USA Today built in recipe problem on Kindle3

t0s · 03-03-2011, 08:12 AM

Is it just me or is the built-in USA Today recipe not placing article titles at the head of the text when viewing on a Kindle3?

Is there a quick tweak I need to make to have it show at the head of the article?

To be sure the title is picked up as it can be seen in the Articles lists etc.

mkgtu · 05-04-2011, 03:28 AM

Same here. Not only are there no article titles, but when I checked the articles against a purchased issue from Amazon, It seems that the entire first paragraph is also missing!

kovidgoyal · 05-04-2011, 03:03 PM

Fixed in next release.

t0s · 05-06-2011, 03:38 AM

Kovid, Thanks!

t0s · 06-30-2011, 05:30 AM

Kovid, seems like the built in recipe is much better now thanks - but very often articles shown in the index are not actually downloaded.
So, e.g., in June 29 download there are 14 atricles listed in Entertainment section, but the last 5 or so are not actually downloaded. Any chance to fix? Thanks

kovidgoyal · 06-30-2011, 10:45 AM

When you say they are not actually downloaded, what do you mean? Are they blank, not present at all?

t0s · 06-30-2011, 11:34 AM

Thanks for the response.

They are not represented at all. So if I select the link to the article in the Sections and Articles list, it just goes to the next article available (after the missing article(s)).

Or if I was reading the last page of the previous article and I went to the next page it just goes to the next article available, skipping past any missing article(s).

The only place where there is an indication of the missing article is the title in the Sections and Articles list.

kovidgoyal · 06-30-2011, 11:41 AM

I'd guess that is because those are video articles or some such. i.e. they have no actual text. Can you check if that is the case.

t0s · 07-01-2011, 03:21 AM

Hi, unfortunately not just photos and videos.

So, e.g., in today's Life section it works for 11 of the 15 articles listed, but then the last four have this problem

Of the missing four, the very last two are indeed Photo and Gallery articles, but the two before those are text articles that are missing.

Seems to do this only for the last few articles in the section.

Thanks for looking into.

cleansoap · 01-07-2012, 03:33 PM

My wife has long complained of the USA Today recipe showing articles in the index which are not actually downloaded.

So today I "fetched" a USA Today, confirmed that her complaints are valid and checked if the missing articles were video or photo slide shows as kovidgoyal suggested. They were not.

I am very willing to help help diagnose / repair but need pointed in the right direction. Willing to start with a reproduction instructions if needed.

Thanks,

kovidgoyal · 01-07-2012, 10:31 PM

The next most likely explanantion is that the articles in question have a different structure than the others, so the keep_only_tags will have to be adjusten for them. Post a link to one of these articles, and I'll have a look.

EDIT: Actually, I just switched the recipe to use auto_cleanup, which resulted in only one blank article that I could see and that article had onlya picture and one line of text.

cleansoap · 01-07-2012, 11:22 PM

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness...irror/597428/1

was a "non-existent" article today.

"Fighting Fat With Introspection" was the article's name in the table of contents, under the "Health" section.

Thank you for your attention to this, and every other matter you have addressed for us!

cleansoap · 02-03-2012, 08:08 PM

Sorry for reporting in so late, but the wife reports USA Today is working much better since the recipe was updated! Thanks.

03-03-2011, 08:12 AM	#1
t0s Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3, HTC HD2	USA Today built in recipe problem on Kindle3 Is it just me or is the built-in USA Today recipe not placing article titles at the head of the text when viewing on a Kindle3? Is there a quick tweak I need to make to have it show at the head of the article? To be sure the title is picked up as it can be seen in the Articles lists etc.

01-07-2012, 10:31 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The next most likely explanantion is that the articles in question have a different structure than the others, so the keep_only_tags will have to be adjusten for them. Post a link to one of these articles, and I'll have a look. EDIT: Actually, I just switched the recipe to use auto_cleanup, which resulted in only one blank article that I could see and that article had onlya picture and one line of text. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 01-07-2012 at 10:42 PM.

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05-04-2011, 03:28 AM	#2
mkgtu Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 33000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Currently:Voyage, Oasis 3, Kindle mobile apps, andKindle Fire	Same here. Not only are there no article titles, but when I checked the articles against a purchased issue from Amazon, It seems that the entire first paragraph is also missing!

05-04-2011, 03:03 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Fixed in next release.

05-06-2011, 03:38 AM	#4
t0s Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3, HTC HD2	Kovid, Thanks!

06-30-2011, 05:30 AM	#5
t0s Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3, HTC HD2	Kovid, seems like the built in recipe is much better now thanks - but very often articles shown in the index are not actually downloaded. So, e.g., in June 29 download there are 14 atricles listed in Entertainment section, but the last 5 or so are not actually downloaded. Any chance to fix? Thanks

06-30-2011, 10:45 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	When you say they are not actually downloaded, what do you mean? Are they blank, not present at all?

06-30-2011, 11:34 AM	#7
t0s Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3, HTC HD2	Thanks for the response. They are not represented at all. So if I select the link to the article in the Sections and Articles list, it just goes to the next article available (after the missing article(s)). Or if I was reading the last page of the previous article and I went to the next page it just goes to the next article available, skipping past any missing article(s). The only place where there is an indication of the missing article is the title in the Sections and Articles list.

06-30-2011, 11:41 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd guess that is because those are video articles or some such. i.e. they have no actual text. Can you check if that is the case.

07-01-2011, 03:21 AM	#9
t0s Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle3, HTC HD2	Hi, unfortunately not just photos and videos. So, e.g., in today's Life section it works for 11 of the 15 articles listed, but then the last four have this problem Of the missing four, the very last two are indeed Photo and Gallery articles, but the two before those are text articles that are missing. Seems to do this only for the last few articles in the section. Thanks for looking into.

01-07-2012, 03:33 PM	#10
cleansoap Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle	My wife has long complained of the USA Today recipe showing articles in the index which are not actually downloaded. So today I "fetched" a USA Today, confirmed that her complaints are valid and checked if the missing articles were video or photo slide shows as kovidgoyal suggested. They were not. I am very willing to help help diagnose / repair but need pointed in the right direction. Willing to start with a reproduction instructions if needed. Thanks,

01-07-2012, 11:22 PM	#12
cleansoap Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle	http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness...irror/597428/1 was a "non-existent" article today. "Fighting Fat With Introspection" was the article's name in the table of contents, under the "Health" section. Thank you for your attention to this, and every other matter you have addressed for us!

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02-03-2012, 08:08 PM	#13
cleansoap Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle	Sorry for reporting in so late, but the wife reports USA Today is working much better since the recipe was updated! Thanks.