How to edit project pages

Structure

For every OpenCores projects a number of pages are created upon startup of a new projects. The following pages are created

1. Overview
2. News
3. Downloads
4. Bugtracker

Only the maintainer(s) are allowd to apply changes to a project. New pages can be added with information related to the project. For the mandatory pages their content are described below.

Overview

Overview always contain a block with project details; name, start date, etc.
An other mandatory block is Other project details. This is for information regarding source language, wishbone compliancy etc.
As a maintainer you can add blocks to this page. A new block has a title and content. Pictures describing project functionality or intended use can be added. Pictures must first be included in the download page. Details regarding adding pictures are described later in this documnet. The order of the block can be changed by clicking on the little arrow symbol on the right of the project heading.

News

Add any news regarding project progress or usage in specific project or products

Downloads

Add pictures or documents related to the projects. Each item, document or picture, can be included in the Overview or other page added to the project.

Bugtracker

This page is used for the unlikely event of problems related to the project. Apart from bug reporting a user can add other project related information. New item are categorized into the following four types

1. REQUEST
   Request for new functionallity
2. BUG
   For bugs found in the IP
3. IDEA
   Ideas that hopefully could be implemented in upcoming releases
4. REMINDER
   Could be note to self

OpenCores Certified Projects

The number of projects being started here at OpenCores is constantly increasing. We would like to encourage all project maintainers to ensure that their project is developed to stage where it is considered completed. By this we mean the project contains:

1. RTL design files (VHDL / Verilog / C / assembler / etc).
2. Testbenches (self-checking).
3. Documentation (design and testbench specifications, FPGA/ASIC size information).
4. Make-scripts (compile-, testbench-, synthesis scripts).
5. Information about Design-usage meaning, has it been verified on actual hardware, is it being used in commercial products. This information builds allot of creditability.

To help users identify those projects which have reached this stage, we will now apply a "OpenCores Certified Project"-logo to the project. We hope that this also provide some incentive to developers to fully complete their project, as it likely those projects which have been certified will see greater use.
Those labeled "OpenCores Certified Project" will also be presented on a separate projects list, highlighting these "mature/solid" projects to the maximum. The procedure to get a project "OpenCores Certified Project"-approved is simple, just send an email to oc-team@opencores.org when your project fulfils the above criteria. We will then review your project and apply the certified stamp if it applies.

We have also started to actively clean-up the project list, if a project doesn't have design files checked into the SVN repository after 3 month, then we will contact the maintainer and check the status of the project.

Frequently asked questions

1. How to add a picture
   Add the picture in the download page. Select show embedd-tag. Copy content in pop-up window. Paste in block content.
2. How to add a documnet
   Same as adding a picture
3. Block content formatting corrupt, no newline
   If the block content is plain text with no HTML tags carrige returns will showed as line break. If the text contain valid HTML tags the whole text will be treated as HTML and should have valid HTML tag formatting the text.
   Note that a hyper text link is a HTML tag.
4. How to add line break
   Use the following HTML tag: <br />
5. How to format text
   Information on normal text formatting can be found here
6. How to include tables
   Information on how to include tables can be found here
7. How to format example of code snippets or examples on how to build targets
   To get monospace font and ligh gray background use paragraph where class="cmd"
   Example
   <p class="cmd">make all</p>
   will show as

   make all