...
This
...
file
...
is
...
/mit/tech-squares/HOW-TO-UPDATE-EVENTS
...
in
...
the
...
tech-squares
...
athena
...
locker.
...
Try
...
to
...
keep
...
both
...
copies
...
in
...
rough
...
sync.
...
(Feel
...
free
...
to
...
ignore
...
these
...
first
...
two
...
paragraphs
...
if
...
you're
...
not
...
a
...
hacker
...
and
...
just
...
want
...
to
...
update
...
the
...
calendar.)
...
The
...
/mit/tech-squares/cron_scripts
...
directory
...
contains
...
the
...
scripts
...
and
...
code
...
to
...
automatically
...
generate
...
the
...
web
...
site
...
front
...
page
...
based
...
on
...
the
...
data
...
in
...
the
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
...
calendar.
...
The
...
front
...
page
...
is
...
updated
...
by
...
a
...
cron
...
script
...
on
...
scripts.mit.edu
...
(see
...
http://mv.ezproxy.com.ezproxyberklee.flo.org)
...
at
...
12:57am
...
each
...
day.
...
The
...
front
...
page
...
is
...
generated
...
by
...
a
...
Java
...
program
...
using
...
the
...
...
Calendar
...
Data
...
API
...
(http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/calendar.html).
...
The
...
source
...
is
...
included
...
in
...
techsquares-cal.jar
...
;
...
the
...
other
...
jar
...
files
...
are
...
...
client
...
libraries
...
downloaded
...
from
...
the
...
URL
...
above.
...
There
...
are
...
two
...
calendars
...
in
...
tech
...
squares
...
...
calendar
...
account.
...
The
...
first
...
is
...
named
...
"Tech
...
Squares"
...
and
...
is
...
public
...
and
...
contains
...
the
...
dates
...
for
...
all
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
weekly
...
and
...
monthly
...
dances,
...
and
...
any
...
other
...
club
...
events
...
which
...
we
...
want
...
to
...
announce
...
to
...
the
...
public.
...
This
...
information
...
should
...
match
...
that
...
at
...
http://www.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~tech-squares/schedules/weekly.html
...
and
http://www.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~tech-squares/schedules/monthly.html
...
although
...
we
...
might
...
consider
...
adding
...
other
...
relevant
...
events
...
such
...
as
...
outside
...
dances
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
members
...
are
...
planning
...
to
...
visit
...
or
...
non-Tech
...
dances
...
called
...
by
...
Ted.
...
Calendar
...
events
...
in
...
the
...
next
...
14
...
days
...
display
...
immediately
...
below
...
"What's
...
happening
...
at
...
Tech
...
Squares"
...
on
...
the
...
front
...
page
...
of
...
the
...
web
...
site.
...
Events
...
on
...
this
...
first
...
calendar
...
should
...
have
...
What,
...
When,
...
and
...
Where
...
information.
...
When
...
we
...
generate
...
the
...
front
...
page,
...
we
...
search
...
for
...
the
...
names
...
of
...
rooms
...
on
...
campus
...
replace
...
the
...
where
...
information
...
with
...
a
...
hyperlink
...
to
...
the
...
appropriate
...
room
...
description
...
if
...
found.
...
You
...
can
...
(and
...
should)
...
include
...
extra
...
information
...
in
...
Where
...
for
...
people
...
looking
...
at
...
this
...
calendar
...
directly
...
(ie,
...
not
...
through
...
the
...
front
...
page);
...
for
...
example,
...
"Room
...
407,
...
MIT
...
Student
...
Center"
...
(you
...
could
...
even
...
add
...
"84
...
Massachusetts
...
Avenue"
...
if
...
you
...
were
...
feeling
...
wordy)
...
– the
...
string
...
"407"
...
is
...
found
...
in
...
this
...
case
...
and
...
a
...
link
...
named
...
"Room
...
407"
...
is
...
used
...
on
...
the
...
front
...
page.
...
The
...
Description
...
field
...
is
...
ignored
...
when
...
generating
...
the
...
front
...
page;
...
this
...
is
...
another
...
good
...
place
...
to
...
add
...
information
...
or
...
directions
...
for
...
people
...
subscribing
...
to
...
the
...
calendar
...
directly
...
using
...
their
...
own
...
calendar
...
software.
...
Under
...
"Discuss
...
this
...
event"
...
...
allows
...
you
...
to
...
add
...
comments
...
to
...
calendar
...
entries.
...
These
...
comments
...
show
...
up
...
underneath
...
the
...
time
...
and
...
description
...
on
...
the
...
front
...
page.
...
