Updating your project

When your project site is first accessed through a browser, a file called "remaining.txt" is created in the main webpic directory. This file keeps track of what files in the /images directory have yet to be processed.

Updating the workflow

To add new fields or remove existing ones, return to the original Google Form. Add or remove the

This will pick up from where you left off in the image list. If you wish to start over from your first image, simply delete the "remaining.txt" file.

Updating instructions

You can update the instructions by opening the map.json file in a text editor and making the appropriate changes.

Please be aware that special symbols and smart quotes will generally break how the web applet reads the file. If you encounter any issues, please contact changlm at si dot edu.

Updating the images being processed

Add or delete the image files from your hosted images folder.

There are then two options for updating the queue:

1. Open "remaining.txt" in a text editor (Notepad or TextEdit) and manually add or remove file names. This simply updates the queue to reflect the changes you have made in the images folder.
2. Delete "remaining.txt". This will re-initialize the project, listing all images in the images folder to be processed and starting the queue of images from alphabetical start.