Zero Gravity - Help
Main Administrative Functions
---Creating a Customer Area
---Main Photo Administration
Customer Administrative Functions
---Creating a Project Area
---Customer Photo Administration
---Customers Recovering from Accidental Moves
Printed Help:
A user's manual (1.1 MB) has been published to supplement
this page. Designed for everyone who uses this web site, it includes simple
instructions on how to use and navigate through the different areas. Also
included in the user's manual is a detailed troubleshooting guide and numerous
screenshots. The manual is in Microsoft Word 6.0/95 format.
An administrator's manual (1.9 MB) has also been
published. Created specifically with administrators in mind, it goes through
each administrative function and offers troubleshooting help on how to fix the
most common problems. It also includes numerous screenshots and is in Microsoft
Word 6.0/95 format.
Functionality Overview:
The concept behind the Zero Gravity Image Administrator is for the organization and
distribution of electronic images via the web. With this utility you can create customer
areas and project areas under each customer area. After the Digital
Imaging Lab delivers the photos, the Zero Gravity office can move the photos
to the appropriate customer. Each customer can then move the photos to
the appropriate project level for viewing.
Access to all the areas and to the administrative functions can be
controlled by usernames and passwords. The main administrator has
rights to create customer levels and project levels, as well as create
users with rights to those levels and to the customer level administrative
functions. Customer level administration involves creating new project levels, moving
photos to projects and giving users rights to see specific projects.
Main Administrative Functions:
There are two primary functions the Main Administrator will perform:
- Creating customer areas
- Moving photos to the various photos
Creating a Customer Area
From the main viewing page go to 'Administrative Functions'.
This will require a user name and password.
- Create a Customer Area
- Give users rights to the customer area. User Maintenance
- Give some of those users rights to the customer's administrative
functions Administrative
Passwords
You have now created a customer area. This area will now be listed as a
link on the main viewing page. Only users you specifically added to that area will be
able to go there.
Photo Administration
You now have a customer area, you need to move photos into that area.
The DIL will be processing the images and when they are done they will
be moving them into directories according to specific dates.
- From the administrative screen go to
Photo Administration to see
the different input directories.
- In the select list, select the customer you want to move images to.
- Check the box next to the images you want to move.
- Click on the 'Move Images' button.
You have now moved images to the specific customer level. However, the
regular users cannot see them yet, because they have not been moved to
project areas.
Customer Level Administration
Creating a Project Area
From the main viewing screen choose a customer area. This area is
password protected. Next you will need to choose the 'Customer Area
Administration' link.
- Create a Project Area
- Give users rights to the project area. User Maintenance
You have now created a project area. This area will now be listed as a
link when you go into the customer area. Only users you specifically added to that area will be
able to go there.
Photo Administration
You now have a project area, you need to move photos into that area.
The main administrator has moved images into an input area for you.
- From the customer area viewing screen choose the 'Customer Photo Administration'
link.
- In the select list, select the project you want to move images to.
- Check the box next to the images you want to move.
- Click on the 'Move Images' button.
You have now moved images to the specific projects and anyone with a
password to that project can view the images.
Accidental Moves
If the main administrator accidentally moved images to you or you moved
images to a project accidentally, you can move them within projects or
back to a common area for the main administrator to relocate. This link
is under your 'Customer Administrative Functions choose
Emergency Image Moving. There are instructions on the screen.
This is a basic interface and you must know the image numbers you want
to move.
Responsibilities:
Responsible NASA Official: John S. Yaniec (john.s.yaniec1@jsc.nasa.gov)
NASA Technical Monitor: Sharon Beth Halprin (sharon.b.halprin1@jsc.nasa.gov)
Webmaster: Long Trinh
Last Updated: November 1, 2006