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Has anyone had any "cache-busting" errors returned when they view a page?
I've got a customer who is trying to view my website but he can't view the stories because it gives him a "cache-busting detected" error on the page. The issue originally started when he attempted to send a link to his friend. He first tested the link in his email before sending it to his friend which is when he got the error.
This is the link he sent:
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ga-science-teacher-brings-lacrosse-to-coastal-georgia/article_cf44601d-b6c8-5337-bea2-ed725dedf174.html#.VaZcoSg2H4o.email
I notice it has the #.VaZcoSg2H4o.email at the end but I'm not sure if that means anything. So I sent him this link to see if he could view it:
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ga-science-teacher-brings-lacrosse-to-coastal-georgia/article_cf44601d-b6c8-5337-bea2-ed725dedf174.html
And he still go the cache-busting error.
What's really weird is that when he sent the link to his friend, that friend also gets the same error.
This is the link he sent:
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ga-science-teacher-brings-lacrosse-to-coastal-georgia/article_cf44601d-b6c8-5337-bea2-ed725dedf174.html#.VaZcoSg2H4o.email
I notice it has the #.VaZcoSg2H4o.email at the end but I'm not sure if that means anything. So I sent him this link to see if he could view it:
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ga-science-teacher-brings-lacrosse-to-coastal-georgia/article_cf44601d-b6c8-5337-bea2-ed725dedf174.html
And he still go the cache-busting error.
What's really weird is that when he sent the link to his friend, that friend also gets the same error.
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Is there a way to require users to supply name, zip, etc?
I'd like to set up our user registration to require certain fields like first & last names, address, zip, etc. Is there a way for me to do that without template certification? And if that change is made, will it prompt old users to update that info before continuing?
(I swear I'm not trying to fill the forum up with my avatar, I just have a lot of questions that I can't find the answer to on doc.townnews.com)
(I swear I'm not trying to fill the forum up with my avatar, I just have a lot of questions that I can't find the answer to on doc.townnews.com)
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Christine Masters
10 years ago
Hi Nick,
On a Zen site, this would require template certification of some level, but our Customer Support team can help with this as well.
On a Flex site, we've built these in as URL custom properties. You can just go to the user URL and set each available field, and whether you want it to be available, required or hidden.
On a Zen site, this would require template certification of some level, but our Customer Support team can help with this as well.
On a Flex site, we've built these in as URL custom properties. You can just go to the user URL and set each available field, and whether you want it to be available, required or hidden.
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How to change the background color
Hello, on my paper's website that I'm now running, the background surrounding the blocks is gray and I wanted to know how to change it to a different color. I've tried looking up site and url custom properties, but nothing I try seems to be working. How can I go about changing it?
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Christine Masters
10 years ago
Hi Jonathan!
It depends on if you have a Flex site or a Zen site. With Flex you can use a URL property, with Zen you need to do a CSS override. Either way, our Customer Support team can help you get this rolling.
It depends on if you have a Flex site or a Zen site. With Flex you can use a URL property, with Zen you need to do a CSS override. Either way, our Customer Support team can help you get this rolling.
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OG tags present, but Facebook posts still broken
So, the proper og tags are automatically pulled into the header of each article page. However, when we try to post a link from www.dailypost.vu it only shows a small box with the site's domain in it. No headline, photo or description.
One major stumbling block to this was almost certainly the robots.txt file, which in its default state prohibits all but a small number of whitelisted bots from crawling the site. We have now fixed that, but the Open Graph Debugger still comes back with "Document returned no data " when testing our pages.
Everything appears fine with the CNAME. There is a theory in the office that our abysmal time-to-first-byte is the culprit. Any further thoughts on how we can make our posts to Facebook work properly would be appreciated.
Regards,
Hunter
One major stumbling block to this was almost certainly the robots.txt file, which in its default state prohibits all but a small number of whitelisted bots from crawling the site. We have now fixed that, but the Open Graph Debugger still comes back with "Document returned no data " when testing our pages.
Everything appears fine with the CNAME. There is a theory in the office that our abysmal time-to-first-byte is the culprit. Any further thoughts on how we can make our posts to Facebook work properly would be appreciated.
Regards,
Hunter
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Is there a way to only display block on specific urls?
I've got a block in the right rail and I want to only display it on the home page. Is there a way, without having to disable it on every url, to limit it to the home page?
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Christine Masters
10 years ago
When we first set up sites, we usually change the regions in the right rail so that some inherit and some do not. If you have this situation, you can just put the block into a region that is not inherited by its children, and it will only be shown on the front page.
If your site has changed this and made all of the regions inherit, then yes, you will have to "dis-inherit" the region in order to separate it on the child URLs.
But I would recommend trying to re-order your right rail so that you have some regions that inherit and some that do not, and you can use them accordingly.
