Service pages w/o login are confusing/problematic

[dawenx]

Previously, if a user is not logged in and tries to access any service, a login form was displayed. It looked like we did some changes lately and it's confusing/problematic for some services now:

As today (07/13/2018), when a user is not logged in, we show log in form for 12 of them (16 services in total). There are 4 services (BLAST, Similar Genome Finder, Protein Family Sorter and Comparative Pathway Tool) that can be seen without login, but all workspace object related inputs are broken. See below screen shot for Similar Genome Finder service.

[rkenyon]

Actually, I believe that we would like to get to the point where all service submission forms without logging in, but that the form is disabled (except for links to User Guides and Tutorials) in some consistent way and there is a clear message that login is required to use the service.

The rationale for this is that, for a new non-logged in user, it is jarring and a bit frustrating to get a generic login form when you click on any of the services. If the user can see something about what the service is and does before they have to (create a) login, it would be more user-friendly.

Ron

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Previously, if a user is not logged in and tries to access any service, a login form was displayed. It looked like we did some changes lately and it's confusing/problematic for some services now:

As today (07/13/2018), when a user is not logged in, we show log in form for 12 of them (16 services in total). There are 4 services (BLAST, Similar Genome Finder, Protein Family Sorter and Comparative Pathway Tool) that can be seen without login, but all workspace object related inputs are broken. See below screen shot for Similar Genome Finder service. [image: service_wo_login] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26723038/42700246-25c687c6-8691-11e8-987d-bb2e69f537fa.png

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[dawenx]

@rkenyon I remember the discussion on this. But what we are showing on the production right now is more confusing IMHO. For example, the screen shot I attached shows a broken interface for uploading FASTA. And somewhat surprisingly, user now can use this service without logging in.

[rkenyon]

Yes, what is on production is confusing. I'm just suggesting where we want to go, ultimately.

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@rkenyon https://github.com/rkenyon I remember the discussion on this. But what we are showing on the production right now is more confusing IMHO. For example, the screen shot I attached shows a broken interface for uploading FASTA. And somewhat surprisingly, user now can use this service without logging in.

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[dawenx]

i have a discussion with @dmachi today and i will work on this. when a service requires login and the user is not logged in, the plan is to show service description, links to user guide and tutorial and a login form; everything else will be the same as before. this requires change on AppBase and all service apps.

[dawenx]

@rkenyon this is done and on alpha now, please verify, thanks

[rkenyon]

I checked all the links and mostly they look good, except for the following.

1. Metagenomic Binning Service needs a better introduction. Please use the following:

The Metagenomic Binning Service accepts either reads or contigs, and attempts to "bin" the data into a set of genomes. This service can be used to reconstruct bacterial and archael genomes from environmental samples. For further explanation...

2. Model Reconstruction Service needs a better introduction. Please use this:

The Model Reconstruction Service integrates and augments technologies for genome annotation, construction of gene-protein-reaction (GPR) associations, generation of biomass reactions, reaction network assembly, thermodynamic analysis of reaction reversibility, and model optimization, to generate draft genome-scale metabolic models. The service is capable of generating functioning draft metabolic models of an organism starting from an assembled genome sequence. For further explanation...

3. ID Mapper Service seems to be using the form information for Proteome Comparison Service

[image: Screen Shot 2018-09-18 at 1.44.56 PM.png]

4. The "i" button on Metagenomic Binning Service (logged in) is missing.

Ron

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@rkenyon https://github.com/rkenyon this is done and on alpha now, please verify, thanks

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[dawenx]

@rkenyon thanks for your comments, i have addressed all except item 3 ( and it is because we currently don't have a tutorial for ID Mapper service). i have set the URL to tutorial index page for now, will update it when Rebecca creates one.

@hyoo i submitted a new PR, are you planning to push it to production in near future? it will address the progressive refinement issue in tree service as well.

[rkenyon]

@dawenx I have added a stub page for the ID Mapper Service tutorial. Please change the tutorial link to this: https://docs.patricbrc.org/tutorial/id_mapper/id_mapper.html

[dawenx]

Look like the link is not available before the nightly auto build, but i went ahead to update it in the service.

[rkenyon]

Thanks. Yes, it will be available after 4PM our time today.

[hyoo]

i have refreshed the doc site, and should be available now. please check.

[rkenyon]

Verified. Working correctly.

Ron

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i have refreshed the doc site, and should be available now. please check.

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[dawenx]

@hyoo i forgot to add tutorial icon/link to ID Mapper service in its logged in form. i just fixed it and submitted one more PR. sorry about the extra work.

[dawenx]

above problem is not related to this issue and there's no harm to delay adding the link to a placeholder, i will close the ticket.