Use backbone routing for a tours URL, since there's no serverside endpoint.

client/galaxy/scripts/apps/analysis.js

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ var jQuery = require( 'jquery' ),
     ToolPanel = require( './tool-panel' ),
     HistoryPanel = require( './history-panel' ),
     PAGE = require( 'layout/page' ),
-    ToolForm = require( 'mvc/tool/tool-form' );
+    ToolForm = require( 'mvc/tool/tool-form' ),
+    Tours = require( 'mvc/tours' );
 
 /** define the 'Analyze Data'/analysis/main/home page for Galaxy
  *  * has a masthead
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ window.app = function app( options, bootstrapped ){
             '(/)' : 'home',
             // TODO: remove annoying 'root' from root urls
             '(/)root*' : 'home',
+            '(/)tours' : 'show_tours',
+        },
+
+        show_tours : function( params ){
+            centerPanel.display( new Tours.ToursView() );
         },
 
         /**  */

client/galaxy/scripts/layout/menu.js

@@ -144,8 +144,13 @@ var Collection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
                     target  : '_blank'
                 },{
                     title   : 'Interactive Tours',
-                    onclick : function(c){
-                        Galaxy.app.display(new Tours.ToursView());
+                    onclick : function(){
+                        if (Galaxy.app){
+                            Galaxy.app.display(new Tours.ToursView());
+                        } else {
+                            // Redirect and use clientside routing to go to tour index
+                            window.location = Galaxy.root + "#/tours";
+                        }
                     },
                     target  : 'galaxy_main'
             }]

static/scripts/bundled/login.bundled.js

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-webpackJsonp([4],[function(e,r,n){(function(e){var r=n(1),a=r,i=n(59).GalaxyApp,o=n(10),t=n(5),l=n(61);window.app=function(n,c){window.Galaxy=new i(n,c),Galaxy.debug("login app");var d=encodeURI(n.redirect);if(!n.show_welcome_with_login){var w=r.param({use_panels:"True",redirect:d});return void(window.location.href=Galaxy.root+"user/login?"+w)}var p=new l.PageLayoutView(e.extend(n,{el:"body",center:new o.CenterPanel({el:"#center"}),right:new o.RightPanel({title:t("Login required"),el:"#right"})}));a(function(){var e=r.param({redirect:d}),a=Galaxy.root+"user/login?"+e;p.render(),p.center.$("#galaxy_main").prop("src",n.welcome_url),p.right.$(".unified-panel-body").css("overflow","hidden").html('<iframe src="'+a+'" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"/>')})}}).call(r,n(3))}]);
+webpackJsonp([4],[function(e,r,n){(function(e){var r=n(1),a=r,i=n(60).GalaxyApp,o=n(10),t=n(5),l=n(62);window.app=function(n,c){window.Galaxy=new i(n,c),Galaxy.debug("login app");var d=encodeURI(n.redirect);if(!n.show_welcome_with_login){var w=r.param({use_panels:"True",redirect:d});return void(window.location.href=Galaxy.root+"user/login?"+w)}var p=new l.PageLayoutView(e.extend(n,{el:"body",center:new o.CenterPanel({el:"#center"}),right:new o.RightPanel({title:t("Login required"),el:"#right"})}));a(function(){var e=r.param({redirect:d}),a=Galaxy.root+"user/login?"+e;p.render(),p.center.$("#galaxy_main").prop("src",n.welcome_url),p.right.$(".unified-panel-body").css("overflow","hidden").html('<iframe src="'+a+'" frameborder="0" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"/>')})}}).call(r,n(3))}]);
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