Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1100 South Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63104, United States.
Biophys Chem. 2018 Mar;234:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.11.004. Epub 2017 Nov 26.
Research-oriented websites are an important means for the timely communication of information. These websites fall under a number of categories including: research laboratories, training grant and program projects, and online service portals. Invariably there is content on a site, such as publication listings, that require frequent updating. A number of content management systems exist to aid in the task of developing and managing a website, each with their strengths and weaknesses. One popular choice is Wordpress, a free, open source and actively developed application for the creation of web content. During a recent site redesign for our department, the need arose to ensure publications were up to date for each of the research labs and department as a whole. Several plugins for Wordpress offer this type of functionality, but in many cases the plugins are either no longer maintained, are missing features that would require the use of several, possibly incompatible, plugins or lack features for layout on a webpage. WPBMB Entrez was developed to address these needs. WPBMB Entrez utilizes a subset of NCBI Entrez and RCSB databases to maintain up to date records of publications, and publication related information on Wordpress-based websites. The core functionality uses the same search query syntax as on the NCBI Entrez site, including advanced query syntaxes. The plugin is extensible allowing for rapid development and addition of new data sources as the need arises. WPBMB Entrez was designed to be easy to use, yet flexible enough to address more complex usage scenarios. Features of the plugin include: an easy to use interface, design customization, multiple templates for displaying publication results, a caching mechanism to reduce page load times, supports multiple distinct queries and retrieval modes, and the ability to aggregate multiple queries into unified lists. Additionally, developer documentation is provided to aid in customization of the plugin. WPBMB Entrez is available at no cost, is open source and works with all recent versions of Wordpress.
研究型网站是信息及时交流的重要手段。这些网站属于以下几类:研究实验室、培训资助和项目计划以及在线服务门户。网站上不可避免地会有一些内容,如出版物列表,需要经常更新。有许多内容管理系统可用于协助开发和管理网站,每个系统都有其优缺点。WordPress 是一种流行的选择,它是一种免费、开源且积极开发的用于创建网页内容的应用程序。在最近我们部门的网站重新设计过程中,需要确保每个研究实验室和部门的出版物都是最新的。WordPress 有几个插件提供这种类型的功能,但在许多情况下,这些插件要么不再维护,要么缺少功能,需要使用多个可能不兼容的插件,要么缺乏网页布局功能。WPBMB Entrez 就是为了解决这些需求而开发的。WPBMB Entrez 利用 NCBI Entrez 和 RCSB 数据库的子集来维护基于 Wordpress 网站上出版物及其相关信息的最新记录。核心功能使用与 NCBI Entrez 网站相同的搜索查询语法,包括高级查询语法。该插件可扩展,允许根据需要快速开发和添加新数据源。WPBMB Entrez 旨在易于使用,但又足够灵活,可以处理更复杂的使用场景。该插件的功能包括:易于使用的界面、设计自定义、用于显示出版物结果的多个模板、用于减少页面加载时间的缓存机制、支持多个不同的查询和检索模式,以及将多个查询聚合到统一列表的能力。此外,还提供了开发人员文档,以帮助自定义插件。WPBMB Entrez 是免费的、开源的,并且与所有最新版本的 Wordpress 兼容。