1) Follow guidelines found in IGB User’s Guide to set up a Quickload folder: Creating QuickLoad Sites
2) Place Quickload folder into the Public Dropbox folder.
3) Go into the Quickload folder and click on the contents.txt file.
You should see an option to "Copy public link..."
4) Click on "Copy public link…" and then select "Copy to Clipboard".
5) Now go to IGB.
Under the Data Access tab in the bottom left corner of IGB, click on Configure.
This will open the Data Sources panel.
6) Click on the Add… button.
- For name, enter whatever you want this server to be (Dropbox Quickload_Genome_Species, etc.).
- For type, leave as Quickload.
- For URL:, enter the Public Link from Dropbox.
IMPORTANT: remove the “contents.txt” from the end of the public link.
7) Hit submit.
You should then be told that your data is now available.
8) Your data should now be available under the Species link.
*If further assistance is needed please contact Ann Loraine, who will forward your question to the IGB team.As of 2017 it is no longer possible to host a Quickload in Dropbox, as Dropbox has removed support for the public folder.