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== Mailing lists ==
 
== Mailing lists ==
  
The club plans to operate a few mailing lists, but these aren't functional yet. You can read about our plans here: [[Mailing lists]]. When the lists are functional we'll get in touch with you to see if you're interested in being subscribed to any of them.
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The club plans to operate a few mailing lists, but these aren't functional yet. You can read about our plans on the [[Mailing lists]] page. When the lists are functional we'll get in touch with you to see if you're interested in being subscribed to any of them.
  
 
== Welcome ==
 
== Welcome ==
  
 
It's very cool to welcome you to ProgClub! Welcome aboard, and happy hacking.
 
It's very cool to welcome you to ProgClub! Welcome aboard, and happy hacking.

Revision as of 04:44, 18 August 2011

This page is a welcome message for new ProgClub members. If you're not a new ProgClub member it doesn't apply to you (you can of course change that by registering to become a ProgClub member!).

Introduction

One of the great things about being a ProgClub member is that it entails absolutely no obligation. So, now that you have an account, you don't actually need to do anything at all. However, if you'd like to, there are a few things that you can do, as detailed below.

SSH access

You can use your account details to login to any of the club's user machines via SSH. Typically that would be:

$ ssh username@progclub.net

using your ProgClub member username. There are several ssh client programs available. If you're on a Windows system use PuTTY, otherwise you probably have a built in 'ssh' command as part of your operating system.

The user machines are hope and honesty. You can connect to a specific machine via SSH using either of:

$ ssh username@hope.progclub.net
$ ssh username@honesty.progclub.net

If you don't specify a specific host you will get routed through to one of the machines at random.

Accounts

At ProgClub you have two accounts: an account on the wiki, and a ProgClub member account. Anyone can have an account on the wiki, you don't actually need to be a ProgClub member to have one of these. In order to get a ProgClub member account you need to have registered. The account names and passwords for your two accounts can be the same, or different -- it's up to you, and depends on what information you provided at registration.

One of the first things you might like to do as a new member is to change your password.

Changing your wiki password

Once you're logged in click on the My preferences link at the top right of your screen. Then on the 'User profile' tab, under 'Basic information', click on the 'Change password' link and follow the instructions.

Changing your member password

You can change your ProgClub member password using the standard Unix 'passwd' utility once you're logged in to a user machine via SSH. Just type 'passwd' at the prompt and follow the instructions.

Member Net: member web-pages

ProgClub operates a facility called Member Net. Member Net is the set of member web-pages available from http://www.progclub.net/ Note that you use proglub.NET not progclub.ORG to access Member Net and the user machines. ProgClub has a fairly sophisticated and extensive setup for its domains, which, if you're interested, you can read more about on the Domains page.

In your home directory via your SSH account you can create a public_html directory for the purposes of having a ProgClub member web-page on Member Net. There are some brief instructions about how to go about setting up a ProgClub member web-page found on the Webpage creation page.

Subversion pcrepo

ProgClub members have commit access to the club's subversion repository which is known as 'pcrepo'. You can read more about it on the Subversion page.

It's important to be familiar with the club's terms and conditions prior to using the subversion checkin feature for any source code, particularly (but not only) the copyright policy, as these contain the Contributor License Agreement wherein you accept to license your work under the terms of the project.

If you're not happy with those terms, then please don't submit content! Submitting content indicates acceptance of the terms and conditions.

News

ProgClub was founded in July 2011, so we're pretty new. We've done a few things in that time, however. The latest news is that we've released an encryption library, which you might be interested to know about. You can keep up-to-date with ProgClub news on the News page, and maybe checkout our other Forums.

Colouring in

If you find the club's green/orange/black fixed-width fonts scheme a little too much, you can turn it off. Information about how to do this is provided on the Skins page.

Mailing lists

The club plans to operate a few mailing lists, but these aren't functional yet. You can read about our plans on the Mailing lists page. When the lists are functional we'll get in touch with you to see if you're interested in being subscribed to any of them.

Welcome

It's very cool to welcome you to ProgClub! Welcome aboard, and happy hacking.