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…e_update Update the web site for release 3.0 Beta.
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diff --git a/docs/WebSite/pages/visit.xml b/docs/WebSite/pages/visit.xml
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <page>
   <title><![CDATA[VisIt]]></title>
-  <IM>LLNL-WEB-760254</IM>
+  <IM>LLNL-WEB-765113</IM>
   <owner><![CDATA[Page Owner Name]]></owner>
-  <lastchanged><![CDATA[October 30, 2018]]></lastchanged>
+  <lastchanged><![CDATA[January 28, 2019]]></lastchanged>
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ this partial list</a>). [See a <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/features
 
 <h2>What's New</h2>
 
-<p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 2.13.3, which can be <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/downloads">downloaded from this site</a>, contains two dozen bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-2.13.3">VisIt 2.13.3 Release Notes</a>. [See the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases">archive of releases</a> for more information.]</p>
+<p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 3.0 Beta, which can be <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/downloads">downloaded from this site</a>, contains many bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-3.0.0">VisIt 3.0 Beta Release Notes</a>. [See the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases">archive of releases</a> for more information.]</p>
 
 <h2>History</h2>
 <p>VisIt was originally developed by the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Simulation and Computing Initiative (ASCI) to visualize and analyze the results of terascale simulations. It was designed with a high degree of modularity to support rapid deployment of new visualization technology. This includes a plugin architecture for custom readers, data operators and plots as well as the ability to support multiple different user interfaces. Following a prototyping effort in the summer of 2000, an initial version of VisIt was developed and released in the fall of 2002. Since then, over 100 database readers, 60 operators and 20 plots have been added to the open source code. In addition, commercial, government and academic organizations in the US, Europe and elsewhere have developed and maintained proprietary plugins and user interfaces for their own needs. Although the primary driving force behind the original development of VisIt was for visualizing ASCI terascale data, VisIt has also proven to be well suited for visualizing smaller scale data from simulations on desktop systems. Because of its applicability beyond visualizing terascale data, we are making VisIt freely available as a BSD licensed open source product.</p>

diff --git a/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/executables.xml b/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/executables.xml
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <page>
   <title><![CDATA[VisIt Executables]]></title>
-  <IM>LLNL-WEB-760254</IM>
+  <IM>LLNL-WEB-765113</IM>
   <owner><![CDATA[Page Owner Name]]></owner>
-  <lastchanged><![CDATA[October 30, 2018]]></lastchanged>
+  <lastchanged><![CDATA[January 28, 2019]]></lastchanged>
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 <p>This page contains links to download VisIt executables for Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X systems. The page contains several versions of VisIt, organized from the most recent to the oldest. The unix executable requires downloading an install script along with the file containing the executable. The Mac executable comes in a DMG file that you use to install VisIt. The Windows executables are packaged in a self contained installer. Instructions for installing VisIt can be found in the install notes. The checksums and file sizes are provided for checking that the files were properly downloaded if corruption of the files is suspected during the download process.</p>
 
-<p>All the executables listed on this page only contain serial versions of VisIt unless the platform description indicates that it contains parallel support. If you need a parallel version for a platform not already provided you will need to build visit from source using the <a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/2.13.3/build_visit2_13_3">build_visit</a> script.</p>
+<p>All the executables listed on this page only contain serial versions of VisIt unless the platform description indicates that it contains parallel support. If you need a parallel version for a platform not already provided you will need to build visit from source using the <a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/build_visit3_0_0b">build_visit</a> script.</p>
 
 <p>If you encounter problems downloading files from this page, NERSC's <code>/project</code> filesystem may be down. You can go <a href="https://www.nersc.gov/users/live-status">here</a> to check for yourself. There, you should find a page that looks something like <a href="content/assets/images/simulation/computer-codes/visit/nersc_live_status3.png" target="_blank">this one</a>. If it shows that <code>/project</code> is down, please try again later.</p>
 
@@ -36,6 +36,66 @@
 
 <p>VisIt is supported by the Department of Energy with funding from the Advanced Simulation and Computing Program and the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Program.</p>
 
+<h2>VisIt 3.0 Beta</h2>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-3.0.0">VisIt release notes</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit-install3_0_0b">VisIt install script</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/INSTALL_NOTES">VisIt install notes</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit_md5_checksums">VisIt md5 checksums</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit_sha1_checksums">VisIt sha1 checksums</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit_sha256_checksums">VisIt sha256 checksums</a> </li>
+  <li><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit_filesizes">VisIt file sizes</a><br><br> </li>
+</ul>
+
+<br /><br />
+
+<table class="table table-striped" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1">
+        <tr> 
+          <th width="615">Platform</th>
+          <th width="138">Executable</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Windows (Vista / 7 / 8) 64 bit<br />
+          Visual Studio 2012</td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit3.0.0b_x64.exe">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Mac OS X 10.13 - Intel 64 bit<br />
+          Darwin 10.13, Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0, clang-900.39.2, MPICH<br />
+          <i>(Includes parallel VisIt with self-contained MPICH MPI, Uintah. Works on Mac OS X 10.13 and later.)</i></td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/VisIt-3.0.0b-10.13.dmg">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Linux - x86_64 64 bit<br />
+          Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.5, 4.18.9-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP, gcc 4.8.5<br />
+          <i>(Includes parallel VisIt with self-contained MPICH MPI)</i></td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit3_0_0b.linux-x86_64-rhel7.tar.gz">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Linux - x86_64 64 bit<br />
+          Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.5, 4.18.9-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP, gcc 4.8.5<br />
+          <i>(Includes parallel VisIt with self-contained MPICH MPI and Mesa support for rendering without a display. Only use on servers without a display.)</i></td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit3_0_0b.linux-x86_64-rhel7-wmesa.tar.gz">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Linux - x86_64 64 bit<br />
+          Ubuntu 18.04, 4.15.0-38-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP, gcc 7.3</td>
+          <i>(Includes parallel VisIt with self-contained MPICH MPI)</i></td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit3_0_0b.linux-x86_64-ubuntu18.tar.gz">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Linux - x86_64 64 bit<br />
+          Ubuntu 18.04, 4.15.0-38-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP, gcc 7.3<br />
+          <i>(Includes parallel VisIt with self-contained MPICH MPI and Mesa support for rendering without a display. Only use on servers without a display.)</i></td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/visit3_0_0b.linux-x86_64-ubuntu18-wmesa.tar.gz">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>Java client library (jar file, compiled classes, source code, examples) </td>
+          <td><a href="http://portal.nersc.gov/project/visit/releases/3.0.0b/jvisit3.0.0b.tar.gz">Download</a></td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>  
+  
 <h2>VisIt 2.13.3</h2>
 
