beta test info

svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=724

client/file_names.h

@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ extern bool is_account_file(char*);
 #define SCHED_OP_RESULT_FILE    "sched_reply.xml"
 #define LOG_FLAGS_FILE          "log_flags.xml"
 #define TEMP_FILE_NAME          "temp.xml"
+#define STDERR_FILE_NAME        "stderr.txt"
+#define STDOUT_FILE_NAME        "stdout.txt"
 #define TIME_TESTS_FILE_NAME	"time_tests.xml"

client/win/wingui.cpp

@@ -2201,8 +2201,8 @@ int CMainWindow::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpcs)
 	// 
     NetOpen();
 	// Redirect stdout and stderr to files
-    freopen("stdout.txt", "w", stdout);
+    freopen(STDOUT_FILE_NAME, "w", stdout);
-    freopen("stderr.txt", "w", stderr);
+    freopen(STDERR_FILE_NAME, "w", stderr);
 	// Check what (if any) activities should be logged
     read_log_flags();
     int retval = gstate.init();

doc/index.html

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 <font size=+1>
 Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
 (BOINC)
-is a software platform for projects
+is software that combines many volunteer PCs
-that combine many volunteer PCs
 into a parallel supercomputer.
 </font>
 </center>
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ into a parallel supercomputer.
 <br><br>
 <a href=create_project.html><b>Creating a BOINC project</b></a>
 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <font size=-1>
 Use BOINC to develop resource-intensive applications
 </font>
@@ -33,24 +33,31 @@ Use BOINC to develop resource-intensive applications
 <br><br>
 <a href=participate.html><b>Participating in BOINC projects</b></a>
 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <font size=-1>
 Donate your unused computing power to BOINC-based projects.</font>
 
 <br><br>
 <a href=boinc_dev.html><b>Developing BOINC</b></a>
 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <font size=-1>
 Help debug and enhance the BOINC software.
 </font>
 
+<br><br>
+<b>Non-English pages about BOINC:</b>
+<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<a href=http://www.boinc.pisem.net><font size=-1>Russian</font></a>
+<a href=http://www.boinc-fr.net><font size=-1>French</font></a>
+<a href=http://www.boinc.de/><font size=-1>German</font></a>
+
 <br><br>
 <a href=contact.html><b>Contact us</b></a>
 
 <br><br>
-Translations of this page:
+<hr width=60% size=1>
-<a href=http://www.boinc.pisem.net>Russian</a>
-
-<br><br>
 <font size=-1>
 <a href=http://www.sf.net/projects/boinc/>BOINC development</a>
 is hosted at Sourceforge.net</font>
@@ -63,6 +70,10 @@ width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge Logo"></a>
 <center>
 <h3>Status and news</h3>
 </center>
+<b>November 25, 2002</b>
+<br>
+Version 0.03 of BOINC is available on SourceForge.net.
+<br><br>
 <b>August 24, 2002</b>
 <br>BOINC is under development.
 The basic features are working on UNIX platforms.

html/user/index.php

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ The Astropulse project, based at UC Berkeley,
 uses the idle time of thousands of computers to
 analyze radio telescope signals.
 Astropulse uses <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu>BOINC</a>,
-which allows you to participate in multiple
+which allows you to participate in other
 distributed computing projects at the same time.
 
 
-<h3>How to join</h3>
+<h3>How to join Astropulse</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>
 First, <a href=create_account_form.php>create an account</a>.
@@ -29,6 +29,35 @@ select the <b>Add project</b> command
 and give it your account key.
 </ul>
 
+<h3>Instructions for beta testers</h3>
+When you install and run the BOINC client,
+it will ask you for a project URL and account key.
+Then it should download two work units,
+process them, upload the results,
+and continue doing this forever.
+<p>
+If at any point BOINC is neither computing nor transferring files,
+something is probably wrong;
+submit a bug report (see below).
+<p>
+<b>Windows users</b>:
+The BOINC core client (accessable via its system tray icon)
+has tabs that let you see projects, file transfers,
+work in progress, and messages.
+If you experience bugs, look at the file <b>stderr.txt</b>
+in the BOINC directory.
+If it's nonempty please include it in your bug report.
+<p>
+<b>Unix and Mac OS/X users</b>:
+This version of the client has no GUI,
+and writes to stderr and stdout.
+Please include any suspicious-looking text in your bug reports.
+<p>
+Please report bugs by sending email to the boinc-beta
+mailing list on SourceForge.net.
+To join this list, go to
+<a href=http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boinc-beta>http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boinc-beta</a>.
+
 <h3>Returning participants</h3>
 <ul>
 <li><a href=login_form.php>Log in</a>

html/user/util.inc

@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ function show_login($user) {
     }
 }
 
+function home_page_head() {
+    echo "<head><title>".PROJECT."</title><body ".BG_COLOR.">\n";
+    echo "<h2>".PROJECT."</h2><hr>\n";
+}
+
 function page_head($title) {
     echo "<head><title>$title</title><body ".BG_COLOR.">\n";
 
@@ -72,8 +77,11 @@ function page_head($title) {
     echo "<h3>$title</h3>\n";
 }
 
-function page_tail() {
+function home_page_tail() {
+    echo "<hr>Copyright (c) 2002 ".PROJECT."\n";
+}
 
+function page_tail() {
     echo "<a href=index.php>Return to main ".PROJECT." page</a><br>\n";
 
     // put your copyright notice etc. here