Contents
This page has now moved
into real expo handbook. Please link/update that page henceforth.
A few remnants have been left here until they are properly merged.
To edit the website, you need a mercurial client. If you are using Windows, [1] is highly recommended. Lots of tools for Linux and mac exist too [2], both GUI and command-line:
Using Mercurial/TortoiseHg in Windows
In Windows: install Mercurial and TortoiseHg of the relevant flavour from http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/ (ignoring antivirus/Windows warnings).
Automation on cucc.survex.com/expo
The way things normally work, python or perl scripts turn CSV input into HTML for the website. Note that:
- The CSV files are actually tab-separated, not comma-separated despite the extension.
- The scripts can be very picky and editing the CSVs with microsoft excel has broken them in the past- not sure if this is still the case.
| Script location | Input file | Output file | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| /svn/trunk/expoweb/noinfo/make-indxal4.pl | /svn/trunk/expoweb/noinfo/CAVETAB2.CSV | many | produces all cave description pages |
| /svn/trunk/expoweb/noinfo/make-folklist.py | /svn/trunk/expoweb/noinfo/folk.csv | http://cucc.survex.com/expo/folk/index.htm | Table of all expo members |
|
/svn/trunk/surveys/tablize-csv.pl /svn/trunk/surveys/tablizebyname-csv.pl |
/svn/trunk/surveys/Surveys.csv |
http://cucc.survex.com/expo/surveys/surveytable.html http://cucc.survex.com/expo/surveys/surtabnam.html |
Survey status page: "wall of shame" to keep track of who still needs to draw which surveys |
| Prospecting guide | |||
Website mysteries
The following are questions for people who know the expo website well, which stumped Aaron.
- Why is there a /home/cucc/www/expo/surveys as well as a /home/cucc/www/surveys , and is there any difference?