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[ghzheng]

Hi Xiangjun,

Just to let you know that the web access to the X3DNA (env problem) had been solved. And I made some small progress on the web project:

http://dnaserver.rutgers.edu/~ghzheng/w3dnadev/

There, analyzing a pdb structure with a valid ID is mostly working except for the data grids (check the download section).
As a start, rebuilding a simple fiber functions.
Many of links on the webpage just don't work and still under construction.

Here, I am writing to ask you for designing a logo for our web server. As you see, I made a temporary log on the front page, but I don't think it looks beautiful. You have a lot of experience of creating fancy pictures. Could you please make one or give some idea? Thanks.

And any suggestion on the further development?

Guohui

[xiangjun]

Hi Guohui,

Good progress!

Try to finish 'fiber' model building first, as suggested earlier. Present the user with a full-list of available models (55), and based on selected model number, ask for sequence or just repeating unit. It is fine to have the most common A-, B-, C- and Z- (not D-, or with D-) form at the top.

I am not a designer either -- in the 3DNA forum, I have been asking for user's contributions. Until very recently have I updated the 3DNA forum logo. But honestly, I do not like the one you currently post there. I have created an alternative as attached here, which has a transparent background.

For 'analyze', you could pre-build all available NDB entries. Thus when a NDB/PDB id is supplied, the results are immediately available.

Keep good work!

Xiang-Jun
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[ghzheng]

Hi Xiangjun,

Can you make a mini-version of the w3DNA_logo you made the other day? That would be used in subpages.
The size could be 50% weight 50% height of the original one.

Thanks.

Guohui

[xiangjun]

Hi Guohui,

Regarding the mini-version of the logo, you can simply use gimp or any other image processing tools to resize it. As I said before, I am really not an artist at all. The logo I gave you was produced with a web-based logo generator so take it as a placeholder: there is certainly better ways to get it done.

Xiang-Jun