AE APEX Blog Aggregator and Google

Just a question here. I have noticed over the past few weeks it and several other blog now pull informaiton from blogger.google (something). Is anyone else having any issues reading these through RSS? It is giving my outlook hell and usually end up totally locking it up.

I would say that it is job specific. If you have a mostly static website or need something that is more like a CMS, because you have non-technical content editors, then APEX would probably not be the best choice. If your website is data driven or leverages CRM or ERP system data then APEX can be really effective.
As to your SEO question, there is no easy way around that with APEX but we found that we only needed to build SEO rewrites for our home and main landing pages. After that, our hit numbers didn't really improve because users were branching to the authenticated side of the website anyhow.
Regards,
Brad

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Apex Blogs Aggregator .... died ?

Dear All,
What happen with great Apex Blogs Aggregator ?
Looks like dying ....
After it moved to ODTUG, it never working as before.
Looks like it killed slowly.
I know, it is free service and I should complaint ...
but it is a place to see all Apex experts and gurus sharing the Apex idea, tips, tricks, techniques and news for beginners like myself.

Hi Tobin,
while you wait, would you like to try this one?
http://www.quiquici.com
It's a full-fledged apex-based social reader and bookmarking tool.
I have been using it in the past 4 years and I find it very efficient, although it is not yet in a final shape (some secondary pages are not as "polished" as others).
Basically you can create your own apex-blogs aggregator, you can disregard blogs you are not interested in or add new ones on an individual basis.
It also imports google reader subscriptions (exported as an XML archive) to make life easier for users migrating from there.
For best results I recommend using Firefox, Chrome and Safari are working just fine most of the time, except in a couple of situations that I still have to investigate.
Once you are registered, I'll be glad to help you with setting up your profile and explain the main features.
Flavio
http://oraclequirks.blogspot.com
http://www.yocoya.com

APEX BLOG Aggregator dead?

Hi Folks/Dimitri.
The APEX BLOG Aggregator has been dead for a number of days.
Just wondered if it was going to be resurrected?
Personally I find it a great one-stop-shop for APEX news.
I'm sure others here would like to know when/if it will be back.
Many thanks
Kind regards
Simon.
PS. I guess not much will happen whilst OOW is on though. :-( Wish I had a ticket.
PPS. Will have to wait for UKOUG in December

Hello Simon and others,
I'm aware of problems with Apexblogs. Not really the browser issue but blogger accounts don't work anymore.
I'll look into it asap, but like previously said I'm currently at OOW.
About the browser: as an Apex developer you should use Firefox ;-)
Regards,
Dimitri
http://dgielis.blogspot.com/
http://www.apex-evangelists.com/
http://www.apexblogs.info/

Iweb'09 blog comments and google analytics

My apologies if this has been asked before.
My blog no longer allows comments. This occurred when I used the Automator program to add google analytics to my site. The good news is that google analytics does work. I host the site on mobile me so I have 2 questions
(1) Is there a way to get google analytics to work and allow blog comments within a moble me hosted site?
if not, how can I remove google analytics to restore the blog comment capability and is there a monitoring package available within the mobile me world?
thanks

I had the same problem. From the little research I've done it appears that you can't have the comments on and run GA at the same time. I have seen some messages on here that claimed to move a picture on the pages that had comments in order to restore the ones that were lost. I didn't have any luck with it.
Here's and interesting site that references it in the comments section.
http://allaboutiweb.com/index.php/2009/01/why-use-google-analytics-iweb/

Apex blog aggregator

Sorry for the kinda off-topic post but I have a RSS feed for http://feeds.feedburner.com/OracleApexBlogAggregator which works well to aggregate all Apex related blogs. Recently, I noticed that it has started to include tweets from http://apexblogs.info as well. I am not the tweeting kind, is there a RSS feed that provides just the blog posts corresponding to the page http://apexblogs.info/pls/apex/f?p=118:3 ?
Thanks

I didn't make the new RSS public yet, but people using the old RSS feed of APEXBlogs that should still work... but it's work in progress and I'm testing with it.
At the end of May I started to include Tweets, Plugins and Enhancement Requests next to the blogs. The Tweets only stayed in for a couple of days as I didn't like it that much either... so I'm not sure what your issue is? You still find tweets in the RSS feed you use?
BTW: I received your feedback on APEXBlogs and I replied, but the Feedback application is not enabled yet, so you probably didn't see it.
For people leaving their email I normally reply in an email as well to their feedback.
So in short, Tweets were only in the RSS feed for a couple of days and should be out for a long time now. If not, please tell me what url you are using.
Thanks,
Dimitri
http://dgielis.blogspot.com
http://www.apex-evangelists.com
http://www.apexblogs.info

Firefox misdisplaying blogger blogs and google translate. Are there any fixes?