This
...
may
...
be
...
useful
...
for
...
adding
...
a
...
brief
...
bit
...
of
...
extra
...
information
...
about
...
an
...
event,
...
for
...
example,
...
"Note
...
time
...
change:
...
moved
...
from
...
7pm
...
to
...
8pm
...
to
...
accomodate
...
XYZ."
...
I'm
...
also
...
using
...
this
...
for
...
extra
...
information
...
about
...
the
...
early
...
rounds
...
class:
...
"All
...
who
...
have
...
taken
...
Phase
...
II
...
Waltz,
...
or
...
have
...
other
...
waltz
...
experience,
...
are
...
encouraged
...
to
...
attend."
...
You
...
can
...
add
...
multiple
...
comments.
...
It
...
doesn't
...
seem
...
possibly
...
to
...
delete
...
or
...
edit
...
comments
...
once
...
added,
...
though
...
(maybe
...
...
will
...
fix
...
this
...
eventually)
...
so
...
be
...
careful
...
about
...
adding
...
comments
...
like
...
"moved
...
to
...
3-343"
...
if
...
there's
...
a
...
chance
...
that
...
the
...
event's
...
going
...
to
...
be
...
moved
...
back
...
to
...
its
...
original
...
room.
...
I
...
believe
...
this
...
comment
...
feature
...
has
...
been
...
removed
...
from
...
Calendar
...
by
...
Google.
...
Oh,
...
well.
...
--CSA
...
2013-08-26
...
The
...
second
...
calendar
...
is
...
named
...
"Announcements
...
(private)"
...
and
...
holds
...
announcement
...
information
...
which
...
displays
...
in
...
the
...
bottom
...
half
...
of
...
the
...
website
...
front
...
page.
...
This
...
calendar
...
is
...
private:
...
although
...
the
...
information
...
in
...
it
...
is
...
available
...
to
...
the
...
public
...
via
...
the
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
web
...
site
...
and
...
news
...
feed,
...
...
is
...
instructed
...
to
...
not
...
make
...
it
...
searchable
...
as
...
a
...
calendar
...
per
...
se.
...
This
...
helps
...
avoid
...
confusion
...
with
...
the
...
dance
...
calendar.
...
Announcement
...
events
...
should
...
be
...
assigned
...
times
...
corresponding
...
to
...
how
...
long
...
that
...
announcement
...
should
...
run;
...
any
...
announcement
...
whose
...
duration
...
includes
...
the
...
current
...
day
...
is
...
displayed
...
on
...
today's
...
front
...
page.
...
For
...
example,
...
a
...
typical
...
"rounds
...
this
...
week"
...
announcement
...
should
...
be
...
set
...
up
...
to
...
start
...
sometime
...
on
...
the
...
Wednesday
...
after
...
the
...
previous
...
week's
...
dance,
...
and
...
end
...
sometime
...
on
...
the
...
Tuesday
...
on
...
which
...
that
...
rounds
...
lesson
...
will
...
occur.
...
Many
...
announcements
...
will
...
have
...
week-long
...
durations,
...
but
...
an
...
announcement
...
of
...
a
...
Saturday
...
dance
...
(say)
...
should
...
always
...
end
...
on
...
the
...
day
...
of
...
the
...
dance,
...
so
...
that
...
we
...
don't
...
have
...
outdated
...
information
...
on
...
our
...
front
...
page
...
about
...
a
...
dance
...
that
...
has
...
already
...
occurred.
...
Similarly,
...
some
...
announcements
...
may
...
last
...
for
...
a
...
longer
...
duration:
...
fall
...
class
...
and
...
subscription
...
announcements,
...
for
...
example.
...
The
...
announcements
...
are
...
ordered
...
on
...
the
...
front
...
page
...
so
...
that
...
the
...
"newest"
...
announcement
...
is
...
first
...
– that
...
is,
...
the
...
announcement
...
whose
...
'start
...
time'
...
is
...
most
...
recent
...
appears
...
at
...
the
...
top.
...
This
...
way
...
long-duration
...
announcements
...
gradually
...
drift
...
down
...
the
...
page
...
out
...
of
...
the
...
most
...
prominent
...
spot.
...
Since
...
only
...
the
...
date
...
not
...
the
...
time
...
of
...
an
...
announcement
...
matters
...
for
...
its
...
appearance
...
on
...
the
...
front
...
page
...
(the
...
front
...
page
...
is
...
only
...
updated
...
once
...
per
...
day),
...
start
...
times
...
can
...
be
...
fudged
...
a
...
bit
...
if
...
a
...
particular
...
order
...
of
...
announcements
...
is
...
desired.
...
If
...
"Rounds
...
This
...
Week"
...
wants
...
to
...
occur
...
before
...
"Late
...
