nitrc:User Guide - Tool/Resource Admin
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The Tool/Resource Admin page presents you with Misc. Tool/Resource Information, Attribute List Classification, Tool Admin, Group Members, Pending Requests, and Edit Roles.
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Misc. Tool/Resource Information
This shows the public description of the tool/resource and the location of the tool/resource home page, which other users can access from your Tool/Resource Summary page. The description and home page link can be modified through the Admin Edit Public Info page. When you first register your tool/resource, the home page link is set to your Tool/Resource Summary page. If you have an external Web site, you should provide that link. Go to the Edit Public Info page to change the home page location.
Download Nightly SCM Tree Snapshot: The "Download Your Nightly SCM Tree Snapshot" link allows you to download the nightly compressed collection of source code files for your tool/resource.
Attribute List Classification: One way NITRC users find tools/resources that fit their needs is to browse by or narrow search results down to desired attributes. If you want NITRC users to find your tool/resource, you must classify it in the Attribute List. Click the Attribute List Classification "Edit" link to modify your current attribute selections. You want to select as many specific attributes that are applicable as possible. The more applicable attributes you select, the more likely your tool/resource will be found by a user browsing or searching by attribute. After you submit the selections you will be returned to the Tool/Resource Admin page.
- Javascript Enabled: NITRC shows your current classification followed by a section for adding attributes to your classification. You may remove attributes from your classification and the "Current Selections" section by clicking the
in front of the attribute. To add attributes to your classification, click the appropriate parent attribute in the selection list of the "Make Additional Selections" section. If the parent attribute has sub-attributes, another selection list will be displayed to the right of the first. Click on an applicable sub-attribute to select it. If that attribute has sub-attributes another selection box will be displayed to the right of the last. This continues for each sub-attribute until you reach the end of a branch. You should select the most specific attributes from the selection list that apply for your tool/resource. Simultaneous classification with a specific attribute and a parent attribute will result in only the more specific attribute being accepted. Click the "Add to Selection" button to add the selected attribute to the "Current Selections" section. When you are finished adding or removing selections, click the "Save Changes" button to store you classification.
Note: If you need help in understanding what a particular attribute is, click on the attribute name in the "Current Selections" section or select the attribute and click on the "View in Glossary" button in the "Make Additional Selections" section. This will bring up the definition of the attribute.
- Javascript Disabled: NITRC shows several sections, one for each parent attribute. For each of these sections (for each parent attribute) 15 drop down selection boxes are shown. You should select all the most specific attributes from the drop down selection boxes that apply for your tool/resource. Simultaneous classification with a specific attribute and a parent attribute will result in only the more specific attribute being accepted. If the parent attribute does not apply to your tool/resource, then leave "None Selected" for all the selections below the parent attribute. When you have finished making all the applicable selections for your tool/resource, click the "Update All Attribute Changes" button to save your attribute list classification.
Note: If you need help in understanding what a particular attribute is, click the Glossary link in the footer, find the attribute in the glossary, and review its definition.
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Tool Admin
This section provides links to the administration pages for the tool/resource functions.
Group Members
This displays the names of the members participating in the development of the tool/resource or those willing to be a reference for the tool/resource. Here, as the tool/resource administrator, you may add members, modify member roles, or send a message to all tool/resource members.
Add Member: There are several ways for you to add members to your tool/resource group.
- To add one member, enter the user's NITRC login name into the box provided below the list of current members, select a role, and click the "Add User" button.
- To add members by e-mail address, click the "Add Members By Email Address" link. Here you may enter e-mail addresses for current NITRC users and those individuals who may not yet use NITRC. NITRC users with e-mail address that match those you submitted will automatically be made members of your tool/resource group. An invitation will be sent to e-mail addresses that do not match current NITRC users. The invitation allows a recipient to register with NITRC and automatically become a member of your tool/resource group upon successful registration, or a recipient can log into NITRC with an existing login and automatically become a member of your tool/resource group upon successful login. You can remove membership invitations at any time. The system will automatically expire membership invitations after one month.
- To add members from a list of current NITRC users, click the "Add Users From List" link. Check the box for the users you want to add to your tool/resource group. Click the "Finish" button when you have selected all the users.
Delete Member: To remove a member, click the "Remove" button to the right of the name. You will not be asked to confirm this deletion.
Update User Role: To change a member’s role, select a new role next to the member’s name and click the "Update" button. (Note: Every tool/resource must have an administrator, so you may not change the role of a lone administrator.)
Update Observer Permissions: To change permissions to areas of your tool/resource that are generally open to all users, click the "Edit Observer" button. You will be presented with a page that allows you to modify access by an observer. This is where you may make your tool/resource private, rather than public (set by default). This is also where you set permissions for your source code access and access to individual forums, trackers, task subprojects, and file packages.
Email Members: To e-mail all members of your tool/resource, click on the "Email All Members" link. This is a "mailto:" link that has a comma-separated list of registered e-mail addresses for all of your tool/resource members.
Pending Requests
This section displays the names of users who have requested to join your tool/resource group on NITRC. You may reject the request by clicking the "Reject" button to the right of the user’s name, or accept the request by selecting a role for the user and clicking the "Accept" button.
Edit Roles
Certain permissions for user roles may be edited by selecting a role and clicking the "Edit Role" button. You may then change the name of the role and set permissions for the file release system, the source code repository, the document manager, forum management (as well as permissions for individual forums), tracker management (as well as permissions for individual trackers), and task management (as well as permissions for individual task subprojects). You may also set tool/resource-wide administrative permissions.
New roles can also be created. Click the "Add Role" link to create a new role. You must enter a name for the role and define the permissions for that role. Roles may be created, but cannot be deleted. All roles inherit the observer permissions as minimums.
