#!/usr/bin/perl -T print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n"; #require "/www/cgi-bin/cgi-lib.pl"; #&ReadParse(*in); #print &PrintHeader; #------------------------------------------------- # Variable input from web page #------------------------------------------------- if ($in{'src'} =~ /^([ -:\/\w.,?=~]*)$/) { $src =$in{'src'}; } else { $src ="x"; } if ($in{'code'} =~ /^([-:\/\w.]*)$/) { $code =$in{'code'}; } else { $code ="x"; } #The above heading is a helpful header from Steve Fleming #Many thanks Steve!!! print ""; print ""; print "WeatherBug Readme"; print ""; print ""; print "

WeatherBug Readme

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This file will help get you started using WeatherBug

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What is WeatherBug?

"; print "WeatherBug is an online database that stores information about errors in the NCDC "; print "weather archives. The information stored and retrieved by this system will allow "; print "a coordinated and efficient approach to correcting these problems. "; print "

How do I use WeatherBug?

"; print "Using WeatherBug is quite simple. From the main screen, you can choose to create "; print "a new error report (new record) or edit an existing one. You can also search for records "; print "using a simple search page. The other options are to see this readme file or change the "; print "password access (Only for privileged administrators)"; print "

"; print "The error report form is fairly simple and straightforward. Simply fill out the known "; print "information about the problem in the text boxes provided. Then click on the Submit "; print "button and the database will be updated. A word of warning: using the "; print "TAB key to get out of the Comments box causes undesired behavior when editing later. "; print "Therefore, to prevent data corruption, please DO NOT tab out of that box. (other fields are "; print "okay to use tab with)"; print "

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Who created WeatherBug?

"; print 'WeatherBug was designed and coded by me, Richard "Skip" Grube. I am working under '; print "the direction of Ned Guttman, who came up with the concept. The database "; print "resides on the mesohigh Linux server here at NCDC. The project was coded entirely "; print "in the Perl language, with some strategic HTML and JavaScript integration."; print "

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I found a problem in WeatherBug. How do I report it?

"; print "Please e-mail any problems, bugs, comments, etc. to: "; print 'Richard.Grube@noaa.gov. '; print "Please note that I am an intern here at NCDC (Data Operations Division) and "; print "will be gone by mid-August, 2005."; print "

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Other useful files in the WeatherBug directory (//mesohigh/cgi-bin/weatherbug):

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"; print "techinfo.txt----A description of he file structure used for the database, as well as other "; print "relevant technical information."; print "

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Return to WeatherBug Main Page

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