Website

The osgeo.org website is managed by the OSGeo community to empower everyone with open source geospatial!

• website content: If you need to update the website please reach out to the nearest board member, committee chair, or project officer.
• website service: The issue tracker page has an entry for website infrastructure tickets, all infrastructure is managed by the System Administration Committee (SAC).

Website Access

Creating a Login

The osgeo.org website uses osgeo id for login, this is the common LDAP service used to access trac and many other OSGeo services (except this wiki):

1. Create a Userid using this form: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
   • The form asks you to email mantra-request@osgeo.org
   • A volunteer will answer your email with a mantra (small phrase)
   • Using the mantra (small phrase) you can unlock the form and create a UserId
2. Sign into the website and setup your profile
   • Please be sure to include a profile picture!
3. Once you have signed in:
   • You can create events, news items and share resources (links and media) using the website
   • To perform additional activities you will need to request an appropriate role as described below

Reference:

• OSGeo Services Userid

Roles

For working with events, resources and local chapters:

• author for people that can write an event but can not publish (normally to people that very seldom do this task)
• editor create and review pending events done by an author (checking that link is ok before publishing)

For working on projects:

• project author for people that can write a project posts (but not publish). Used by project members.
• project team capability of changing roles to other users, use it wisely!
• project editor used by incubation committee members to publish projects (confirming that they are collaborative, open source, and spatial)

For working with GeoForAll pages and GeoForAll lab posts:

• geoforall author used to write GeoForAll lab posts
• geoforall editor used to publish GeoForAll labs (check the link is okay before publishing).

For working on partner posts:

• partners editor used to write and publish partner posts. Role intended for use by board members and our partners.

For working on service provider posts:

• service provider author used to write service provider posts
• service provider editor used by the marketing committee to publish service provider pages (check link is okay before publishing)

Other:

• board - cross list board members
• page editor - edit pages used for committee, initiatives, and getting started
• user manager - capability of changing roles to other users, use it wisely!
• administrator - able to configure the website and theme

Website instructions

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