Getting Started With Webfoot

Webfoot currently includes three specific integrations with SourceForge Enterprise:

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.

  1. Select Window > Preferences from the main menu bar.
  2. Select Webfoot from the list of preferences. You will see the folowing panel.

    <<Webfoot Main Preference Page>>
  3. 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.
  4. Set your default SourceForge preferences by selecting the Webfoot > SourceForge preference page. You will be able to enter:
    1. The SourceForge URL (for example: https://sourceforge.wpi.edu).
    2. Your SourceForge username. If you leave this blank, the username entered in step 3 will be used.
    3. Your default SourceForge project.
  5. 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:

  1. 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.

    <<Connect Dialog>>
  2. Click OK and the connection is made. If an error occurs you will see an error message and need to try connecting again.
  3. 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.