Due to a mistake we made in the most recent update (mid-December) we allowed editions to be deleted when they still had articles in them. (The application should ignore your request when you try this.)
As a result, a certain number of articles were "orphaned" and will never display again.
This issue will manifest itself in two ways:
* The editions won't appear in your archive of editions. Either on your front page or on your Edit Edition page.
* When looking at past stories (on the edit story list that shows approved/unapproved) you'll click on the approved articles and encounter an error every time.
This is a hassle all around, but if you find yourself missing these stories, please do the following:
* Click on the articles in question in your approved list and mark down the number after "ArticleID/xxxxxx/Default.aspx" in the URL (Web address).
* Collect these article IDs into one e-mail.
* Decide WHAT EDITION YOU WOULD LIKE THESE ARTICLES TO BELONG TO. I DO NOT NEED THE NAME OF THE EDITION, I NEED THE EDITIONID.
* Do this by clicking on Edit Editions on the Dashboard, choosing the edition you want and clicking the pencil next to it. In the URL you will see "editionid/xxxxx/Default.aspx" where xxxx is a number
* E-mail support@asne.org with the articleID, editionID if there are several different kinds. Or if they're all going into the same new edition (for example) you can just say change all these to editionid xxxx and then list the article IDs.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Update to edition behavior
Some of you have noticed a change to the edition behavior and asked me about it. We changed the behavior in mid-December.
The way it shows itself is when the system says you have no content to display but YOU KNOW that you do.
Previously, editions were governed by two main factors: date and active/inactive.
We eliminated the active/inactive piece of information because it was causing confusion. It may reappear in the future as a display/don't display option, but it's gone for now. As always, the site is a work in progress.
In its place display of editions is governed wholly by the edition date.
Here's where it confuses people:
If you create a January edition with the edition date 1/1/10 and then create a February edition with the edition date 1/10/10, the FEBRUARY edition will be displayed on the front page.
Why?
Because it's in the past (a requirement) AND its edition date is the most recent.
How would you fix this?
One way would be to future date February's edition to 2/1/10. Another would be to change January to 1/11/10.
The way it shows itself is when the system says you have no content to display but YOU KNOW that you do.
Previously, editions were governed by two main factors: date and active/inactive.
We eliminated the active/inactive piece of information because it was causing confusion. It may reappear in the future as a display/don't display option, but it's gone for now. As always, the site is a work in progress.
In its place display of editions is governed wholly by the edition date.
Here's where it confuses people:
If you create a January edition with the edition date 1/1/10 and then create a February edition with the edition date 1/10/10, the FEBRUARY edition will be displayed on the front page.
Why?
Because it's in the past (a requirement) AND its edition date is the most recent.
How would you fix this?
One way would be to future date February's edition to 2/1/10. Another would be to change January to 1/11/10.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Craig has updated the relative short URLs
In case your site WASN'T working earlier and it is now, it was probably me: I updated the relative short URLs that will cause trouble just now.
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