a9c71c94309db1f28fc29cbb2d9c062e79c7201f
lrnassar
  Fri Sep 4 14:58:18 2026 -0700
BLAT dated banner: make the news announcement URL an hg.conf setting. refs #37996

blatNewFormNewsUrl, defaulting to the news archive page, so the banner can point at the
announcement's anchor once it is published without a CGI rebuild. Documented in ex.hg.conf.

diff --git src/product/ex.hg.conf src/product/ex.hg.conf
index cc3356064e7..17a5e11283e 100644
--- src/product/ex.hg.conf
+++ src/product/ex.hg.conf
@@ -699,30 +699,34 @@
 # Offer a "Keep only last search" checkbox on the BLAT search form.  Off by default: results
 # accumulate as always.  When set to on, a user can check the box to have each new BLAT search
 # remove their earlier BLAT result tracks (tagged blatResult=on); the choice is stored in the
 # cart variable blatOnlyLatest and remembered per browser.
 # blatOnlyLatestCheckbox=on
 
 # Advertise the new BLAT results table page with a banner on the classic results page.
 # Default is off (the new page is still under test); set to on to show the invitation.
 # blatNewPageBanner=on
 
 # Announce the date the new BLAT search page becomes the default.  When set, the classic form's
 # banner changes from "we are testing" to "We will be updating this BLAT page on <date>" with an
 # opt-in link and a pointer to the news announcement.  Free-text date, e.g. "October 21".
 # blatNewFormSwitchDate=October 21
 
+# Where the dated banner's "news announcement" link points.  Defaults to the news archive page;
+# set it to the announcement's anchor once that is published.
+# blatNewFormNewsUrl=../goldenPath/newsarch.html#092526
+
 # use a database other than hgFixed for the location of genbank table like gbCdnaInfo
 # genbankDb=hgFixed
 
 # use a table other than clade to hold the mappings from clades to their labels
 # cladeTableName=clade
 #
 # use a table other than genomeClade to hold the mappings from genome to clade
 # genomeCladeTableName=genomeClade
 #
 # use a table other than defaultDb to hold the default assembly for a genome
 # defaultDbTableName=defaultDb
 #
 # use a table other than dbDb to describe attributes of installed assemblies
 # dbDbTableName=dbDb
 #