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This page provides an orientation for new team members and a help resource for existing team members. [[McNair Staff Help]] and [[New Tech Staff]] provide old versions of this page and may have some useful information.
==Wiki Account==
To get set up with an account on the wiki:
*[[Special:CreateAccount | Create a new acccount]]
*[[Special:UserLogin | Login with existing account]]
Note that an administrator will have to visit [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] to confirm your account request, and also add you to the appropriate ACL.
===Wiki User Page===
Every team member must have their own personal wikipage, detailing their administrative information and professional/academic background, alongside a short autobiography.
Refer to [[Dylan_Dickens | Dylan's Wikipage]] for inspiration. Or take a look at the [[:Category:McNair_Staff | old staff list]].
Create your own Wikipage by going to [[Form:Team Member]] and filing out the form. On the first page of the form '''use your Full Name with spaces''' (like Ed Egan), not your username. Fill out the fields. For the image, upload one (see "Upload file" in the left Wiki sidebar) and just put the name of the file in the box (e.g. YourPic.jpg). Do not put your phone number on your Wikipage. Instead add it to [[Team Contact Information]], which is only accessible internally.
Then create a work log page for yourself and add a link to it from your profile page. For more details see [[Writing your Work Log]]. Finally go to your user page (click your username at the top of the page), edit that page and include the following line:
<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Full Name]]</nowiki>
===Working with the Wiki===
The Wiki is our content management system. We use it to track the development of all of our [[Projects]], as well as to provide documentation, support information, etc.
To get started,
*[[Help:Editing Content | Basic Wiki Markup Guide]]
*[[Administration]] - Contains links to forms and templates.
* When in doubt, [[Ed Egan| contact Ed]] or ask a friend!
Useful resources from wikipedia:
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Complete Wiki Markup Documentation]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Text Layout Philosophy]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles Wiki-appropriate Writing Style]
You should also be creating and editing pages to keep track of projects. Create a project using [[Form:Project]], or by manually adding [[Template:Project]] to an existing page. If you try to create a page that already exists the form will redirect you to edit that page.
If you want to secure your pages, add them to [[:Category:Internal]] or some other appropriate category, so that they are available only to authorized users.
==Working with the infrastructure==
===The RDP and Storing Data===
Software and processing power is made accessible to your personal laptop through the [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever | Remote Desktop Connection]]. Follow the link for instructions (Good luck!).
That page also contains details about [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Mapping_the_Network_Drive|How to Map the network drive]] and [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Connecting_the_Database_Server|Connecting to the database server]].
All of your day-to-day data should be stored on the E: drive of the RDP. Generally, you should create a folder for each project that you work on and store your data in:
E:\Projects\YOURPROJECT
===Working with our PostgreSQL Server===
Only tab-delimited text files that contain data that is being moved on or off the database server should be copied to the database server's bulk drive. Again create folders there to organize your data. Your folder's name should be the same as your database's name (case sensitive to avoid confusion). Note that some legacy folders and databases do not follow this schema.
To make your life easy, map the database's bulk drive on your RDP account. [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Connecting_the_Database_Server|Follow the instructions]] to do this. We refer to the database server's bulk drive as either dbase/bulk or as Z:, as this is the drive letter most commonly mapped to.
There are detailed instructions on [[Working with PostgreSQL]], that include how to connect to the server, make dbases, and write SQL.
For first timers, you should also read [[How to do a Simple Database Project]].
==Workday Norms==
#Team members must log on to the RDP at the start of their shift and log-off at the end. When you log-off any code that you have running will continue to run and your remote desktop will be available when you log back on.
#After signing into the RDP, please fill out your [[Work Log]]. This should include your intended accomplishments for the day (with links to pages you worked on!) You should add to your work log through-out the day and take 5 minutes at the end of your shift to make sure that it is up to date.
#Sign in to slack and send a "Hi, I'm here" message to the #AtWork channel.
