Track hub functionality and workflow:

A user visits the site. The home page shows a succinct overview and summary of what the site does, via the interface.

The landing page should make it blindingly obvious what the site is for, and for whom. The landing page (the home page) should display a headline or tagline that succinctly explains what the site does. Examples of possible headlines include:

• Use this site to view Track Hub data in Integrated Genome Browser.
• Convert a UCSC Track Hub to a Quickload site for visualization in Integrated Genome Browser.
• This site lets you view your track hub data in Integrated Genome Browser.
• Transform a Track Hub into a Quickload data source for Integrated Genome Browser.

The home page should summarize and explain the purpose of the site using simple, accessible language and easy-to-understand graphics.

For example, the graphic could show a researcher sitting at a desk in the lab, looking at their computer. They see hundreds of Track Hub sites they normally would have to view using the UCSC Genome Browser, which is super-slow. Also, it only lets them view their own data if they set up a Track Hub of their own, which is hard. Thanks to the track hub converter, they can use IGB, which is faster and lets them look at their own data files without having to upload them to a server. Also, IGB lets them apply lots of different algorithms to their data, which helps them catch errors in data processing or discover new aspects of their data that purely numerical methods can't detect.

Either on the landing page or on linked page, there will be an interface where a user can enter a Track Hub URL, click a button, and then get back another URL corresponding to a Quickload site the user can then enter into IGB and use to visualize the data.

In addition, the interface will provide a way for a user to download the newly converted Quickload site as a folder package they can then open up and inspect on their local computer.

The inspiration for the site comes from YouTube-to-mp3/mp4 converters that lets users download video an audio files from YouTube.

Examples of youtube converters:

• https://yt1s.com/en5
• https://ytmp3.cc/youtube-to-mp3/

I would like to include these:
"Convert a UCSC Track Hub to a Quickload site for visualization in Integrated Genome Browser.
This site lets you view your track hub data in Integrated Genome Browser."

The site will be one page:
Link input box, > "processing" icon, > "download quickload here" button

Can we have an 'Open in IGB' button on the site that launches the quickload like our remote quickloads can?

Else include instructions for adding local quickload from IGB.

Can this be on one page or does it need to be three, one for each step.

TrackHub0.pptx file attached.
Link to blurrier version on google slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dCdsZV9AX2CFTH8pVnYh_uuFuelmuTZQ/view?usp=sharing

This is the first draft mockup of the converter website.
I will be asking around for feedback next.

Request for screen #3:

• Add a copy icon (looks like two pages on top of each other) to be displayed next to the link
• When user clicks the icon, the text of the link gets copied to the user's clipboard
• The link itself since it is user-facing should be user-friendly and easy to share

Here is a screen shot from tinyurl, which converts large urls to tiny ones. This is very similar to what we are doing with the track hub converter.

Here is another example application from the link shortening space. Notice here the user has logged in to their account and information is available about how often a given converted URL has been clicked.

Updated version with 'copy' button: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dCdsZV9AX2CFTH8pVnYh_uuFuelmuTZQ/view?usp=sharing

Omkar Marne, Could you give this a look and provide some feedback?
Is there anything missing or that needs modification?

Logan Weidenhammer The UI looks pretty good. I think this should be fine.
Also please share the code for this. I just need to take a look.

Now writing code for web page based on mockup. IGBF-2879

No longer working on this design.
There is potential for additional versions of the Track Hub site design in the future.

Otherwise this issue can be closed.