Why is firefox not working on blogger website?
On certain websites such as blogger and google translate and www.halolz.com
the background goes away and the sidebar goes before everything else at the top
and it's just a simple text with some pictures.
On the website listed below it's just the header text and that's it.
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.planetgallifrey.blogspot.com/

You do not see anything on http://www.planetgallifrey.blogspot.com/ because the background is set to black and the text color is also black and thus all other content is black too and not visible.
You can check that with Edit > Select All (Ctrl+A) or if you disable the website colors:
Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors: Colors > "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
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background:#000000;
margin:0;
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font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
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(what will episode 13 bring: will we get a Doctor River Song (''I've learned from the best how to fly the Tardis'') and a second Doctor (''I killed a great man'') and a second Tardis (''painting'')? River would say (no) spoilers...)

Need help getting images for blog aggregator

I need help trying to grab images into a blog aggregator...
Here is the code that gets the image.

<cfset content_to_parse = temp_description_full>
<cfinclude template="module_get_images.cfm">
<cfif IsArray(image_array) AND ArrayLen(image_array)>
<cfloop from=1 to=#ArrayLen(image_array)# index="j">
<cfhttp url="#trim(image_array[j].link_url)#"
method="get" throwonerror="No" timeout="15" getasbinary="Auto"
resolveurl="No" />
<cfif IsBinary(cfhttp.filecontent)>
<cfset tmp_filename = "thumbnail_entry_" & GetID.id
& "." & image_array[j].file_type>
<cffile action="WRITE"
file="#ExpandPath(request.base_relative_url &
'/blog_thumbnails/' & variables.tmp_filename)#"
output="#cfhttp.filecontent#">
<cfset thumb_image = request.img.process_image(image_path
= ExpandPath(request.base_relative_url & '/blog_thumbnails/'
& variables.tmp_filename), max_width = 120, max_height = 120,
crop_area = "center")>
<cfimage source="#thumb_image#" action="write"
destination="#ExpandPath(request.base_relative_url &
'/blog_thumbnails/' & variables.tmp_filename)#"
overwrite="yes">
<cfquery name="UpdateEntry"
datasource="#request.data_source#" username="#request.db_un#"
password="#request.db_pw#">
UPDATE aggregated_blog_entry
SET aggregated_blog_entry_thumbnail_image_tx =
'#left(variables.tmp_filename,255)#'
WHERE aggregated_blog_entry_id = #GetID.id#
</cfquery>
<cfbreak>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
</cfif>
---------This is the module_get_images.cfm
code----------------
<cfset start_pos = 1>
<cfset image_array = ArrayNew(1)>
<cfset regex_image = "<img[^>]*>">
<cfset regex_image_url =
"(((https?:|ftp:|gopher:)\/\/)|(www\.|ftp\.))[-[:alnum:]\?%,\.\/&##!;@:=\+~_]+[\-A-Za-z0- 9\/]">
<cfloop condition="1">
<cfset temp_image_pos = REFindNoCase(regex_image,
variables.content_to_parse, start_pos, true)>
<cfif temp_image_pos.pos[1]>
<cfset temp_link =
mid(variables.content_to_parse,temp_image_pos.pos[1],temp_image_pos.len[1])>
<cfset link =
REFindNoCase(regex_image_url,temp_link,1,1)>
<cfif NOT link.pos[1]>
<cfset temp_link_url = "">
<cfelse>
<cfset temp_link_url =
mid(temp_link,link.pos[1],link.len[1])>
</cfif>

<cfif len(trim(temp_link_url)) AND
ListFindNoCase("jpg,jpeg,gif,bmp,png",left(ListLast(temp_link_url,"."),3))>
<cfset image_array[ArrayLen(image_array)+1] =
StructNew()>
<cfset image_array[ArrayLen(image_array)].link =
temp_link>
<cfset image_array[ArrayLen(image_array)].link_url =
temp_link_url>
<cfset image_array[ArrayLen(image_array)].file_type =
left(ListLast(temp_link_url,"."),3)>
</cfif>
<cfset start_pos = temp_image_pos.pos[1] + 1>
<cfelse>
<cfbreak>
</cfif>
</cfloop>
This is the type of code it has a hard time getting the image
becuase it doesn't have a regular IMG tag.
<div style="float: left; width: 82px; height: 59px;
overflow: hidden; background: url(
http://pix.crash.net/motorsport/80/388493.jpg);
background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat;
margin: 1px;" onMouseOver="showTipGallery(Stoner, Australian MotoGP
2007);" onMouseOut="clearTip();">
Is there a way to modify this code to make it be able to look
for the backround: url?? I am thinking that woul help it.. It knows
that an image is there.. It just doesn't know what to do with
it.

