Starting Off
This wiki is designed to be publically viewable and editable! Yes, that's right! YOU are encouraged to contribute! Currently, contributors must be members of the Forum. Once you have registered, you should visit the Sandbox and play around with the various editing options. Plenty of documentation is available to answer your questions. When you feel ready, jump in and contribute! Contributions can include correcting typos, adding new information, creating pages, commenting in discussions, etc.
Guidelines
Scope
Right now, the focus should be on species accounts of reptiles and amphibians. Also, contributors are encouraged to make their own profile page.
Discussions
A discussions area will be maintained at the bottom of each species account. Use this area to share personal experiences, suggest changes, or offer input of any kind. Since the species accounts are intended to be common knowledge, it may be appropriate to hash out certain discrepancies with other contributors before edits. A feeback forum is available for asking questions and working out problems related to this wiki.
Responsibilities
A wiki provides a unique experience for users and contributors alike, but also presents some challenges. Contributors are responsible for maintaining the integrity and accuracy of the information presented. Copyrighted materials should be used only by permission and properly credited. Plagiarism should be avoided. (A good rule of thumb is to locate at least three different sources for the same information and then write it in your own words.)
To Do
AHS Business
- 2009 spring field trip...
- Report and species list...
- Species of note...
- Plan 2009 fall field trip...
- Ask for input on possible locations...In process...post to forum
- Ask for 1-2 others to participate in field trip committee...
- Set location...
- Ask for date conflicts...
- Make phone calls, send emails...
- Set date...
- Organize county records...
- Document and track down AHS county records...In process...document emailed for update/revision, revisions made, email again (2009-APR-05)...waiting now on access to herp database
- Document and track down personal county records (KR)...In process...email sent to KUNHM, second email sent to KUNHM, third email sent to KUNHM...waiting now on access to herp database
- Apply for scientific collecting permit for AHS...In process...mail to permittees...waiting on NF permit
- Renew NF collecting permit for AHS...In process...email to Keith again...faxing issues
- Continue development of logo...
- Add draft logos to gallery...
- New business cards...waiting on logo
- New T-shirts...waiting on logo
- New banner...waiting on logo
Wesite Switch - SnakesOfArkansas to HerpsOfArkansas
- Close down old server host site...May allow to expire "naturally" in early 2010?
- Notify other hosted websites on account (KR) of change...In Process...email to Swaims, email to Torry
- Notify other websites of URL change...
Tutorial Videos
- General site navigation and use (areas, finding information)...
- Keeping up to date (using RSS feeds)...
- Using the forum...
- Preparing and uploading pictures (IPTC, etc.)...
- Contributing to the wiki/site...
- Basic wiki coding...
- Using maps (new mapping system needed first)...
PunBB
- Upgrade to version 1.3.4 (fixes to CSS, etc.)...Done
- Attachments...Done
- Add menu navigation to bottom of page (not just top)...Done...using dropdown menu
- HOA Style...Done...and updated after upgrade...continue to look for out-of-place colors, etc.
- Investigate "Confirm token" issues...Done...reported fixed in latest version
- Antispam...Done...continue to explore better solutions: Akismet extension?
- Extension to integrate with PmWiki...In Process...refer to thread on pmwiki-devel listserv; looks relatively easy to write the necessary session
- Prune users by 0 posts and last log in before 1 year ago (use phpMyAdmin?)...In Process...posted help request to PunBB forum
- Improved "Who's Online" extension...In Proces...consider this for some of the desired features
- Quick quote-don't include signature text...
- Update links to other forum posts...
- Update links to gallery pictures...
- Tidy up...
ThumbList 2
- Track bug related to AutoPurge, SuperCache...possibly "touch()" function?...
- Write image date fixes (show success/error)...
- Find photographers for "Miscellaneous" images, multimedia; Possibly remove unclaimed images...
- Email Trauth about 2004 Magazine Mountain group photo...
- Improve processing for GIFs...
- Inquire about PmWiki filename conventions on upload...
- Filename fixes script(?)...
- Set default sort order in config...
- Custom sort -- check EXIF first, then file date...
- Image template improvements...
- Show/Hide EXIF...
- Show/Hide BB Code...
- Edit pic...
- Bulk upload...
- PmWiki MultiUpload...
- FTP (but protect against deletions)...Abandoned...setting not possible
- Possibly just suggest uploaders open multiple pages/tabs?...
- PHP...
PmWiki
- Edit CSS to use em rather than px...Done
- RSS Feed (Google News)...In Process...post to SimplePie support to help strip embed tags
- Standardize/Improve Glossary Plus Recipe...Done...major job!...continue to bug hunt
- Clean up links (broken links, etc.) on "Resources" page...
- RSS feed of pictures...
- Notify users of new changes (RSS, profiles, structuring, pictures, etc.)...
- Install chat system??? (phpFreeChat?)...
- Tidy up...
Clean Up Server Space
- Clean off old/triall/unused/unnecessary files...
- Clean off databases...
Mapping System to Google Earth/Map
- Status of AR herp database?...Done
- Access to AR herp database...In Process...email to Kelly
- Install/Create Database(s)...
- AR herp database...
- Convert to MySQL...
- Integration with PunBB profiles...
- Herp Review...
- Museum number only...
- Program for use in Google Earth/Map...
- New species account maps...
- Consider PmWiki GMap...
Species Updates
- Update list of recent taxonomic name changes...
- Ask for input on which taxonomic name changes to apply...
- Update taxonomic names on website...
- Wiki...
- PDF Species Lists...
- Database...
Species Accounts (of Highest Priority) to Write
Taxonomic Name Changes Under Consideration (Leaning to...)...NEEDS UPDATED!
- Synonymize Masticophis with Coluber (no)
- Sonora semiannulata to Sonora semiannulata semiannulata (no)
- Bufo to Anaxyrus (no)
- True Toads to Nearctic Toads
- Rana to Lithobates (no)
- True Frogs to North American True Frogs
- Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis to Notophthalmus viridescens (no)
- Central Newt to Eastern Newt
- Pantherophis to Pituophis (no)
- Pseudacris triseriata and Pseudacris feriarum...??? (no)
- Crotaphytidae, Iguanidae, Phrynosomatidae, and Polychrotidae to the single family, Iguanidae (no)
- Rocky Mountain Toad to Woodhouse's Toad (yes)
- Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans) to Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) (no)
- Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) to Chelydra serpentina (yes)
- Coluber * to Prairie Racer, Plains Racer, or Midland Racer (Coluber flaviventris) (no)
- Diadophis * to Great Plains Ringneck Snake (Diadophis arnyi) AND Mississippi River Valley Ringneck Snake (Diadophis stictogenys) (no)
