Adding New Update Pages

Step 1: Create the new HTML update page

Let's start in the foxsi5_launch_days/ folder in the top level of the repository (a).

Let's use the temporary update page dated 2026 May 1st as a template and use it to create an update for the following day, May 2nd (b).

We now have a new HTML file to edit and add in the information we want to share with the world regarding FOXSI-5 launch-day plans.

Step 2: Update the page with information

From the template here, the main coordination sections with informatino are:

• The Today's Planned Potential Targets section, the table of possible targets for the day in question.
• The Auxiliary Information section, the sections that will have more details about the plan for that day and might have linked files and images.

The format for the update is may be different each time or might change but this is the point we should add create the new page with the information we want to share.

On that, there are going to be some "template" lines we'll need to update so we'll have to edit the new HTML file we created.

Remember to update the dates in the template.

Since we're using the foxsi5_20260501.html file as a template, we'll want to update the references to May 1st, 2026 and the reference to the time this page was last updated.

Adding images and files.

Any images or material can be placed in and linked to the following folder.

• foxsi5_launch_days/foxsi5_updates/

Images can be linked and displayed directly in the browser and files can be linked for browser viewing or download. Examples of these are:

• Image: <img src="foxsi5_updates/image_name.png" alt="" />
• Document: <a class="button" href="foxsi5_updates/file_name.png" target="_blank">Text</a>

Step 3: Update the linked buttons on all pages

Now we have a new page, it's time to make sure it's linked to the rest of the website.

To do this, we just add a new button to the top of all the relevant HTML pages for FOXSI-5. The files are all those in the foxsi5_launch_days/ folder (except this instructions page) and the foxsi5_main.html page

The code that needs updated shows up in multple places (annoyingly); however, it can mostly be copied & pasted.

Note

• The ../ for the paths in the foxsi5_main.html file.
• The latest update page goes to the top of the "FOXSI-5 Launch Updates" list.

Github contribution help

TLDR

The contributer should fork the main Github repository, make changes to a new branch of their fork, then finally propose the changes in a Pull Request from your new (not main) to the FOXSI main branch for review.

For more detail on contribution and workflow, the following document should help. The General FOXSI Git & Github Guide linked below should exlpain all the steps required when using Git/Github.

Note, the guide uses a different FOXSI repository as an example and also details the process using a specific username. To follow the example for the website repository, the following substitions when reading might be useful:

• cdte-tools to foxsi.github.io
• KriSun95 to your Github username

For those in the FOXSI team, the original document guide can be found on the Google Drive at:

• FOXSI > FOXSI-4 Flight 36.370 > Flight Science > software > FOXSI packages Github instructions