How difficult is it for you to do a google image search for large images of this subject?
While you appear to be doing this project for an educational endeavour and can get away with mild copyright abuse as "fair use", you probably should not expect the participants in this forum to 1) work for Disney either as a direct employee or as a contractor and 2) offer their copyrighted work for free.
If you really want to impress a teacher and a future employer, you would use your own art. Why dont you create your own movie concept? Suppose you and your classmate are up for the same employment position. Who do you think will get hired if you show work that is not all your own, while your classmate has produced all of his/her own work?

Roll Your Own - APEX 4.0 and JQuery-UI Application

For those with a apex.oracle.com account and want to see jQeury tabs running via 4.0 in your own Workspace, use following this script to create your own version of Shijesh's (Apex_Noob) application.
Credit also goes out to Alistair Laing for his hard work in investigating why 4.0 is requiring the use of the googleapis jquery.js... libraries.
Application Builder - Create
Application Type - Database
Create Application - From Scratch
Name - jQuery Application
Add Page - keep default and Click Add Page
Click CreateMy application defaulted to Theme 2, you will need to switch the theme to one of the following: If you don't the tabs will not render properly.
8 Orange
10 Sand
13 Classic Blue
14 Simple Green
15 Light Blue
16 Dark Blue
18 Simple Gray
19 Red Gray
Message - Application created successfully.
Click Shared ComponentsUnder User Interface Click - ThemesIf you don't see one of the above Themes, you will need to Create and switch your Theme.
Click - CreateFrom the Repository selected Click - Next and select one of the above Themes
Click - Switch ThemeSelect one of the above Themes and Click - Next
Click -NextClick - Switch ThemeReturn to your newly created Application by Clicking on Application xxxxxxx Breadcrumb
Click - Create PageSelect - Blank PageClick - NextAssign the page a name
Click - NextAccept defaults and Click - NextClick - FinishClick - Edit PageI still work in Component View, to toggle to this View, click on the control adjacent to Page number and Go button. Hover over the ones on the far right and you will see both Component View and Tree View
From Component View
Click on the Page Edit Control
In the Text Area labeled Javascript/Execute when Page Loads - paste in the following code:
$x("tabs").appendChild( $x("tabs-1"));
$x("tabs").appendChild( $x("tabs-2"));
jQuery("#tabs").tabs();In the Text Area labeled HTML Header and Body Attribute/HTML Header - paste in the following code:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" />
<script src= "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/jquery-ui.js"> </script>Click - Apply ChangesRequired use of the Google jqueryui libraries is being questioned by recent threads created by Alistair Laing since it appears that 4.0 does not currently support jQeury tabs
{thread:id=1083507}
{thread:id=1083540}
Create a Region
Type HTML Text - accept defaults
Provide a Title like "Tabs" and accept defaults
Template - Reports Region
Sequence 10
Click - NextIn the Enter HTML Text Region Source: Text Area - paste in the following code:
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="#tabs-1">Employees</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2">Departments</a></li>
</ul>
</div>Click - Create RegionCreate a second Region
Type Report/Sql Report
Provide a Title like "Employees" and accept defaults
Template Reports Region
Sequence 20
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SELECT empno,
       ename,
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       hiredate,
       sal,
       comm,
       deptno
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tabs-1Click - Apply ChangesCreate a third Region
Type Report/Sql Report
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Template Reports Region
Sequence 30
Click - NextIn the Enter SQL Query or PL/SQL function returning a SQL Query: Text Area - paste in the following code:
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Jeff

