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Static Email Blocks
Are there static blocks for email in the new email templates?
If not, can we get some for placing images and text (WYSIWYG)?
eEdition - Date Picker / Calendar / Advanced Search
We have request from readers to bring back the date picker on the eEdition index page and add one within the application itself.
Better control over length of asset preview/lead
I realize the reporters/editors could be adding an online lead in the summary tab, but sometimes I feel like it's a good day if everything has the proper section tag and start date/time. Asking them to add this to their workflow will most likely be met with hostility. And I also realize I could go in and add my own lead to the offending assets, but so much in BLOX flows with such fluidity and ease...So why can't this?
If there's another way to do this please let me know.
Ad at the bottom of page
Is there an ad region like the Halloween ad at the bottom of this site?
If it doesn't load hopefully this screenshot will explain the location of the ad.
It stays at the bottom of the page as the user scrolls. I've never seen this ad region so I suspect it is a custom template. But it would be nice to have it as a standard BLOX region.
On our Flex templates we do have this as a built-in "block" ad type - we call it an anchor ad.
For Zen, we don't have anything built-in, but if you put in a Customer Support ticket, we have some example code that can help you with this. You'd have to do one size for desktop, and another for Touch 5.
And thanks Mike for your help! =)
Calendar RSS feed
Here's a sample feed from the calendar in question:
http://www.hutchnews.com/
Sorting based on Last Modify Time
In the editorial assets manager, you can sort assets according to the Start Time but not Last Modify Time. If I do an upload on October 3 at 9:46 a.m., for example, it would be helpful to be able to sort by Last Modify Time to see all the assets that were in that upload so I can more quickly add them to different sections, add flags, etc. The uploaded assets often come through with different Start Times because of when they were created or placed for our print edition, but even when they all have the same Start Time they are scattered through the editorial assets manager. I can't do a Search based on the Last Modify Time either—only the Start Date. Can this functionality be added?
"Facebook Official" block not applying customizations
I'm trying to edit the "External: Facebook Official" block's template customizations but it doesn't seem to be responding to the changes. For instance, I'd like to not show the faces of people who like our Facebook page. So I turn off "Show Faces" but it still shows the faces. There's also a "Maximum rows" option that is supposed to limit the number of rows of faces to display. I set it to 0 and I still get a row of faces. If I switch the "Plugin type" to "Activity Feed" instead of "Like Box" I get nothing.
So I'm not sure if Facebook's code changed but the block doesn't seem to be responding to the same options it used to.
Two lines in Byline area
The field in BLOX obviously allows multiple lines to be entered, however it "compresses" them into a single line on the public side of the site as seen here:
http://www.galvnews.com/opinion/editorials/free/article_3c505918-ef95-11e4-9cee-ebb2d7e87422.html
Please let me know if there is a way to do this already or if not consider it as a feature request.
Thanks
Flex and DFP
Am I able to preview DFP Flex blocks? I don't see the ad firing in preview. I want to make sure I am implementing correctly before we are ready to launch. Top leader board only shows placeholder. https://admin-newyork1.bloxcms.com/burlingtoncountytimes.com/tncms/admin/action/main/preview/site/flexsystem/-/sports/
Marketplace App
Has TownNews thought about creating an App that is just the Marketplace?
Poll assets with related links
Is there a way to link an article assets within a poll asset? For instance in a poll about privatizing ambulance service, can I link the story we wrote about privatizing ambulance service? I tried adding a related child article asset and a related link but it doesn't display anywhere.
Hi Nick!
This is a feature in our new templates. When are you moving to Flex? :)
Here is an example: http://www.flex-showcase.bloxcms.com/news/have-you-participated-in-the-als-ice-bucket-challenge/poll_c4cb2da3-b020-541d-b51a-de7f2470d66f.html
in page links
Support for USER ID tracking in Goggle analytics
More information is here:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/...
and here
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/312366...
There's more to it than just changing the Google javascript. ToS would need to change and the ability to Opt out would need to be added to user's self service pages.
Redirects for URLs and their children
It would be even better if I don't have to create a new URL in the BLOX URL map for the redirects too, so they don't clutter the URL map.
The reason I'm asking is because Google Webmaster Tools keeps finding URLs from my old site and our BLOX site is almost a year old.
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