Improve UI text to guide users better.

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/uploader/templates/species/create-species.html b/uploader/templates/species/create-species.html
index 9b7c954..0ed61b7 100644
--- a/uploader/templates/species/create-species.html
+++ b/uploader/templates/species/create-species.html
@@ -29,35 +29,41 @@
       <label for="txt-taxonomy-id" class="control-label col-sm-2">
         Taxonomy ID</label>
       <div class="col-sm-10">
-      <div class="input-group">
-        <input id="txt-taxonomy-id"
-               name="species_taxonomy_id"
-               type="text"
-               class="form-control" />
-        <span class="input-group-btn">
-          <button id="btn-search-taxonid" class="btn btn-info">Search</button>
-        </span>
-      </div>
-      <small class="form-text text-small text-muted">Provide the taxonomy ID for
-        your species that can be used to link to external sites like NCBI. Enter
-        the taxonomy ID and click "Search" to auto-fill the form with data.
-        <br />
-        While it is recommended to provide a value for this field, doing so is
-        optional.
-      </small>
+        <div class="input-group">
+          <input id="txt-taxonomy-id"
+                 name="species_taxonomy_id"
+                 type="text"
+                 class="form-control" />
+          <span class="input-group-btn">
+            <button id="btn-search-taxonid" class="btn btn-info">Search</button>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <small class="form-text text-small text-muted">
+          Use
+          <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/"
+             title="NCBI's Taxonomy Browser homepage"
+             target="_blank">
+            NCBI's Taxonomy Browser homepage</a> to search for the species you
+          want. If the species exists on NCBI, they will have a Taxonomy ID. Copy
+          that Taxonomy ID to this field, and click "Search" to auto-fill the
+          details.<br />
+          This field is optional.</small>
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
       <label for="txt-species-name" class="control-label col-sm-2">Common Name</label>
       <div class="col-sm-10">
-      <input id="txt-species-name"
-             name="common_name"
-             type="text"
-             class="form-control"
-             required="required" />
-      <small class="form-text text-muted">Provide the common, possibly
-        non-scientific name for the species here, e.g. Human, Mouse, etc.</small>
+        <input id="txt-species-name"
+               name="common_name"
+               type="text"
+               class="form-control"
+               required="required" />
+        <small class="form-text text-muted">This is the day-to-day term used by
+          laymen, e.g. Mouse (instead of Mus musculus), round worm (instead of
+          Ascaris lumbricoides), etc.<br />
+          For species without this, just enter the scientific name.
+        </small>
       </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -65,31 +71,30 @@
       <label for="txt-species-scientific" class="control-label col-sm-2">
         Scientific Name</label>
       <div class="col-sm-10">
-      <input id="txt-species-scientific"
-             name="scientific_name"
-             type="text"
-             class="form-control"
-             required="required" />
-      <small class="form-text text-muted">Provide the scientific name for the
-        species you are creating, e.g. Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, etc.</small>
+        <input id="txt-species-scientific"
+               name="scientific_name"
+               type="text"
+               class="form-control"
+               required="required" />
+        <small class="form-text text-muted">This is the scientific name for the
+          species e.g. Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, etc.</small>
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
       <label for="select-species-family" class="control-label col-sm-2">Family</label>
       <div class="col-sm-10">
-      <select id="select-species-family"
-              name="species_family"
-              required="required"
-              class="form-control">
-        <option value="">Please select a grouping</option>
-        {%for family in families%}
-        <option value="{{family}}">{{family}}</option>
-        {%endfor%}
-      </select>
-      <small class="form-text text-muted">
-        This is a generic grouping for the species that determines under which
-        grouping the species appears in the GeneNetwork menus</small>
+        <select id="select-species-family"
+                name="species_family"
+                required="required"
+                class="form-control">
+          <option value="ungrouped">I do not know what to pick</option>
+          {%for family in families%}
+          <option value="{{family}}">{{family}}</option>
+          {%endfor%}
+        </select>
+        <small class="form-text text-muted">
+          This is a rough grouping of the species.</small>
       </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@
               }
               msg = (
                   "Request to '${uri}' failed with message '${textStatus}'. "
-                  + "Please try again later, or fill the details manually.");
+                      + "Please try again later, or fill the details manually.");
               alert(msg);
               console.error(msg, data, textStatus);
               return false;