 <ul>

diff --git a/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/new.xml b/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/new.xml
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <page>
   <title><![CDATA[What's New in VisIt]]></title>
-  <IM>LLNL-WEB-760254</IM>
+  <IM>LLNL-WEB-765113</IM>
   <owner><![CDATA[Page Owner Name]]></owner>
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+  <lastchanged><![CDATA[January 28, 2019]]></lastchanged>
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@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 	<li><a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/faqs">FAQs</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2>January, 2019 - VisIt 3.0 Beta released</h2>
+<p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 3.0 Beta contains many bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-3.0.0">VisIt 3.0 Beta Release Notes</a>.</p>
+<h4>1.  VisIt now supports outputting Cinema databases.</h4>
+<p>Cinema is an image-based database that offers low-cost interaction with simulation data. When viewing a Cinema database through a Cinema viewer, the viewer merely changes the image from the database in response to changes in camera angle and other visualization parameters rather than performing potentially expensive I/O, computational and rendering operations.</p>
+<h4>2.  VisIt now supports rendering 3D images using the OSPRay.</h4>
+<p>OSPRay features interactive CPU rendering capabilities geared towards scientific visualization applications. Advanced shading effects such as ambient occlusion, shadows, and transparency can be rendered interactively, enabling new insights into data exploration.</p>
+<h4>3.  VisIt now supports plot animations.</h4>
+<p>VisIt has been enhanced so plots can provide custom animation behaviors. These behaviors are plot-specific and are independent of the time slider animation controls. For example, the <i>Vector</i> plot can alter the length of its glyphs periodically lengthening and shortening them. Plot animation is enabled for the <i>Curve</i> and <i>Vector</i> plugins.</p>
 <h2>October, 2018 - VisIt 2.13.3 released</h2>
 <p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 2.13.3 contains two dozen bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-2.13.3">VisIt 2.13.3 Release Notes</a>.</p>
 <h2>May, 2018 - VisIt 2.13.2 released</h2>

diff --git a/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/releases.xml b/docs/WebSite/pages/visit/releases.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <page>
   <title><![CDATA[Archive of VisIt Releases]]></title>
-  <IM>LLNL-WEB-760254</IM>
+  <IM>LLNL-WEB-765113</IM>
   <owner><![CDATA[Page Owner Name]]></owner>
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@@ -22,8 +22,16 @@
 	<li><a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/faqs">FAQs</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2>October, 2019 - VisIt 3.0 Beta released</h2>
+<p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 3.0 Beta contains many bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-3.0.0">VisIt 3.0 Beta Release Notes</a>.</p>
+<h4>1.  VisIt now supports outputting Cinema databases.</h4>
+<p>Cinema is an image-based database that offers low-cost interaction with simulation data. When viewing a Cinema database through a Cinema viewer, the viewer merely changes the image from the database in response to changes in camera angle and other visualization parameters rather than performing potentially expensive I/O, computational and rendering operations.</p>
+<h4>2.  VisIt now supports rendering 3D images using the OSPRay.</h4>
+<p>OSPRay features interactive CPU rendering capabilities geared towards scientific visualization applications. Advanced shading effects such as ambient occlusion, shadows, and transparency can be rendered interactively, enabling new insights into data exploration.</p>
+<h4>3.  VisIt now supports plot animations.</h4>
+<p>VisIt has been enhanced so plots can provide custom animation behaviors. These behaviors are plot-specific and are independent of the time slider animation controls. For example, the <i>Vector</i> plot can alter the length of its glyphs periodically lengthening and shortening them. Plot animation is enabled for the <i>Curve</i> and <i>Vector</i> plugins.</p>
 <h2>October, 2018 - VisIt 2.13.3 released</h2>
-<p>VisIt is a distributed, parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool for data defined on two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) meshes. Version 2.13.3 contains two dozen bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-2.13.3">VisIt 2.13.3 Release Notes</a>.</p>
+<p>VisIt 2.13.3 contains two dozen bug-fixes and new features. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-2.13.3">VisIt 2.13.3 Release Notes</a>.</p>
 <h2>May, 2018 - VisIt 2.13.2 released</h2>
 <p>VisIt 2.13.2 contains several critical bug-fixes. For a complete list of changes see the <a href="simulation/computer-codes/visit/releases/release-notes-2.13.2">VisIt 2.13.2 Release Notes</a>.</p>
 <h2>March, 2018 - VisIt 2.13.1 released</h2>