WFC3 Website User's Manual

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OVERVIEW:
The Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) website is maintained by the WFC3 Project to provide information during instrument development. It provides an overview of the project for the public at large as well as promoting information exchange within the Project. There are two main categories of information:

1. General information (publicly accessible).
2. Internal Private Pages for the Project and the Scientific Oversight Committee

This document outlines the services available and describes the procedures for using these services.

HOW TO REACH THE WFC3 WEBSITE:
The main entry into the WFC3 page is through: http://wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov/

PUBLIC PAGES:
The public WFC3 site provides background information and current status of the project. It also provides contact information for the WFC3 project and the SOC. Feedback from the public is solicited through the guestbook.

PRIVATE WEBPAGES:
Password-protected pages are maintained for the exclusive use of the SOC, Project and other approved users. They can contact webmaster@wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov to request a username and password. Once they have been approved for access to the private pages they can set their own preferred passwords. The WFC3 staff will maintain these pages as needed. Users of these pages should contact wfc3-web@wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov to request modification of these pages. Material can be provided using the ftp site (see below).

ANONYMOUS FTP:
Anonymous ftp is supported. Access is obtained by pointing an ftp capable client to:

ftp://wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Username: anonymous
Password: your e-mail address

Once logged in, the general user has access to the wfc3/public/ directory. This directory is restricted to read-only for public access, although write access is available in the public/incoming/ directory. The purpose of the /incoming/ directory is to provide a convenient file drop-off location. To prevent abuse, the files in public/incoming/ will be automatically purged after 7 days, and a strict 50 Mb quota is enforced for the directory. Users are encouraged to quickly notify the intended recipient so that deposited files can be moved to another directory or machine.

SOC/PROJECT FTP:
All users with passwords will have access to both public as well as nonpublic disk space for reading and writing. These areas may be used as repositories for sharing information, as well as for communicating with the WFC3 staff. Users can create sub-directory structures within either the private or public directories. Note that SOC and Project users will have separate ftp directory trees.

At this time, the ftp passwords are not the same as the Web page passwords used to access the private pages. There is a shared, group ftp user name and password for all SOC private page users. There is also another shared, group ftp user name and password for the Project page users. We are currently working on integrating the ftp access controls with the Web page access controls.

MAIL EXPLODERS:
E-mail aliases are provided to ease communication with groups within the WFC3 Project. Project and SOC members should refer to the User's Manuals posted on their respective private pages for additional information.

Detailed listings of recipients are available from the "E-mail Alias" web page within the private pages.

LISTSERVER/NEWSLETTER:
A listserver-based mailing list is supported for the automatic broadcast of periodic announcements. Listserver mailing lists are similar to aliases in that mailings to the listserver are re-mailed to the entire list. With listservers, users are added or removed from the list by subscribing and unsubscribing (membership in the list is not manually controlled or regulated). The mailing list can be reached by sending mail to:

To subscribe:
To subscribe to a mailing list, send e-mail with the word "subscribe" in the body to: wfc3-info@wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov

An e-mail will be sent out with additional information.

To unsubscribe:
To unsubscribe from a mailing list, send e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the body to: wfc3-info@wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov

BACKUPS:
All files that reside at the wfc3.gsfc.nasa.gov site are backed up nightly to a hot spare disk.