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 BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory :
Public Projects |
Projects publicly available to all users
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Answers in this category:
 What is the difference between public projects and regular (private) projects?
How do I create a public project?
Can I make a currently private project public?
How do I join a public project?
How do I delete myself a public project?
I joined a public project, but it is not showing up in my Control Panel, or items are missing from the left sidebar!
When I make a public area for an already existing private project, how does the existing project change?
If I have a public area in a project, and make it private, then make it public again, what happens to the data? Is the original data restored, or does it come back blank?
If I create a public project, then delete it, and then create another public project based on the same private project, is it a new project, or does it retain data from the first deleted public project?
How do I differentiate between the public and private areas in a project?
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
What is the difference between public projects and regular (private) projects? |
Public projects are available to anyone in BioCoRE. Users can choose to join public projects themselves, whereas they must be specifically invited to private projects in order to view them. Users do not even have to be members of a project in order to view the data in it. The "Public Projects" link gives a list of available public projects, and from there a user can click on a project title to view the webpage. The user must join the project to add it to his or her Control Panel, though.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
How do I create a public project? |
| To create a public project, click on the "Create Project" link in the left sidebar. In the form presented, select checkbox next to "Do you wish to create public areas for this project?". Then select which areas you wish to be publicly available. You may choose Message Board entries, Control Panel chats, VMD saved states, Lab book entries, Biolog entries, and the Website library. The public project will only appear in the Control Panel if Control Panel chats are public.
After filling out the rest of the form, and clicking "Submit", two projects will be created. One will be the regular, private project, and the other will be the public project. The name of the public project will be the same as that of the private project, with the word "(Public)" appended to the end.
The name of the public project, along with which areas are publicly accessable, can be changed by an administrator from the "Change Project Information/Public Areas" link in the Utilities menu.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
Can I make a currently private project public? |
Yes. An administrator for the project can create a public project for the private project from the "Change Project Information/Public Areas" link in the Utilities menu. The form looks the same as the "Create Project" form, with the same project informational questions and public area choices. Fill out the form and click "Submit", and the new public project will be created.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
How do I join a public project? |
Click on the "Public Projects" link in the left sidebar. This will display a table of available public projects. Select the project or projects you wish to join, and click the "Join selected project(s)" button. Then you will be added as a member to the project.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
How do I delete myself a public project? |
You may delete yourself from a public project in the same manner as deleting yourself from a regular private project. In the Utilities menu, select the "Delete yourself from the current project" link, and submit the confirmation form on the following page. You will then no longer be a member of that project, but you may join again at any time.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
I joined a public project, but it is not showing up in my Control Panel, or items are missing from the left sidebar! |
Project administrators can choose which areas are publicly accessible. These areas include: Message Board entries, Control Panel chats, VMD saved states, Lab book entries, Biolog entries, and the Website library. If any of these items are not publicly available, they will not be shown in the left sidebar. If "Control Panel chats" are not public, then the tab will not be shown in the Control Panel
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
When I make a public area for an already existing private project, how does the existing project change? |
The existing project does not change. A new project is created with the public project name, and the two are linked together. You can view public project messages from the private project, but not the other way around. From the private project, you also have the option of sending a copy of a Message Board entry to the corresponding public project. If you delete the public project, the public project is unchanged.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
If I have a public area in a project, and make it private, then make it public again, what happens to the data? Is the original data restored, or does it come back blank? |
If a public area is hidden, then shown again, the original data is kept. For example, if you have a public project with Message Board entries designated public, you may then add public Message Board entries. If you then take away public access to the Message Board, access to those messages is taken away, and no new entries may be added. If you then decide to make them public again, all the old messages are available again, and access to create entries is granted again.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
If I create a public project, then delete it, and then create another public project based on the same private project, is it a new project, or does it retain data from the first deleted public project? |
If a public project is deleted, then a new public project is created from the original private project, the new public project is entirely new, and retains no data from the original public project.
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BioCoRE Collaboratory FAQ : Using the Collaboratory : Public Projects :
How do I differentiate between the public and private areas in a project? |
The public areas for a project will be in a new project. Tje default name for the new public project is the same as the private project with the word "(Public)" appended to the end, although you have the option of changing the title for this project. In the Control Panel, public projects appear in white text to distinguish them from private project areas.
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