46a2fce90f0f9ece6b8e0b734fc3e9a956567dc1 donnak Tue May 10 11:01:41 2016 -0700 Made a few edits on gateway page news item. diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index c9342a9..60dbb9f 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -27,79 +27,77 @@ <TD> <P> To receive announcements of new genome assembly releases, new software features, updates and training seminars by email, subscribe to the <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/group/genome-announce?hl=en" TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list. Please see our <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/blog" target=_blank>blog</a> for posts about Genome Browser tools, features, projects and more. </p> <hr> <!-- start news --> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>10 May 2016 - New Gateway Page!</b></font> <p> - The UCSC Genome Browser team is proud to announce a newly designed - <a href="../cgi-bin/hgGateway" target="_blank">Gateway web page</a>. - While the main functionality remains unchanged as a gateway to all available - genome browsers on all available genome assemblies, several helpful new - features have been added:</p> + The UCSC Genome Browser team is proud to announce a newly redesigned + <a href="../cgi-bin/hgGateway" target="_blank">Genome Browser Gateway</a> page. + The Gateway retains its original functionality as a central access point for all genome assemblies + available on our site, while sporting several helpful new features and updates:</p> <ul> - <li>Autocomplete search for any genome browser, genome version, or public hub</li> - <li>Species browsing by scrolling through a visual + <li>Autocomplete searching for any genome browser, genome version, or public hub</li> + <li>Species browsing through a scrollable visual "tree" menu based on phylogenetic order</li> <li>Quick access shortcuts to popular browsers</li> <li>New style and color scheme</li> </ul> <p> - Please see our new <a href="https://youtu.be/5zc9sqd4SD4" - target="_blank">UCSC Genome Browser Gateway video</a> - for an introduction to these new features. As we continue to expand our - collection of high-quality, reviewed data by adding more genome assemblies - to our public site, the new autocomplete search functionality provides an - improved method for navigating to genome assemblies. As an alternative to - scrolling through long drop-down menus of genome assembly options, you can - now simply enter assembly search terms for autocomplete recognition, - providing quick access to your genome assembly of interest.</p> + Please see our <a href="https://youtu.be/5zc9sqd4SD4" + target="_blank">Gateway video</a> for an introduction to these new features. + </p> <p> - Please note the following differences in navigation, which used to appear - as links directly from the previous version of the Gateway web page. New - navigation for the following tools can all be found in the top horizontal - blue menu bar:</p> + The new Gateway addresses the need for streamlined access to the rapidly + growing number of genome assemblies available on our public site. + As an alternative to scrolling through long drop-down menus of genome assemblies, you can + now simply type in assembly search terms for autocomplete recognition, visually scroll + through our collection, or click a button to access our most popular species. + </p> + <p> + Note that a few browser utilities that were previously accessed through links and buttons on the + Gateway page have been moved to the top menu bar: + </p> <ul> - <li>Browser Reset: "Genome Browser" > "Reset All User Settings"</li> - <li>Track Search: "Genome Browser" > "Track Search"</li> - <li>Add Custom Tracks: "My Data" > "Custom Tracks"</li> - <li>Track Hubs: "My Data" > "Track Hubs"</li> - <li>Configure Tracks and Display: "Genome Browser" > "Configure"</li> + <li>Browser reset: Genome Browser > Reset All User Settings</li> + <li>Track search: Genome Browser > Track Search</li> + <li>Add custom tracks: My Data > Custom Tracks</li> + <li>Track hubs: My Data > Track Hubs</li> + <li>Configure tracks and display: Genome Browser > Configure</li> </ul> <p> We would like to acknowledge the following people for their contributions to the new Gateway: original art by Jeff West Design, concept by Robert Kuhn, software design by Angie Hinrichs, and quality assurance by Cath Tyner.</p> <hr> <!-- start archives --> <!--staged for future release <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>10 May 2016 - New Gateway Page!</b>: </font> - The UCSC Genome Browser team is proud to announce a newly designed - <a href="../../cgi-bin/hgGateway" target="_blank">Gateway web page</a>. + The UCSC Genome Browser team is proud to announce a newly redesigned + <a href="../../cgi-bin/hgGateway" target="_blank">Genome Browser Gateway page</a>. Please see our <a href="https://youtu.be/5zc9sqd4SD4" - target="_blank">UCSC Genome Browser Gateway video</a> - for an introduction to these new features. + target="_blank">Gateway video</a> for an introduction to these new features. <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#051016">Read more</a>. --> <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>22 Apr 2016 - Data from the Lens PatSeq Database Now Available</b>: </font> We are pleased to announce the release of a set of tracks containing data from the <a href="https://www.lens.org/" target="_blank">Lens</a> PatSeq database in the UCSC Genome Browser. <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#042216">Read more</a>. <p> <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>19 April 2016 - New Genotyping Tissue Expression Track for hg19 and hg38!</b>: </font> We are excited to announce the release of a new track based on data from the <a href="http://commonfund.nih.gov/GTEx/index"