Getting Started With Webfoot
Webfoot currently includes three specific integrations with SourceForge Enterprise:
- Task management
- Tracker management
- User story management
Separate sections of the Webfoot User Guide describe how to work with each of these.
Setting Webfoot Preferences
Working with Webfoot involves connecting to other software products,
such as SourceForge Enterprise, from your Eclipse platform. Individual
users will often use the same username with the tools they use
that require login identification. The Webfoot preferences allow you to
establish default identification, projects, and other items that
reflect your normal usage and save you time when using the Webfoot
features. To set the Webfoot preferences, follow the procedure below.
- Select Window > Preferences from the main menu bar.
- Select Webfoot from the list of preferences. You will see the folowing panel.

- Enter your Webfoot username.
This is the default user name that will be used for all
Webfoot-associated tools. Unless it is overridden by another
preference, this is the username that will be shown in all Webfoot
login dialogs.
- Set your default SourceForge preferences by selecting the Webfoot > SourceForge preference page. You will be able to enter:
- The SourceForge URL (for example: https://sourceforge.wpi.edu).
- Your SourceForge username. If you leave this blank, the username entered in step 3 will be used.
- Your default SourceForge project.
- Other Webfoot features enabled in your Eclipse installation may
have additional preference pages that allow you to customize those
features.
Connecting to SourceForge
All current tool integrations supported by Webfoot involve
SourceForge Enterprise. One way to connect to SourceForge is through
the Webfoot menu. You connect by following these steps:
- Select Webfoot > Connect to SourceForge from
the menu bar. Fill in the SourceForge URL, your login name, and
SourceForge password in the dialog as shown below. Some of the
information may be filled in with default values taken from your
preferences.

- Click OK and the connection is made. If an error occurs you will see an error message and need to try connecting again.
- Once you have connected to SourceForge, you can connect to a specific SourceForge project by selecting Webfoot > Select Project and selecting the project from the list of projects to which you are a member.