Using github

1. Set up your own account.

 https://github.com/signup/free

Entering issues from your account will allow people to directly contact you if they have questions, and you can more easily follow the action on that issue.

2. Find and follow the repo WormBase/website project:

 https://github.com/WormBase/website

Click on "Watch" to be added as a groupie to this project.

3. To report an issue: Choose the 'issues' tab from the wormbase website page which will take you to

 https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues

• Choose "New Issue" just to the right above the issue list, this will take you to an issue entry form.
• Enter issue name and brief description
• Select appropriate labels on the right hand side
• Other issue properties: if you are submitting a help desk question, be sure to choose "Help Desk" from the "Label" list. Otherwise, fill out as many property labels as you want; these can be corrected by the person looking at the ticket, so don't worry about them so much.
• As you created the ticket you will automatically be following the issue, so you will get updates sent to your mailbox as they are posted.
• Click "Submit New Issue" to submit the issue.

• To make sure it was added to the list, go back to the issue list. It should be listed automatically as "New". Todd or the person assigned to the task will update the status as they are dealing with it.

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Todd's initial e-mail with instructions on how and what to report through bitbucket. - probably still applicable to the github repo.

 From: Todd Harris <todd@wormbase.org>
 Subject: [WormBase-staff] New feature request policy (strongly recommended)
 Date: 18 September 2009 16:59:07 PDT
 To: Wormbase Staff <wormbase-staff@wormbase.org>
 
 Hi all -
 
 As the web development team has grown, we need your help in
 prioritizing development and tracking progress.  Don't worry, I'm not
 asking you to use Basecamp.  The bar for participation is low and
 doesn't supplant the mailing lists.  Still, it will help us immensely.
 
 New feature requests should be entered at:
 
   http://bitbucket.org/tharris/wormbase/issues/new/
 
 Suggestions that will increase the likelihood your request will be
 dealt with promptly include:
 
 1. Register as a user and submit under your username.
 
 This will allow you to track issues and make sure we are following up
 on them in a timely manner.  We won't be able to follow up on
 anonymous requests and may move on to other tasks.
 
 2. Include sufficient detail.
 
 Use the comment form as needed.  Add links to illustrate bugs or test
 cases.  Leave as much information as you think is warranted so that we
 can triage and prioritize.
 
 3. Report fine-grained issues.
 
   Example: Add paralogs to the Gene Summary page
 
 For larger projects that require many discrete tasks to complete, we
 can create a new "Component" for easy grouping of tasks.
 
 
 What types of things should be reported?
 -------------------------------------------------------
 * Model changes that need to be displayed
 * Any sort of enhancements to existing pages
 * New displays that we're missing
 * Any and everything that you'd like to see on the site
 * Bug reports
 
 Thanks for your help!
 
 Todd