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Reorder ViPDAC left hand menu options

#22

In making the movie showing how to use Vipdac, I noticed that the order of the menu items on the left hand side doesnt follow the most likely use by a researcher. I found myself hunting around the list to find the link I needed. I've outlined some ideas below, Im not sure if these are good or not!

Maybe have a first set of menu items dedicated to starting new jobs, linking directly to the appropriate actions required and named in an active voice, indicating what the user is going to do when they follow that link:

Start a new analysis 1. Select/Upload data file 2. Select/Create parameter file 3. Start Analysis Job (links to create new job, not job list) 4. Download Analysis Results (results files list)

We could then have the more 'overview-y' links below, along with the more advanced options:

View All Jobs View OMSSA Parameter Files View X!Tandem Parameter Files View Available Search Databases

*Advanced* Nodes [rename this to be more active? Add nodes, Add/Edit Nodes, Add EC2 Nodes, View/Edit Servers..?] Upload New Search Database

Reported by simont · February 19th, 2009 @ 09:21 AM

State: resolved
Milestone: high priority
Assigned to: jgeiger jgeiger

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  1. jgeiger
    jgeiger
    • State changed from new to open
    • Milestone set to high priority

    I agree that it should be fixed to be more useful to someone besides myself or another developer.

    February 19th, 2009 @ 09:35 AM

  2. jgeiger
    jgeiger
    • State changed from open to resolved

    (from [ad0affbef1794d6b2efc9971e9604da8a63c28c2]) Rename/reorder the menu options to have a better flow. Update css to make the menu more readable. Change the layout to use a wider left menu. [#22 Reorder ViPDAC left hand menu options state:resolved] http://github.com/mcwbbc/vipdac/...

    February 19th, 2009 @ 02:16 PM

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