[BIC-announce] BIC Web page

[Jean-Francois Malouin]

Hello All,
This is sent on behalf of D. Louis Collins.
Please read it all!
jf

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Hi all,

I'm writing to give you an update on the BIC web page.   This email is a 
bit long, but I've tried to compress all the necessary information into a 
single email.

As you may know our old web page was antiquated and its replacement, while 
better looking, was no easier to use.  One of my PhD students, Marta 
Kersten, has been working on transferring our Bic Web Page from a hard to 
use, hard to maintain database-based web page to a hopefully easier to 
maintain, user-driven, wiki-based web page.   Our aim is to have a living 
web document that we can populate with content and keep up to date.  By 
using a wiki, many people (with the appropriate permissions) will be able 
to edit content.  Our goal is to have
	- 2-3 key people maintain the main pages of the web site
	- one person per lab that will control a lab's web pages, and
	- users (i.e., students/fellows) can edit and maintain the majority of 
individual pages that describe their work.
The public will be able to see (but not edit) the content.

My lab tested completed alpha testing in April.  The labs of Bruce, Alan 
and Alain completed beta testing in May and June.   Overall, the response 
(and the result) has been quite good.    Information has been put in to 
describe our labs, the people in the labs and each of the students/fellows 
have updated their pages.  Most of the kinks have been worked out, and 
Marta has made the required changes to the wiki.   To get an idea of what 
is possible, have a look at:
	The bic home page: 		http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca
	My lab's home page:		http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsIPL/HomePage
	My BIC home page:		http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/PeopleFaculty/CollinsDLouis
	My personal home page:	http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/PersonalCollinsdlouis/HomePage
Play around on the site to get feel for what is there. Marta transferred as 
much of the information from www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca as possible.  I'm sure 
that you will notice information that is incorrect.

Over the coming weeks (end of June and July),  I would like you and your 
colleagues to play with the system to add more content - specifically for 
the pages that concern you.   The wiki is really quite friendly - it is 
easy to enter content and keep it up to date.  Once this is done, we will 
open the site to public viewing.

See below for instructions on how to get started.

Please don't hesitate to contact me or Marta if you have any questions,

-Louis

D. Louis Collins, PhD			McConnell Brain Imaging Center
Associate Professor			Montreal Neurological Institute
Neurology & Neurosurgery	WB-314
Biomedical Engineering		3801 University St.
louis.collins at mcgill.ca		Montreal, Quebec.
www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/~louis	CANADA               H3A 2B4
voice: (514)-398-4227/8554
Fax:   (514)-398-2975

BIC WIKI INSTRUCTIONS

So here is how to proceed.  First, the web site homepage address:  http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca

You'll note that the wiki-based web site has a similar 'look and feel' as 
the new website.  Begin by poking around to see the structure.  There is a 
site menu/map on the left, news elements on the right and the main page in 
the middle.

Next, look at the 'People' pages by clicking on the menu on the left.   
Click next on either 'Students', 'Postdocs', 'Staff' or 'Faculty'  
depending on your affiliation.

The table/list that appears is automagically generated. (Marta is looking 
at better ways to format these tables). The columns have name, title, 
personal website and email entries for each person.  If you click on your 
name, then you'll come to your 'official personal web page'.  The data on 
the 'official personal web page' is stored in a database.  The goal here is 
to have a similar 'look and feel' for all individuals in the web site.  Be 
patient, below I'll tell you where you get to be creative.  The text on 
this page is editable with a form by clicking on the red 'Edit' that is on 
the left, below the text of the page.   You'll need to be able to login to 
edit your data.    Marta has written a tutorial 
http://noodles.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Tutorial/Tutorial to instruct you on 
logging in, editing content and creating new content.  If you don't have a 
wiki login/password you'll need to email Marta as instructed in the 
tutorial.

So, your first assignment is to update the text in this form so that you 
accurately describe who you are and what you do in a short paragraph.   You 
can make sure that the other information is correct (email address, 
telephone and fax numbers, etc...  Note that the website field (if filled 
in) points back to the www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/~username page on the old 
website.  You can leave this like it is or change it to point to your own 
(non-official) personal website on any other system, or you can point to 
your new customized non-official web site that you will create (see next 
paragraph).

Feeling creative?  Marta has instructions for creating new pages in the 
tutorial, including customized personal pages.  For your second  
assignment, follow the instructions in the tutorial and create a custom 
personal web page to describe whatever you like: your research, your 
publications, your favorite color, your favorite food and the name of your 
dog.

We are very much interested in having comments.  Please let Marta or I  
know what you think.

Good luck and have fun!

-Louis