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Email import articles directly into workflow
I would really like to see a way to import articles via email to the blox editor and then automatically have those added into the start of a workflow to be edited. This would streamline our production of content greatly! Currently we have to have someone here to monitor the feed and manually place assets into workflow to be copy-edited. This is not as efficient as it could be.
Is this currently possible? If not, this needs to be a new feature.
A note: We already have email importing set up and running. We also have workflow set up and running.
Is this currently possible? If not, this needs to be a new feature.
A note: We already have email importing set up and running. We also have workflow set up and running.
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CMS Print Tab and/or depth inch count
Is it possible to have the Print tab that is in tcms available in cms? Or at least the depth count?
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Under review
HTML Editor
Are there any plans to upgrade the HTML editing in Blox?
Some suggestions and things I would love to see:
Some suggestions and things I would love to see:
- syntax highlighting
- emmet integration
- tab/whitespace formatting and sanitization
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Where to change the Touch 5 author asset_author_display
I'm trying to get the mobile assets to show the author name instead of the username. The byline is under the headline, so that's good. However the author field under the image in the right-rail shows the username with the avatar. Is there a way to change that to display the person's actual name?
Answer
Christine Masters
9 years ago
Hi Craig!
We have not yet done a public webinar on Flex. We're hoping to do something later this year! :)
We have not yet done a public webinar on Flex. We're hoping to do something later this year! :)
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Under review
Add swiping to e-edition on mobile
We've gotten some feedback recently on our E-Edition and our customers would really like the ability to swipe between HTML pages.
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Calendar scheduling on front end not detailed
I'm having a business flooding my inbox with calendar events. That's all fine and dandy, but they're making two listings for the same event because there are two schedules. For example one schedule is Mon-Fri from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and the other is Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. In the back end I can condense the two but each time I have to make sure I'm editing the correct event and they aren't actually two separate events.
So is there something I'm missing in the front end that would allow for multiple schedules?
So is there something I'm missing in the front end that would allow for multiple schedules?
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Comments "Real Names"
Is anyone else using the "Real Name" option for reader comments on your site? We made the switch earlier this summer.
You can read about why we made the change here: http://www.galvnews.com/realname/
You can read about why we made the change here: http://www.galvnews.com/realname/
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Content importer author
I'd like the ability to have an email field for a content importer to assign an author rather than automatically assigning the sender of the email as the author. For instance we've got some people who write articles but I just don't trust enough to allow them to email their stories correctly to our breaking news importer. So an editor or someone a little more tech-savvy would have to do it and the system will set them as the author rather than the actual author.
I know there are no other fields available but maybe having a code like >>jsmith<< will be read as the author and John Smith will be set as the author while the rest of the body would be the body of the asset.
I know there are no other fields available but maybe having a code like >>jsmith<< will be read as the author and John Smith will be set as the author while the rest of the body would be the body of the asset.
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Settings > Jobs Import starting at a specific timestamp
Is there a way to have a job feed from an rss start on at a particular day. Example: I have a feed with older content and want to create assets from that feed that were added starting today. Anything older then today would be ignored.
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Answered
Marketplace listing preview before making it live
Is there a way for advertisers to proof a Marketplace listing before we make it live? I've been told by someone who used to work at a paper with BLOX that their advertisers were able to proof the listings. Thanks!
Answer
Christine Masters
9 years ago
Hi Nick!
There isn't a way to preview it before making it "live." However, you can set it up and then have the advertiser preview it before you promote it on the front page or elsewhere. That way, they can see it before it gets a lot of traffic... but technically it is still live and able to be found in search.
There isn't a way to preview it before making it "live." However, you can set it up and then have the advertiser preview it before you promote it on the front page or elsewhere. That way, they can see it before it gets a lot of traffic... but technically it is still live and able to be found in search.
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Answered
Custom Facebook OG / Twitter Card metadata for certain Sections/URLs
We’re ramping up our annual Readers’ Choice awards and while working on our social media promotions I realized that our main contest page doesn’t share very well on social media.