Night
...
This
...
Week"
...
(say)
...
then
...
"Rounds
...
This
...
Week"
...
may
...
be
...
assigned
...
a
...
start
...
time
...
of
...
2pm,
...
while
...
"Late
...
Night
...
This
...
Week"
...
is
...
assigned
...
a
...
start
...
time
...
of
...
1pm.
...
As
...
a
...
general
...
note,
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
protects
...
its
...
members'
...
...
addresses
...
from
...
disclosure
...
on
...
the
...
web.
...
When
...
rephrasing
...
announcements
...
from
...
the
...
weekly
...
email,
...
write
...
...
J.
...
Random
...
Dancer
...
(or
...
use
...
the
...
contact
...
address
...
at
...
the
...
bottom
...
of
...
this
...
page)"
...
using
...
the
...
member's
...
name
...
but
...
not
...
...
address.
...
Most
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
members
...
will
...
be
...
able
...
to
...
find
...
an
...
...
address
...
for
...
the
...
given
...
person
...
(either
...
in
...
the
...
weekly
...
...
or
...
from
...
prior
...
correspondence),
...
and
...
in
...
the
...
rare
...
cases
...
where
...
this
...
doesn't
...
work,
...
emailing
...
squares@mit.edu
...
(the
...
"contact
...
address
...
at
...
the
...
bottom
...
of
...
this
...
page"
...
for
...
every
...
page
...
on
...
our
...
website)
...
should
...
be
...
sufficient
...
for
...
some
...
officer
...
to
...
route
...
the
...
...
to
...
the
...
proper
...
person.
...
To
...
update
...
the
...
...
calendar,
...
go
...
to
...
...
If
...
you
...
have
...
an
...
...
account,
...
...
the
...
username
...
to
...
the
...
officers
...
and
...
they
...
can
...
use
...
Google's
...
"Share
...
This
...
Calendar"
...
feature
...
to
...
let
...
you
...
edit
...
entries.
...
There
...
is
...
a
...
Tech
...
Squares
...
account
...
name
...
and
...
password
...
as
...
well
...
if
...
you
...
really
...
don't
...
want
...
to
...
create
...
a
...
...
account,
...
but
...
it's
...
really
...
best
...
if
...
we
...
don't
...
widely
...
disseminate
...
the
...
club's
...
account
...
information.
...
You
...
should
...
always
...
double-check
...
the
...
upcoming
...
events
...
against
...
the
...
canonical
...
lists
...
at
http://www.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~tech-squares/schedules/weekly.html
...
and
http://www.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~tech-squares/schedules/monthly.html
...
to
...
guard
...
against
...
versions
...
drifting
...
askew.
...
Check
...
rounds
...
information
...
against
...
the
...
long-term
...
schedule
...
at
http://www.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/~tech-squares/schedules/rounds-sched.html
...
or
...
ask
...
the
...
rounds
...
coordinator.
...
If
...
you've
...
got
...
an
...
Athena
...
account,
...
after
...
your
...
update
...
you
...
may
...
want
...
to
...
run:
| Code Block |
|---|
} % ts-refresh-frontpage {code} |
at
...
an
...
Athena
...
prompt
...
(after
...
you've
...
done
...
"
...
add
...
tech-squares
...
"
...
of
...
course)
...
in
...
order
...
to
...
regenerate
...
the
...
web
...
site
...
front
...
page.
...
This
...
isn't
...
required:
...
the
...
website
...
will
...
update
...
at
...
its
...
usual
...
time
...
(12:57am)
...
regardless.
...
IF
...
FOR
...
SOME
...
REASON
...
THIS
...
SCRIPT
...
BREAKS
...
DOWN
...
temporarily
...
or
...
permanently,
...
you
...
can
...
manually
...
update
...
the
...
website
...
front
...
page
...
by
...
editing
...
either
| Code Block |
|---|
} /mit/tech-squares/www/auto/index.html {code} |
(if
...
you
...
want
...
your
...
changes
...
to
...
be
...
overwritten
...
when
...
the
...
script
...
starts
...
working
...
again),
...
or
| Code Block |
|---|
} /mit/tech-squares/www/index.html {code} |
if
...
you
...
no
...
longer
...
wish
...
to
...
use
...
the
...
auto-generated
...
content:
...
just
...
replace
...
the
...
line
| Code Block |
|---|
} <!--#include virtual="auto/index.shtml" --> {code} |
with
...
your
...
own
...
stuff.
...
Enjoy!
— C. Scott Ananian, cscott@cscott.net,
...
2006-Jun-22
...
updated 2007-May-30
...
updated 2007-Aug-16
...
uploaded to wiki 2013-Aug-26
...