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Note that if there is no genome version available for the newly added species, the shortcut will fail. You should only add a new image to the start screen carousel if the genome is supported by one or more default servers.
Table of Contents
Setting up
Fork the repository and clone a copy onto your local computer. See Developing IGBIntegrated Genome Browser.
View examples of IGB start screen images in core/common/src/main/resources/images in your local copy.
Create start screen image
Find or create a non-copyrighted image to represent the species.
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- PNG format
- 250 pixels wide and 250 pixels tall
- resolution 72 pixels per inch (DPI)
Add the image and image credits to the repository
The image file name must match the genome version, minus the date and year information. For example, the image representing the latest human genome version is named H_sapiens.png. Likewise, the image representing the japonica rice genome is named O_sativa_japonica.png.
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- Add and commit the file to core/common/src/main/resources/images
- Edit the file named image credits - record the source of the original image.
Add image and species to start screen configuration file
The start screen reads its data set configuration from a plain text file named display_species.txt, which resides in core/common/src/main/resources.
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