It is a page with nothing but HTML assets so the Open Graph tags created by BLOX are all just generic ones for our site. None of the content or images on that page are used for in the metadata for the title, description, image, etc.
A feature I’d like to see added to BLOX would be the ability to create custom Open Graph / Twitter metadata for certain Sections within a site.
This would be helpful in my situation above, but could also be very useful on a day-to-day basis. For example we could reference our sports department’s Twitter account in the metadata for sports stories as opposed to our main news Twitter account.
What do y’all think?
It is a page with nothing but HTML assets so the Open Graph tags created by BLOX are all just generic ones for our site. None of the content or images on that page are used for in the metadata for the title, description, image, etc.
A feature I’d like to see added to BLOX would be the ability to create custom Open Graph / Twitter metadata for certain Sections within a site.
This would be helpful in my situation above, but could also be very useful on a day-to-day basis. For example we could reference our sports department’s Twitter account in the metadata for sports stories as opposed to our main news Twitter account.
What do y’all think?
Answer
Christine Masters
9 years ago
Hi Kevin!
Most of those things are really URL custom properties (they can be assigned in site settings OR on a URL map), so it is possible to add different OG properties to, for example, the sports section.
Here are all the OG properties that are available:
http://docs.townnews.com/kbpublisher/OpenGraph-Tags-URL-Custom-Properties_7768.html
Twitter Cards don't have any custom properties, because they are just automatic based on the content.
http://docs.townnews.com/kbpublisher/How-do-I-set-up-Twitter-cards_8635.html
Let me know if this works for you! Thanks!
Christine
Most of those things are really URL custom properties (they can be assigned in site settings OR on a URL map), so it is possible to add different OG properties to, for example, the sports section.
Here are all the OG properties that are available:
http://docs.townnews.com/kbpublisher/OpenGraph-Tags-URL-Custom-Properties_7768.html
Twitter Cards don't have any custom properties, because they are just automatic based on the content.
http://docs.townnews.com/kbpublisher/How-do-I-set-up-Twitter-cards_8635.html
Let me know if this works for you! Thanks!
Christine
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Answered
Question about charging tax in BLOX forms
In the BLOX forms, does the system know whether to add tax to someone's purchase total based on what state they're in? We've set up a form to allow Georgia residents and non-Georgia residents to purchase our magazine. But I don't want to have multiple subscriptions for residents and non-residents. So if someone from Florida purchases a subscription, will BLOX know not to charge them the tax?
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Under review
CSS in article assets
Hello, folks!
Our Editorial staff is looking to get a little more fancy with their articles (finally) and I'm trying to find ways to facilitate that without running into issues regarding layout and coding.
As such, I'm wondering if there is a way to use CSS in an article asset.
Typically, when I want to do any sort of styling in an article asset, I have to do it inline. In most cases, this wouldn't be an issue, but now that multiple platforms need to be considered (mobile, tablets, etc.) it's important to keep in mind screen widths and how this can affect users' views.
If I wanted to just place an image and have it scale, that would be fine, but what if I want it to adjust completely depending on the screen size? In CSS, I would use @media tags, but these do not work inline.
So, long story short, I would like to be able to create <style> tags in article assets and not have the system remove them when I save, or would like some sort of alternative that would allow me to have articles treat things differently depending on screen size.
What can I do?
- Adam
Our Editorial staff is looking to get a little more fancy with their articles (finally) and I'm trying to find ways to facilitate that without running into issues regarding layout and coding.
As such, I'm wondering if there is a way to use CSS in an article asset.
Typically, when I want to do any sort of styling in an article asset, I have to do it inline. In most cases, this wouldn't be an issue, but now that multiple platforms need to be considered (mobile, tablets, etc.) it's important to keep in mind screen widths and how this can affect users' views.
If I wanted to just place an image and have it scale, that would be fine, but what if I want it to adjust completely depending on the screen size? In CSS, I would use @media tags, but these do not work inline.
So, long story short, I would like to be able to create <style> tags in article assets and not have the system remove them when I save, or would like some sort of alternative that would allow me to have articles treat things differently depending on screen size.
What can I do?
- Adam
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