How to replace a masthead

[weebl]

I am working on a recipe for the Poughkeepsie Journal and I would like to replace a masthead. I am a new at this and the method I tried is not working.

I've tried the following:

class AdvancedUserRecipe1291143841(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'Poughkeepsipe Journal'
    oldest_article = 7
    max_articles_per_feed = 100
    no_stylesheets = True
    timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b, %Y]'
    feeds          = [(u'Local News', u'http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Category=RSS01&mime=xml'), (u'Local Business', u'http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Category=RSS02&mime=xml'), (u'Local Sports', u'http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Category=RSS03&mime=xml'), (u'Life', u'http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Category=RSS04&mime=xml')]
    def print_version(self, url):
          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com', 'http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/print')
          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/mastlogo.gif','http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif')

The portion that is not working is replacing the mastlogo.gif with the branding.gif.

Thanks for any help

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by weebl

I am working on a recipe for the Poughkeepsie Journal and I would like to replace a masthead. I am a new at this and the method I tried is not working.

This is a recipe question and really ought to be in the recipe subforum, but ....

I've tried the following:

    def print_version(self, url):
          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com', 'http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/print')
          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/mastlogo.gif','http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif')

The portion that is not working is replacing the mastlogo.gif with the branding.gif.

Thanks for any help

You can't have two returns above. Delete the one that reads:

          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/mastlogo.gif','http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif')

Add your masthead to the main code (outside print_version) as follows:

    masthead_url          = 'http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif'

[weebl]

Originally Posted by Starson17

This is a recipe question and really ought to be in the recipe subforum, but ....



You can't have two returns above. Delete the one that reads:

          return url.replace('http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/mastlogo.gif','http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif')

Add your masthead to the main code (outside print_version) as follows:

    masthead_url          = 'http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/graphics/branding.gif'

Thanks, I posted in this forum because I thought it may be Calibre recipe specific. I really need to eliminate the masthead provided by the webpage, "mastlogo.gif" as it does not have the background set and displays poorly with a white background. So I thought I would replace it with the "branding.gif". Is there a better method to do so?

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by weebl

Thanks, I posted in this forum because I thought it may be Calibre recipe specific. I really need to eliminate the masthead provided by the webpage, "mastlogo.gif" as it does not have the background set and displays poorly with a white background. So I thought I would replace it with the "branding.gif". Is there a better method to do so?

This is the Calibre main forum, so your question, which is Calibre recipe specific should be in the Calibre recipe subforum.

Yes, there's a better method - just eliminate the image you don't want with remove_tags. See here.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by weebl

Thanks, I posted in this forum because I thought it may be Calibre recipe specific.

It is Calibre Recipe specific that is why you were asked to post this in the Calibre Recipes sub-forum listed at the top of the main calibre forum.

I'm glad you got the help you were looking for.

[weebl]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

It is Calibre Recipe specific that is why you were asked to post this in the Calibre Recipes sub-forum listed at the top of the main calibre forum.

I'm glad you got the help you were looking for.

My mistake, sorry, I did my best at moving it over to the other forum.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by weebl

My mistake, sorry, I did my best at moving it over to the other forum.

It's OK. We were all beginners once, and there's no need to apologize. It's not immediately obvious how this place is organized, or what questions should go where. We always put a post in a thread that is misfiled, not because anyone wants to reprimand you, but because many others will see that post before they make a new post in the wrong place. It just helps to keep things organized and speeds up getting help when questions are posted in the right area.