tripal_jbrowse/README.md

Tripal JBrowse

This module provides integration between Drupal/Tripal sites and pre-existing GMOD Jbrowse instances.

Dependencies

• Link Field

Installation

1. First install the link module.
2. Then install this module as you would any other Drupal module (Drupal Documentation)

##Functionality This module creates a "JBrowse Instance" content type with fields (uses the Drupal Field API) for specifying the URL of the pre-existing JBrowse instance, the start location and the tracks to display by default. There is extensive documentation in the add/edit.

This allows you to create a page for each JBrowse Instance you want to embed in your site. You can use the Drupal "URL path alias" settings on the add/edit form to provide a friendly URL and theme it the same way you would any other node page.

Future Work

1. Embed JBrowse natively (not inside an iFrame) --depends on https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/issues/777
2. Create a Drupal 7 field (perhaps a Tripal3 TripalField) which embeds a JBrowse on Tripal content pages. NOTE: This module is already Tripal 3 compatible. The next version will continue to use a node for the JBrowse instance page since it is simply a page and not biological content.