(Archived) BUG: Problem clipper URLs

[Owyn 457]

This topic should be used to post clipping problems with the released clippers. New problems with beta clippers should be posted in the beta clipper announcement topic.

Each post should identify:

OS, Browser, and Clipper Versions

URL of source page

Description of Problem

[Owyn 457]

Tested: Ubuntu 12.04 / Chromium 18 / Clipper 5.3.1

URL: http://www.nikonthenumbers.com/topics/show/214

Article selection defaults to full page and can not be adjusted to just include main post. Selection clip works properly.

Clearly does select article properly.

[KimGreenAtlanta 0]

I have problems with Clipper for Chrome. It works for a day or so. Then it stops working completely. The only way to resolve the problem is to re-install it. Any suggestions?

[peterfmartin 221]

No page from NYTimes.com gets clipped correctly for me by the Chrome clipper. I'm using Mac 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), Chrome, and clipper 5.3.1. The pages get clipped into two or three different styles, none of which preserve the formatting of the NYTimes.com pages. Here are some URLs:

http://www.nytimes.c...?pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.c...scapegoats.html

http://www.nytimes.c...ce-scandal.html

http://www.nytimes.c...on-twitter.html

http://www.nytimes.c...artin-case.html

http://www.nytimes.c...of-affairs.html

http://www.nytimes.c...ent-trains.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-lobbyists.html

http://www.nytimes.c...dies-at-80.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-protester.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-mali-coup.html

http://www.nytimes.c...me-barrier.html

http://www.nytimes.c...m-festival.html

[Owyn 457]

I get Ooops/404 responses from all of the above links.

Tested a new front page article using Article Clip with one up arrow size adjust on:

http://cityroom.blog...tests-grows/?hp

The clip looks good here (it includes all the slideshow images).

https://www.evernote...e1af5d902475799

Tested Linux/Chromium 18/Clipper 5.3.1 with Preserve styles for text.

[peterfmartin 221]

CityRoom is a blog, not a normal http://www.nytimes.com article. (You can see that the from the URL: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com.) Check out any article that begins with http://www.nytimes.com and I think you'll see what I mean.

Here are the links again, though, as I've said, any http://www.nytimes.com should show you the same thing—unless I'm the only one with this problem:

http://www.nytimes.c...?pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.c...scapegoats.html

http://www.nytimes.c...ce-scandal.html

http://www.nytimes.c...on-twitter.html

http://www.nytimes.c...artin-case.html

http://www.nytimes.c...of-affairs.html

http://www.nytimes.c...ent-trains.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-lobbyists.html

http://www.nytimes.c...dies-at-80.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-protester.html

http://www.nytimes.c...-mali-coup.html

http://www.nytimes.c...me-barrier.html

http://www.nytimes.c...m-festival.html

[Owyn 457]

Tested the first link:

http://www.nytimes.c...&pagewanted=all

The initial article selection started at the second paragraph (possibly because of the Twitter insert in the article).

I used up arrow twice to include all text and images. That does include some crud which I would normally remove.

https://www.evernote...de61db7f6aa40bc

Also tested Clearly on the article. That included all the text but excluded the images.

[peterfmartin 221]

Yeah, the initial article selection often starts at the second paragraph or in the middle of the main photo below the headline.

I get that layout some of the time. As I've said each time I've mentioned this, I get a few different layout types, none of which matches the actual page. Here are some examples:

Not too bad: https://www.evernote...df61808d657dcb0

Worse: https://www.evernote...095d979c1ed7ee6

Worst: https://www.evernote...1795758cf797fcd

EDIT: Also, my clip of the Zimbabwe article is worse than yours:

https://www.evernote...7a1fe019f92a01c . In addition to the huge space at the top, the photo not in line with the text, and all the text in the wrong size, look at the caption text overlaid over other text

[Owyn 457]

I suspect the difference in clips is because I have "Clip styling" set to "Preserve styles only for text" and you have "Preserve all styles".

Taking a look at the other urls.

[Owyn 457]

Looks like the problem must be specific to the Mac environment.

I tested "preserve all" here and took a second look at your clips. They appear to be "preserve styles for text" on closer check.

One other difference is that I am using AdBlock Plus (Beta) extension. Some ads showed up in your clip that were stripped from my clip.

[peterfmartin 221]

Hmm, thanks for the insight. Does that mean the OS you're using when clipping may affect the clipper?

[Owyn 457]

Hmm, thanks for the insight. Does that mean the OS you're using when clipping may affect the clipper?

Yes.