J-Bird User's Guide (Version 0.5.2)

Table of Contents

• Introduction to J-Bird
• Requirements for installation
• Release notes
• Installing J-Bird
• Mac OS X
• Microsoft Windows 95/98
• Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
• Unix / Linux
• Upgrading J-Bird and Java
• Starting J-Bird
• Mac OS X
• Microsoft Windows
• Unix / Linux
• Building a master species list
• Choice of lists
• Identify AOU/CINFO data file
• Identify table source and data
• Finish the master list
• First steps with J-Bird.
• Creating a trip and ticking species
• Creating a trip report
• Creating and populating a checklist
• Trips and ticks in detail
• Summary
• Overview
• The tree of trips
• Creating trips
• Ticking species that have been seen on trips
• Gratifiers
• Trip Reports
• Importing trips & ticks
• Summary
• Overview
• Data sources
• Column types & formats
• Starting an import
• Identifying the source of data
• Identifying the table layout
• Identifying the Excel spreadsheet
• Identifying the table within a web page
• Identifying column types and modifying data
• Watching the import progress
• Resolving name mismatches
• How to cancel an import
• Some details
• Tips
• Example 1: The simplest import
• Example 2: Import a trip with species notes and some carried values
• Example 3: Import several trips
• Checklists in detail
• Summary
• Overview
• Creating checklists
• Editing checklists
• Editing information about checklists
• Checklist examples
• A tip
• A thought on organizing checklists
• Importing checklists
• Summary
• Overview
• Acceptable data sources
• Acceptable name formats
• Selecting a J-Bird checklist
• Identifying the source of data
• Identifying the Excel spreadsheet
• Identifying the table within a web page
• Identifying column types and modifying data
• Resolving name mismatches
• How to cancel an import
• Some details
• Tips
• Example 1: Import the AOU Checklist of North American Birds
• Example 2: Import a checklist from Avibase
• Listing species (Life-list, etc.)
• Overview
• Instructions
• List examples
• Querying/exporting ticks
• Overview
• Instructions
• Details
• Counting species ticks
• Editing regions
• Summary
• Instructions
• Editing observers
• Summary
• Instructions
• Table finders
• Logging
• Backing up and restoring
• Hacking J-Bird
• Display alternative images
• Internationalize J-Bird
• Import from relational databases
• Arbitrary access to J-Bird database - GUI
• Arbitrary access to J-Bird database - Perl
• J-Bird database schema
• Remote access to your J-Bird database
• Alternative database engines
• Source code via CVS
• Compile J-Bird for yourself
• Some guts for developers
• Bugs
• Removing J-Bird from your computer
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix A: How J-Bird is launched
• Appendix B: What J-Bird stores where on your computer
• Appendix C: Format of J-Bird.prefs file
• Appendix D: Debugging problems after upgrading from J-Bird 0.5.0 or less
• Appendix E: Keyboard navigation