<small>"Everything that you see and hear and live is made by other people; feel free to change it." - Steve Jobs</small>
==Wiki Account==
To get set up with an account on the wiki:
*[[Special:CreateAccount | Create a new acccount]]
*[[Special:UserLogin | Login with existing account]]
Note that an administrator will have to visit [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] to confirm your account request, and also add you to the appropriate ACL.
===Wiki User Page===
Every team member must have their own personal wikipage, detailing their administrative information and professional/academic background, alongside a short autobiography.
Refer to [[Dylan_Dickens | Dylan's Wikipage]] for inspiration. Or take a look at the [[:Category:McNair_Staff | old staff list]].
Create your own Wikipage by going to [[Form:Team Member]] and filing out the form. On the first page of the form '''use your Full Name with spaces''' (like Ed Egan), not your username. Fill out the fields. For the image, upload one (see "Upload file" in the left Wiki sidebar) and just put the name of the file in the box (e.g. YourPic.jpg). Do not put your phone number on your Wikipage. Instead add it to [[Team Contact Information]], which is only accessible internally.
Then create a work log page for yourself and add a link to it from your profile page. For more details see [[Writing your Work Log]]. Finally go to your user page (click your username at the top of the page), edit that page and include the following line:
<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Full Name]]</nowiki>
===Working with the Wiki===
The Wiki is our content management system. We use it to track the development of all of our [[Projects]], as well as to provide documentation, support information, etc.
To get started,
*[[Help:Editing Content | Basic Wiki Markup Guide]]
*[[Administration]] - Contains links to forms and templates.
* When in doubt, [[Ed Egan| contact Ed]] or ask a friend!
Useful resources from wikipedia:
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Complete Wiki Markup Documentation]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Text Layout Philosophy]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles Wiki-appropriate Writing Style]
You should also be creating and editing pages to keep track of projects. Create a project using [[Form:Project]], or by manually adding [[Template:Project]] to an existing page. If you try to create a page that already exists the form will redirect you to edit that page.
If you want to secure your pages, add them to [[:Category:Internal]] or some other appropriate category, so that they are available only to authorized users.
==Working with the infrastructure==
===The RDP and Storing Data===
Software and processing power is made accessible to your personal laptop through the [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever | Remote Desktop Connection]]. Follow the link for instructions (Good luck!).
That page also contains details about [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Mapping_the_Network_Drive|How to Map the network drive]] and [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Connecting_the_Database_Server|Connecting to the database server]].
All of your day-to-day data should be stored on the E: drive of the RDP. Generally, you should create a folder for each project that you work on and store your data in:
E:\Projects\YOURPROJECT
===Working with our PostgreSQL Server===
Only tab-delimited text files that contain data that is being moved on or off the database server should be copied to the database server's bulk drive. Again create folders there to organize your data. Your folder's name should be the same as your database's name (case sensitive to avoid confusion). Note that some legacy folders and databases do not follow this schema.
To make your life easy, map the database's bulk drive on your RDP account. [[Help:Access_RDP_Sever#Connecting_the_Database_Server|Follow the instructions]] to do this. We refer to the database server's bulk drive as either dbase/bulk or as Z:, as this is the drive letter most commonly mapped to.
There are detailed instructions on [[Working with PostgreSQL]], that include how to connect to the server, make dbases, and write SQL.
For first timers, you should also read [[How to do a Simple Database Project]].
==Workday Norms==
#Team members must log on to the RDP at the start of their shift and log-off at the end. When you log-off any code that you have running will continue to run and your remote desktop will be available when you log back on.
#After signing into the RDP, please fill out your [[Work Log]]. This should include your intended accomplishments for the day (with links to pages you worked on!) You should add to your work log through-out the day and take 5 minutes at the end of your shift to make sure that it is up to date.
#Sign in to slack and send a "Hi, I'm here" message to the #AtWork channel.
<small>"Everything that you see and hear and live is made by other people; feel free to change it." - Steve Jobs</small>
