Using Team WSD Lite for Mars Society Chapters

Step 1:  Obtain a user name and password

Step 2:  Sign on

http://chapters.marssociety.org/cgi-bin/teamwsdexpress/admin/teamwsd

When you try to access this page you will be prompted to enter your user name and password.  Type in the user name and password that you were given by your chapter president and hit the "OK" button.  If you are prompted with a box that says "Authorization Failed" then try to sign on again carefully typing the user name and password you were given.  If you still can't sign on then you will need to contact your chapter president to make sure that you have the correct account information.

Step 3:  Select the data repository (web site) you would like to maintain

Select the site that you wish to maintain by clicking on it and then clicking the "Go To Repository" button.  You will be prompted once more to sign in with your user name and password.  Use the same user name and password that you used in step 2.

Step 4:  Main Menu Options

A brief explanation of the options on the left side of the page follows:

LIST ALL DOCUMENTS
Lists all the documents for this site and shows which directories they reside in.

VIEW DOCUMENT
Select a document from the window and click the "view document" button to get a preview of the selected document.

DOCUMENT INFO
See who created a document and when it was last updated, last accessed, etc..

MAINTAIN DOCUMENTS
Upload, download, add, delete, copy, move, edit and rename documents in the current directory.

MAINTAIN DIRECTORIES
Create, copy, move, rename and delete directories.

USER ADMINISTRATION
Add, delete and change users who can access the web site for maintenance.

USER PREFERENCES
Maintain your preferences.

RELOGON
Logs the user off and then displays a sign on box.

HELP (Red help button at the top right of the page heading)
Run the WSD Lite Help menu.

Step 5:  Quick Reference

Uploading a Document

• Move to the directory that you want the document to reside in (see Changing Directories below).
• Click the Maintain Documents button on the left side of the page.  The "Maintain Documents" page will load showing all the documents in the current directory.
• Click the "Upload New Document" button.
• You will be prompted with a Local File Name and Server File Name dialog box.  Type in the path and file name of the file you want to upload or use the browse button to locate the file you want to upload from your hard drive and select it.  Key in the name of the file or click your mouse in the Server File Name box to duplicate the file name from the Local File Name box.
• Hit the "Upload" button.
• A new page will load telling you that the upload is complete.  Hit the "OK" button.  Note that if the document already exists you will receive a message telling you so.  If this happens then you must delete the existing document before you can upload the current document.

Downloading a Document

• Move to the directory where the document you want to download resides (see Changing Directories below).
• Click the Maintain Documents button on the left side of the page.  The "Maintain Documents" page will load showing all the documents in the current directory.
• Select the document that you want to download from the "Current Documents" box.
• Click the "Download Document" box.
• You will be prompted with a window asking where you would like to save the document.  Select the correct destination and click the "Save" button.  If the document already exists on the destination drive then you will be asked to confirm.

Deleting a Document

• Move to the directory where the document you want to delete resides (see Changing Directories below).
• Click the Maintain Documents button on the left side of the page.  The "Maintain Documents" page will load showing all the documents in the current directory.
• Select the document that you want to delete from the "Current Documents" box.
• Click "Delete Document".
• You will be asked to confirm the delete.  If you still want to delete the document hit "Delete".
• You will see a screen confirming that the document has been deleted.  Click "OK".

Changing Directories

• Select the directory you want to change to from the "Current Documents" box under any menu option.
• Hit the "Change Directory" button.
• Your current directory will become the selected directory.
• Note that a directory is any entry in the "Current Documents" box that ends with the character "/".
• To "back out" of the current directory select the ".." from the "Current Documents" box and hit "Change Directory".

Creating a Directory

• From the main menu click "Maintain Directories".
• Maneuver to the directory where you would like to create a subdirectory.
• Click the "Create Directory" button.
• Type in the name of the directory you want to create and hit "Create".
• You will get a page confirming that the directory was created.  Hit "OK".

Deleting a Directory

• From the main menu click "Maintain Directories".
• Maneuver to the parent directory of the directory that you want to delete.
• Select the directory that you would like to delete from the "Directories" box.
• Click the "Delete Directory" button.
• You will be asked to confirming your decision to delete the directory.  Hit "Delete".
• You will see a page that confirms that the directory was deleted.
• Caution:  Any files that are in the directory to be deleted will also be deleted.

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Phone: 301.829.6144
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Good luck,

Tony Galdikas

 

Obtaining an Account or Starting a New Web Site

Please be sure to include the following information:

1. Name
2. E-mail address
3. Preferred user name
4. Phone number (for emergencies)
5. Chapter or other pages you are responsible for
6. Put  'WSD' in the subject