FAQ

Welcome to the gsrc FAQ.

Getting started on the web-site

What is this site?

How do I get a login?

I forgot my password, what do I do?

Who can get a login?

OK, I got a login. Now what?

How do I post files to this server?

How do I add a publication to the publications database?

How do I modify a publication?

How do I join a group?

How do I alter my group memberships?

How do I remove myself from a group?

How do I join the "foo" mailing list?

There's no answer to my question here? Who'mIgonnacall?

Email attachments are not archived.

Why can't I use my yahoo (gmail, aol, ...) email address?

Masquerading -- Acting on behalf of someone else

How to effectively use this site

How should I use this site?

How can I use the site to hold meetings better?

General questions about the web-site

Who do I contact if I have problems with the site?

Is the site address gigascale.eecs or gigascale.org?

What is "https"?

Who developed this site?

How big is the website?

Menus are missing/Javascript is disabled?

What if I change companies?

About authoring and posting publications

How do I handle prepublication of papers?

About Powerpoint Slides

The Powerpoint template has the wrong date.

Questions about the forums and FAQs

How do I add an article to a forum?

How do I attach or upload a file to an article?

How do I edit an article in the forum?

How do I delete an article or task from a forum?

Why are the URLs of forum articles numbers, and not something more meaningful?

I don't have time to check the forum every day! How can I get the server to notify me when a new article is posted?

How do I create a "task"?

How do I update a task?

Hey, these tasks are pretty lame! What's the point?

How do I add to my group's FAQ?

How do I reorganize my FAQ?

Can I get a printable version of a FAQ?

When I use "Fully Expanded", not all of the text is visible

How can I share a FAQ item between websites?

Editing group pages, and other forms of rocket science

Some of my group's pages don't show up properly. Why?

My remote subsite doesn't work! Why?

How do I customize my margins and footers?

How do I edit pages in a group with the "CVS Authoring" option?

How do I update cvs-authored pages?

How do I learn more about CVS?

How do I find bad links in my group web page

What is download logging?

How to do group administration

How do I start a new group?

What is a group admin anyway?

How do I set up my new workspace?

My new group is not listed!

How do I control access to my workspace?

Warning: incorrect default access permissions

What do the HTML Authoring options mean?

What is the "override" option?

How do I add members to a group?

How do I reset a member's password?

How do I disable someone's account?

How do I rename an account?

Mail list administration

How do I create mailing lists?

How do I create a mailing list with a non-standard name?

More on mailing list configuration

Why do I get messages about "Implicit destination" from the mail manager?

How do I send email to all the GSRC Principal Investigators?

I sent a message, but it did not go out!

How do I see who is on a mailing list

Why doesn't the GSRC Mailman system handle large attachments?

What mailing lists are available?

How do I fix 'Post by non-member to a members-only list'

Hardware Software Infrastructure

What can I do to improve the quality of the video captures?

Tell me about telephone conferencing.

How do I get access to commercial CAD Tools?

How do I use ICQ?

What camera do I use for desktop videoconferencing?

How do I use NetMeeting?

What about DSL?

What hardware is available for loan to GSRC faculty?

What about Wireless Ethernet?

Troubleshooting DSL

GSRC Workgroup Calendars

How can I create and configure a calendar for my workgroup?

How to use the calendar.

Intellectual Property Issues for GSRC Participants

How do I release software?