed a set of specifications, or attributes, that may be important to the NITRC user in search of a tool/resource. The tool/resource administrators assign as many of these specifications as are applicable to each of their tools/resources. You may quickly browse through the list and select a specification to find tools/resources with that assigned specification. The number following the specification name in the list indicates the number of tools/resources with that specification.

Search: You may use the search field to find a tool/resource based on its name, public description, or assigned category. Boolean logic is supported, and the search is not case sensitive. (Refer to the Search Syntax page for more on searching options.)

Featured Tool/Resource: If the NITRC moderator has designated a featured tool/resource, that tool/resource will be displayed in the search section. You may click on the tool/resource name or its image, if one exists, to get to the Summary page for that tool/resource. Hovering over the brief description below the tool/resource name will display the full public description.

The NITRC moderator will periodically select tools/resources to be featured on the Home page. Criteria for being selected may include:

• exceeding NITRC basic level of compliance, by monitoring and responding to bug, feature request, and support tracker requests, or by keeping file releases and documentation current (Refer to the note in the Getting Started (Administrators) section of the User Guide for more information on the basic level of compliance.)
• serving a underserved scientific niche within neuroimaging analysis
• securing high ratings from the NITRC community
• providing test data sets
• hosting active forums
• securing high downloads from the NITRC site

We encourage you to send the NITRC moderator other suggestions to include in NITRC's Featured Tool/Resource selection criteria.

Latest News: This section shows the seven latest NITRC Community news bulletins with the most recent post first. News that is displayed on the Home page is selected from submissions directly to the NITRC Community (see NITRC Community News for more information) and from news posted for individual public tools/resources (see News Administration for more information). Selections are approved by the site moderator for publication on the Home page.

The news posts are shown with some descriptive information, including the tool/resource for which the news was submitted, the date of submission, the number of comments, the news title, and the first few lines of text (up to 250 characters). To read the full news bulletin, click on the title, or simply hover your mouse over the truncated text. To view or add comments, click on the comment link.

To see older posts, click the more news link at the bottom of this section.

Community Quick Links: This section provides links to some of the most useful sources of information for NITRC users. It also provides quick links to submit community news or to register a new tool/resource.

At the bottom of this section is the total number of active users who have registered with NITRC. This statistic does not include users who are pending, deleted, or suspended.

Recently Active Forums: This section shows the three most recent forum posts for any public tool/resource or NITRC Community. The tool/resource name or NITRC Community appears first, followed by the forum name. (Clicking this link takes you to a page that shows all the threads for this forum.) Below the forum name is the thread title. (Clicking this link takes you to a page with all the posts related to this thread.) The number of posts is indicated below the thread title, along with a date or how long ago the latest post was submitted.

To see the most recent forum post for each public tool/resource and NITRC Community, click the more forums link.

Recently Updated Files: This section shows the three most recently updated files for any public tool/resource. The tool/resource name appears first. (Clicking this link takes you to the Summary page for that tool/resource.) Below the tool/resource name is the release name. (Clicking this link takes you to a page that lists all releases for the tool/resource with the selected release highlighted.) The date of release is displayed below the release name.

To see the most recent file released for each public tool/resource, click the more updates link.

Recently Registered: This lists the last four public tools/resources that have registered with NITRC and have been approved. The month and day that the tool/resource submitted its registration with NITRC is included in the list. You may click the tool/resource name to get the Summary page for that tool/resource.

At the bottom of this list is the total number of approved public tools/resources that have registered with NITRC. This statistic does not include private tools/resources, and it does not include recently registered tools/resources that have not yet been approved.

To view all the hosted public tools/resources, click the more tools/resources link.

RSS Feeds: You may also access NITRC Community Web feeds from the Home page. Your browser's feed icon is enabled for the NITRC Home page when using a browser that provides Web feed support. Three RSS feeds are available for the NITRC Community:

NITRC Community News RSS: Contains the news items that are posted to the NITRC Home page. These are news items that are of general interest to the NITRC community and have been approved for publication by the NITRC news team. The most recently published news item is displayed first.

All Tool/Resource News RSS: Contains all the news items that have been posted for any public NITRC tools/resources. The most recently published news item is displayed first.

Tool/Resource Listing RSS: Lists all the approved public tools/resources registered with NITRC. The most recently registered and approved tool/resource is displayed first.