[Gmod-gbrowse] New Web Apollo release WA1.0.2(JB1.11.5)

[Monica Munoz-Torres]

Hello Everyone,

We would like to announce a new Web Apollo release.

This is our first official mavenized <http://maven.apache.org/> release,
and it includes a number of changes. If you currently have Web Apollo
instances running, please be sure to read carefully through the updated
documentation. Specially note: no more symlinking; please use property
files instead.

This latest release can be downloaded from GitHub:
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/releases/latest

The Readme contains steps for a Quick Update to version 1.0.x (note
changes):
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/blob/master/README.md

Complete WebApollo installation and configuration instructions for 1.x are
available at:
http://webapollo.readthedocs.org

For a detailed account of all changes, please visit:
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/blob/master/ChangeLog.md

These are a few highlighted changes:

*Features: *
+ Added functionality for extending to downstream/upstream acceptor/donor
splice sites
+ Added "revert" buttons on rows in history to allow one click change of
state
+ Added "{" and "}" for navigating between top level features
+ Added feature coordinates to the "Get Sequence" (get_sequence) output
+ Added tool to split all isoforms into individual genes
(RemoveIsoforms.java)
+ Added ability to hide track labels under "view".
+ Added ability to switch between light / dark background color schemes.
+ Added tool for fixing gene boundaries based on children transcripts
(FixGeneBoundaries.java)
+ Added option to allow use of encrypted database but does not require it,
and
+ Added ability to encrypt an unencrypted database via encrypt_passwords.pl
+ Using javascript minimization for JBrowse+WebApollo to allow faster
initial load time
+ Using Maven build system for deployment (See new installation guide
listed above)
+ Integrate with TravisCI: https://travis-ci.org/GMOD/Apollo
+ Added ability to visualize latest changes, and menu items to changes and
sequence-selection pages to the annotation screen, fixing memory issues
from selectTrack.jsp and recentChanges.jsp pages.
+ alt/Option+click brings up Information Editor on annotated track.
+ Added webservices doc links to interface.
+ Added command line exporters for GFF3 files.
+ Using JBrowse 1.11.5

*Bugfixes:*
+ Fixed phase in GFF3 output
+ Disabled scrollToPreviousEdge/scrollToNextEdge if the feature is fully
visible at the current zoom level
+ Included Chado libraries that were missing in 2014-04-03 release
+ Removed 'null' tracks from changes.
+ Menus use proper CSS pointer.

If you are new to Apollo, we suggest that you learn more about our software
and its functionality by taking a tour of the Web Apollo Demo (
http://genomearchitect.org/WebApolloDemo) and exploring the User Guide (
http://genomearchitect.org/web_apollo_user_guide)

We look forward to receiving your questions and suggestions.


Sincerely,
The Web Apollo Development Team



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Monica Munoz-Torres, PhD.
Berkeley Bioinformatics Open-source Projects (BBOP)
Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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