MDRS:Crew Report Instructions
Crew Reports are being posted to the MDRS website using a new process which ensures automated posting via email.
The reports are submitted via email in Draft mode, and reviewed by the MDRS Web Team before going live on the website.
Please read through all of these instructions before submitting reports via email. It's very important they are followed exactly to ensure a smooth workflow for everybody.
Instructions
Here are the complete instructions.
1. Create your report as normal using the standard crew report templates, using a text editor or Microsoft Word. Be sure and save a copy on your local computer in case you need it for your own purposes after the mission.
2. Open a new email message with the following email address in the TO: line of your new email:
zafa277fusi@post.wordpress.com
3. The subject of your email should be of the format "Report Name - MonthName Date". For example:
Commander Report - November 21st
4. Paste in your entire report to the body of the email. Please ensure the line breaks and paragraph breaks are single. This is to avoid an excessive amount of whitespace in your report, which looks bad on the website and typically needs to be manually fixed by the Web Team.
5. This Step Is Important: include the following tags somewhere in your email.
[status draft]
Not including this tag will post your report to the website without our review process, which we don't want.
Next, include the type of report:
[category ReportName]
where "ReportName" is one of the following:
sol-summary operations-report commander-report crew-photos eva-report journalist-report greenhab-report science-report astronomy-report creative-report mission-plan mission-summary
6. Include any images as attachments to your email. Be sure and follow the standard procedures for photos including their approx. sizes and the naming conventions. Naming photos with spaces is OK, as the names of photos can easily become captions if that is desired.