Great post Jeff,
With regard to Jquery UI and tabs I've contacted the Apex dev team and received a reply from them.
All the jQueryUI files are included in the APEX 4.0 distribution, but not all jQueryUI components
are loaded by default to avoid a huge initial download. It's not necessary to load your own version of jQueryUI, just load the missing component.
For the "Tabs" you have to add
<link href="IMAGE_PREFIX#libraries/jquery-ui/1.8/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#libraries/jquery-ui/1.8/ui/minified/jquery.ui.tabs.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
to your page template or the header attribute of your page where you want to use it.They did not mention which other Jquery UI widgets were not included so people need to check to see if they get any JS errors Like "$('#tabs').tabs() is not a function" this would suggest that tabs is not being loaded. To included it in you page header directly after #HEAD# you need to place the css and js as stated above.
If you need jquery help just post you queries here or the is some other jquery links that maybe of some use
jQuery
http://jquery.com/ - Official jQuery Website
http://api.jquery.com/ - jQuery API Library
http://plugins.jquery.com/ - jQuery Plugins (Not APEX related)|
http://yayquery.com/ - yayQuery - jQuery Podcast
http://jqueryui.com/ - Official jQuery UI Website
http://jqueryui.com/demos/ - jQuery UI Demos
Edited by: Alistair Laing on Jun 9, 2010 4:04 PM
Add more links
Edited by: Alistair Laing on Jun 9, 2010 4:09 PM

Problem regarding PDF printing in apex 3.1 and 11g database using cocoon

Hi,
i am configuring pdf printing on apex 3.1 (database 11g on windows XP OS) with cocoon/apache tomcat/fop using steps given in Carl Backstrom blog
http://carlback.blogspot.com/2007/03/apex-cocoon-pdf-and-more.html
I am using cocoon 2.2.10 / tomcat 6.0.20 and JDK 1.6
I did everything as was mentioned in Carl's blog and everything configured without any hassle. I even enabled network services for FLOWS_030100 user on database. Even after doing all the steps I'm getting the error
ORA-20001: The printing engine could not be reached because either the URL specified is incorrect or a proxy URL needs to be specified.
I'm confused and don't know what to do next.

Hi,
By default, the ability to interact with network services is disabled in Oracle Database 11g release 1 (11.1). Therefore, if running Oracle Application Express with Oracle Database 11g release 1 (11.1), use the new DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN package to grant connect privileges to any host for the FLOWS_030100 database user. Failing to grant these privileges results in issues with PDF/report printing, specifically, you will get the following error message:
ORA-20001: The printing engine could not be reached because either
the URL specified is incorrect or a proxy URL needs to be specified.
Follow the steps mentioned in the Oracle Application Express Installation Guide, [Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database11g|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10513_01/doc/install.310/e10496/post_inst.htm#BGEJJIHE]. Also refer to the [troubleshooting section|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10513_01/doc/install.310/e10496/post_inst.htm#BHAGIHIB] in case you receive an ORA-44416: Invalid ACL error after running the previous script.
/Kenny

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I've used DW pagination quite extensively and now google's index is full of hundreds of pagination urls in the format:
http://www.domain.com/blog/index.php?pageNum_stuff=1&totalRows_stuff=250
I don't think this is doing my ranking any favours.
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Thanks

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Can I use the same Adobe ID for Amazon AppStore and Google Play?

Hello! We've been on the iPad for two years now and have finally taken the leap designing a version of our magazine for Amazon's Kindle Fire lineup. I'm curious whether we can share an Adobe ID between Amazon AppStore and Google Play, so that all of our Android folios stay in sync whether the user is on Amazon hardware or another vendor.
Thanks in advance for any insight.

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Patrick

Patrick,
You've been doing some amazing stuff lately, and anyone that's spent any amount of time here recently has almost certainly seen you postings and your blog.
But a little self-promotion never hurts. You can't count on someone else doing it for you, that's for sure. Thank you!
Earl

JDeveloper Blog aggregator is dead?

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thanks,
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I can not open my email in hotmail. I can open hotmail, see the fact that I have emails but it won't allow me to open them. this just started 2 days ago and has always worked before . I can open using IE and Google Chrome

I found I could not open my email within hotmail. Hotmail itself works in IE and Google Chrome so I know it is FF. I can open the account but not individual emails nor can I delete junk mail. Nothing within the hotmail window seems to work.

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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CRM UI using IE 8, Firefox and Google Chrome

Hi Colleagues,
Is there any feedback on CRM UI using IE 8, Firefox and Google Chrome?
A prospect is asking about it and I could not find any oficial information in Service Marketplace.
Regards,
Renato Petrulis

Renato,
For CRM 2007/7.0 IE8 was release conditionally. Basically it defaults IE8 back to compatibility mode when viewing CRM from IE8. Please take a look at the following OSS Notes
1397488 - Conditional release of SAP CRM 2007 and SAP CRM 7.0 for IE 8
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