Our organization uses VDIs (virtual desktops) hosted in Microsoft Azure as our means of doing business.  The site looks great in the VDI without any issues whatsoever. When I click the login link, I receive the login screen.  However, when I submit my credentials the server returns with an HTTP 429 error.  "Too Many Requests"

Is there anyway to avoid this message? Perhaps the system thinks that I (along with all other Azure traffic) is the same individual attacking the CMS? Is there a way to relax this restriction so we can avoid purchasing physical machines?

Thanks

I have an AP Channel set-up.  Are these stories supposed to flow into my site automatically?  Do I need a JOB setup?   My intention is to have a small widget that flows in AP stories dealing with NBA.  

We are trying to sell our masthead banner ad space, but advertisers frequently ask to have it scroll with the page.

We would like to be able to use the Skyline Utility Region while the Navigation option is set to Fixed on Scroll, and have the option to allow any custom blocks in that region to also scroll with the navigation header (above it).

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Does anyone have any experience integrating Hearken or Groundsource with BLOX?

You may have heard, but in case you haven't, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is offering a 650k grant to help newsrooms deepen engagement with audiences using either of these tools.We are considering going for the grant, but I am having a hell of a time getting anyone from TN / Blox to tell me if the tools will work inside our system. 

Any experience or confirmation from the mother ship?

How does one configure a block to display on mobile only? I want to add a block that will only show on a mobile device. 

I used to be able to run animated GIFs in stories, and on section fronts/homepages IIRC.  But trying to do one Friday and another today and they're not displaying.

Did something change, or am I finally going crazy?

I am attempting to follow the instructions from How Do I Set Up an Associated Press Syndication Channel? but when I create a channel, I do not have an AP option.  Only CNN, Blox, RSS, and YouTube. 

Has anyone built a Stocks widget for the Flex Email Reach similar to the Email Reach | Email: Weather forecast block?

When we export self-service calendar listings for print, we'd like to be able to limit the word count without a lot of hand editing. To do this, it would help if the description field could be limited, especially for those listings that choose a print upsell. Say 250-300 characters max, with a countdown that tells the person entering the listing how much space they have left. 

This could also be a separate, short description field, perhaps, so the long version, if needed, could run online.  

Hello, 

This is a suggestion to change some terms for the in-story ads. I know that the first one is supposed to show up after 3 paragraphs, but when you include a content block – a mugshot, or a link to a related article, for example – it counts those as a paragraph, often leading to blank space above the first ad block. An example of this can be found here.

If those did not count as paragraphs for ad spacing purposes, it would be better for spacing purposes.

Thanks,

Brendan Hartsell

When I create a new Sale Event within BLOX for an advertiser, I am prompted to enter a “Business” and a “Venue”. This works great for our needs because our Sale Events are cattle sales and the actual sale will often take place away from the ranch that is presenting the sale. Both the ranch and sale facility receive exposure. We want our readers/advertisers to be able to submit their own Sale Events from their user dashboard. But currently, they are not prompted to enter a “Business” and a “Venue”.

These two Sale Event creation methods should match.

For ad orders of print+online packages with Ad Runs defined by a Weeks (vs. Days) schedule, the system-generated email constructs a message which communicates a start date which aligns with the initial print edition date.  This messaging is inconsistent with our service delivery standard (online ads are published asap, in advance of print publication).  This errant messaging either fosters customer dissatisfaction or adds an administrative burden.  We can manually overwrite the message, but desire an automated solution.  We could construct a satisfactory email message, if this email were accessible via Email Templates.

We're interested in doing "Live" blogging or article updates. Previously we've just relied on Live Twitter Feeds in articles, but something more substantial would be better for the direction we're wanting to go.

Does anyone have a service that works well with BLOX? Any limitations or potential issues, such as the ~5 minute cache?

Are there any plans for implimenting a Live Blog/Article service in BLOX? Would be fantastic for stories about council meetings, elections, sports games to name a few. Possibly tying it closer to the mobile version of the back end would mean our reporters could do updates on-the-fly and on the field.

From time to time we have some national brands that want to advertise on our website. Many of those are only interested in certain zip codes. The problem is that I look up my IP online and some websites show I'm in the correct city but others show me in a different state entirely. BLOX seems to be the former in this instance and therefore I don't see the ads. This cuts out a lot of our ad impressions. I've even gone so far as to set a radius 100 miles from my zip code and still get nothing.

So is there anything that can be done to more accurately pinpoint where our users are located? Does anyone else ever experience this?