If your site has changed this and made all of the regions inherit, then yes, you will have to "dis-inherit" the region in order to separate it on the child URLs.
But I would recommend trying to re-order your right rail so that you have some regions that inherit and some that do not, and you can use them accordingly.
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I'm interested in switching to Facebook commenting, any thoughts?
Any thoughts on Facebook commenting vs BLOX commenting? And if I switch to Facebook commenting do I need a whole new app id? I already have one app id in the site settings for the news feed.
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Influx of iPhone 6/iPad(newer models) not being able to view any articles past the headline?
I've been having multiple subscribers over the past few weeks who can't view anything beyond the headlines on article pages. I've narrowed the issue down to people with iPhone 6s and iPads(the newer versions). I've submitted a ticket but TN tech support can't help me because they say it's an Apple issue, not a BLOX issue and they can't replicate it on their devices.
And this isn't user error because I've seen the issue in person. It happens on the mobile version and the desktop version(when viewed on the phone/tablet). All of them are using Safari and running iOS 8.4.
And this isn't user error because I've seen the issue in person. It happens on the mobile version and the desktop version(when viewed on the phone/tablet). All of them are using Safari and running iOS 8.4.
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Does anyone know what block this is?
On the page http://www.richmond.com what is the block at the bottom with the header "Local Businesses"? Is this a standard block?
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Google drive + Blox integration for images
Love Dropbox but most of our papers have Google drive since we're all on Google Apps. We would really like this feature.
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Web services "template" docs?
The documentation for Blox-CMS web services at http://docs.townnews.com/kbpublisher/BLOX-CMS-Web-Services_6695.html lists modules that provide services, but when you add a webservice key to the site, you are able to enable a number of modules not listed in that document, including "template". Is there some other documentation for these modules as web services, or could I at least the get the API for "template"?
A web service that's not documented may as well as not exist.
A web service that's not documented may as well as not exist.
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Webinar recording: TownNews.com iQ sneak peek
At our July 2015 First Thursday Webinar, Theresa Nelson (Director of Business Development) gave a sneak peek at our all-new data management program, TownNews.com iQ.
TownNews.com iQ gives you the power to segment your digital audiences for use in advertising, editorial, circulation and marketing—at an affordable price!Highlights include:
- Tracking users & collecting data across computers, smartphones and tablets
- Boosting revenue while thrilling advertisers with targeted programmatic campaigns and direct local ad sales
- Improving visitor satisfaction by analyzing preferences and recommending content that matches users' unique tastes
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Would you like to see ability to exclude content in BLOX backend search?
Right now you can filter down the content based on certain settings you set in the search terms window, but it's impossible to exclude content based on the settings in the search terms box. For example, if I want to see all content EXCEPT those that carry a certain flag, I can't do that. Or, if I want to see all content EXCEPT those that were written by a given author, I can't do that. Or, if I want to see all content published on any date EXCEPT between the specified range, I can't do that.
This would be very useful to me. Would it be for you?
This would be very useful to me. Would it be for you?
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Custom og:image for individual assets
I'd be interested in knowing who else would find it useful to be able to upload a custom og:image (aka Facebook share image) at an asset level — rather than just having Blox select the first attached child preview as the og:image.
We have found a few situations where we think we could get a better reaction online if we were to do a "text on image" sort of social image with our postings. However, attaching an image like that would look horrible on the front-end display in Blox, where we'd want the real child image (or no image at all) to show up.
Anybody else think this'd be useful?
We have found a few situations where we think we could get a better reaction online if we were to do a "text on image" sort of social image with our postings. However, attaching an image like that would look horrible on the front-end display in Blox, where we'd want the real child image (or no image at all) to show up.
Anybody else think this'd be useful?
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Enabling Rich Snippets for Reviews and Ratings to show star ratings in Google Searches
For movie and restaurant reviews it would be great to support the Rating microdata schema so our search results show up with star ratings.
https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/reviews
https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/reviews
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Banner Ad Position “Packages”
I wanted to make a suggestion for a feature that I think would be a big help when deploying banner ads within BLOX.
I think it would be great to have the ability to create “packages” of ad positions that could all be assigned with a single click.
Our site has 18,315 available ad positions which means we have to use a list to make sure things get assigned in the right place, which doesn’t always happen. It would greatly simplify things if people could simply select “Position Package 1” and have BLOX then assign 20 different pre-selected positions for this ad.
Let me know what y’all think.
I think it would be great to have the ability to create “packages” of ad positions that could all be assigned with a single click.
Our site has 18,315 available ad positions which means we have to use a list to make sure things get assigned in the right place, which doesn’t always happen. It would greatly simplify things if people could simply select “Position Package 1” and have BLOX then assign 20 different pre-selected positions for this ad.
Let me know what y’all think.
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