47c2e6cf8f6b2e3bc0336cb378c41993b304ba19 kuhn Thu Jul 2 11:05:54 2020 -0700 adding links and announcement to new video. changing workshop schedule accommodate more cancellations and virtualizations diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index b98633a..1e37c98 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -40,30 +40,77 @@ <div class="col-sm-3"> <ul> <li><a href="#2005">2005 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2004">2004 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2003">2003 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2002">2002 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2001">2001 News</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <!-- ============= 2020 archived news ============= --> <a name="2020"></a> +<a name="070120"></a> +<h2>Jul. 01, 2020 New video: Making links to the Genome Browser. +Part 1: Dissecting / Understanding the URL</h2> + +<p> +We are happy to announce another release to the UCSC Genome Browser +<a href = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQnUJepyNOw0p8s2otX4RYQ/videos" +target = _blank>YouTube channel</a>. +</p> + +<p> +This new video, <a href = +"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6TPvHDmpJk&feature=youtu.be&list=UUQnUJepyNOw0p8s2otX4RYQ" +target = _blank>Making links to the UCSC Genome Browser. Part 1: Dissecting / +Understanding the URL</a>, is Part One of a three-part series showing how to make +links to the Browser, featuring how to fashion a URL that turns on datasets of +choice at specific locations using coordinates, gene names and other annotation +identifiers. +</p> + +<p> +Future installments will show how to navigate to specific locations <em>within genes</em> +without knowing their genomic coordinates, how to set highlights, loading composite +tracks, accessing your remotely hosted custom tracks and how to make useful links +in your spreadsheets. +</p> + +<p> +As is our usual practice, the video comes with a <a href = +"../training/vids/transcript21.pdf" target = _blank>transcript</a> with internal +links to make it easier to find specific topics. +</p> + +<p> +<ul> + <li>Part 1: Dissecting / Understanding the URL </li> + <li>Part 2: Links inside genes and more tricks for links </li> + <li>Part 3: Composite tracks and hosted custom tracks </li> +</ul> +<p> + +<p> +Thanks to Robert Kuhn for production and to the Browser staff for all the features. +<p> + +</p> + <a name="062520"></a> <h2>Jun. 25, 2020 Vertebrate Genomes Project assembly hub update</h2> <p> We are proud to announce our first major update to the <a href="https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/hubs/VGP/" target="_blank">Vertebrate Genomes Project assembly hub</a>. This is a follow up to our <a href="#082819">initial release</a>, and expands the hub to 168 assemblies.</p> <p> With this update, we have created three additional hubs in addition to the main hub:</p> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/hubs/VGP/index.html"> <b>Primary assembly (72)</b></a> - Main hub which contains the primary assemblies for each of the organisms.</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/hubs/VGP/vgpAlt.html"> <b>Alternate/haplotype (68)</b></a> - Secondary hub which contains alternate