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*: Click the button '''Go'''. On the next page, click the link ''create this page''. Enter <pre>[[category:objective-db]]</pre> and click the button '''Save page'''. | *: Click the button '''Go'''. On the next page, click the link ''create this page''. Enter <pre>[[category:objective-db]]</pre> and click the button '''Save page'''. | ||
* New light source: Type the name for the new light source in the sidebar's ''search'' field. Check for appropiate naming in the [[:category:illumination-db]], i.e.: ''Laser Diode 405 nm'', ''Transmitted Light (Halogen)'', ''Fluorescence (Polychromator 300-650 nm)''. | * New light source: Type the name for the new light source in the sidebar's ''search'' field. Check for appropiate naming in the [[:category:illumination-db]], i.e.: ''Laser Diode 405 nm'', ''Transmitted Light (Halogen)'', ''Fluorescence (Polychromator 300-650 nm)''. | ||
| − | *: Click the button '''Go'''. On the next page, click the link ''create this page''. Enter <pre>[[category: | + | *: Click the button '''Go'''. On the next page, click the link ''create this page''. Enter <pre>[[category:illumination-db]]</pre> and click the button '''Save page'''. |
| − | * New type of incubation: Type the name for the new | + | * New type of incubation: Type the name for the new type of incubation in the sidebar's ''search'' field. Check for appropiate naming in the [[:category:incubation-db]], i.e.: ''cage incubator (T+CO2)'', ''stage incubator (T) + objective heater''. |
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===== How do I remove a system from the list which does not exist anymore? ===== | ===== How do I remove a system from the list which does not exist anymore? ===== | ||
In the equipment form, go to the field ''category'' and select ''Not listed'' from the dropdown menu. | In the equipment form, go to the field ''category'' and select ''Not listed'' from the dropdown menu. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 17 September 2009
How to edit & add equipment
This manual explains how to modify the equipment list. Remember that you have to log in to apply changes of any kind to that wiki.
Light Microscopes
Edit an existing system
Each light microscope is represented by a wiki page. Editing such a page is facilitated by a so called form. You can access the page for a particular system...
- from the full list of light microscopes or
- via the light microscope query.
Once you are on the page, click on the tab on top of the page which is named edit with form. This loads the form for light microscopes which contains the data that got add for the particular system. Modify the entries you want and click on Save page below the form. The button Show changes brings up a page which illustrates the changes you did compared to the last saved version.
Add a new system
Go to the full list of light microscopes and scroll down to very end. There you will find a field with a button called add/edit microscope next to it. Type in a name for the new page. Remember that the name of this page has to be unique and should follow certain naming conventions, which are:
- id - name, whereas id = facility shortcut + unique number (i.e. MPI01)
(The length of id is limited to 5 digits, 3 for the facility shortcut and 2 for the unique number.)
Click on the button add/edit microscope which brings you to the form for that page. Once you put all the data there, click on Save page.
FAQ
How do I add more objectives, light sources and types of incubation to the predefined lists in the form?
The content of each of these dropdown lists gets generated from a -db category: category:objective-db, category:illumination-db. Each page in this category represents one entry in the dropdown list. In order to add an entry, you just have to create an according page:
- New objective: Type the name for the new objective in the sidebar's search field. Follow these naming conventions to keep a certain order:
- manufacturer name magnification NA immersion PhX
- air objective: leave out [immersion], no phase contrast: leave out [PhX]
- example: Zeiss EC Plan-Neofluar 100x 1.3 Oil
- Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter
[[category:objective-db]]
and click the button Save page.
- New light source: Type the name for the new light source in the sidebar's search field. Check for appropiate naming in the category:illumination-db, i.e.: Laser Diode 405 nm, Transmitted Light (Halogen), Fluorescence (Polychromator 300-650 nm).
- Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter
[[category:illumination-db]]
and click the button Save page.
- Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter
- New type of incubation: Type the name for the new type of incubation in the sidebar's search field. Check for appropiate naming in the category:incubation-db, i.e.: cage incubator (T+CO2), stage incubator (T) + objective heater.
- Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter
[[category:incubation-db]]
and click the button Save page.
- Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter
How do I remove a system from the list which does not exist anymore?
In the equipment form, go to the field category and select Not listed from the dropdown menu.
How can I restore a system that got moved to Not listed?
Follow the link to the removed systems at the very end of the full list, select the system of interest and put the category back to Microscope.
I added a new system, but cannot find it in the full equipment list!
The query that generates the full equipment list takes some time to refresh. Go to the light microscope query and just run it with empty fields, then the new system should appear immediately after adding it.
