take our news feed - medium 403s these days

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/www/js/NewsCtrl.js b/www/js/NewsCtrl.js
index 1e84e535..86916c2e 100644
--- a/www/js/NewsCtrl.js
+++ b/www/js/NewsCtrl.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ angular.module('zmApp.controllers').controller('zmApp.NewsCtrl', ['$scope', '$ro
 
   $scope.newsItems = [];
 
+  /*
 
   $http.get(zm.blogUrl, {
       responseType: 'text',
@@ -124,6 +125,6 @@ angular.module('zmApp.controllers').controller('zmApp.NewsCtrl', ['$scope', '$ro
         });
       }
 
-    });
+    }); */
 
 }]);
diff --git a/www/js/app.js b/www/js/app.js
index 1473cd9b..d01006d0 100755
--- a/www/js/app.js
+++ b/www/js/app.js
@@ -805,57 +805,7 @@ angular.module('zmApp', [
             //console.log ("UPDATE " + zmVersion);
           });
 
-        NVR.log("Checking for news updates");
-        $http.get(zm.blogUrl, {
-            responseType: 'text',
-            transformResponse: undefined
-          })
-
-          .then(function (datastr) {
-            // again, for cordova-http
-
-            datastr = datastr.data;
-            var trunc = "])}while(1);</x>";
-            datastr = datastr.substr(trunc.length);
-
-            var data = JSON.parse(datastr);
-            $rootScope.newBlogPost = "";
-            if (data.payload.posts.length <= 0) {
-              $rootScope.newBlogPost = "";
-              return;
-            }
-
-            var lastDate = NVR.getLatestBlogPostChecked();
-            //console.log ("************ BLOG LAST DATE " + lastDate);
-            if (!lastDate) {
-
-              $rootScope.newBlogPost = "(" + $translate.instant('kNewPost') + ")";
-              NVR.setLatestBlogPostChecked(moment().format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"));
-              return;
-
-            }
-            var mLastDate = moment(lastDate);
-            var mItemDate = moment(data.payload.posts[0].createdAt);
-
-            if (mItemDate.diff(mLastDate, 'seconds') > 0) {
-              /*console.log ("DIFF IS "+mItemDate.diff(mLastDate, 'seconds'));
-              console.log ("DIFF mLastDate="+mLastDate);
-              console.log ("DIFF mItemDate="+mItemDate);
-              console.log ("FORMAT DIFF mLastDate="+mLastDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss") );
-              console.log ("FORMAT DIFF mItemDate="+mItemDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss") );*/
-
-              NVR.debug("New post dated " + mItemDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss") + " found, last date checked was " + mLastDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"));
-
-              $rootScope.newBlogPost = "(" + $translate.instant('kNewPost') + ")";
-              NVR.setLatestBlogPostChecked(mItemDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"));
-
-
-
-            } else {
-              NVR.debug("Latest post dated " + mItemDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss") + " but you read " + lastDate);
-            }
-
-          });
+     
 
       }
     }
@@ -2350,7 +2300,7 @@ angular.module('zmApp', [
 
       })
 
-
+/*
       .state('app.news', {
         data: {
           requireLogin: false
@@ -2361,6 +2311,7 @@ angular.module('zmApp', [
         controller: 'zmApp.NewsCtrl',
 
       })
+      */
 
       .state('app.monitors', {
         data: {
diff --git a/www/templates/menu.html b/www/templates/menu.html
index 1a630b98..f621424c 100644
--- a/www/templates/menu.html
+++ b/www/templates/menu.html
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
 
 
-          <div ng-if="$root.showBlog">
+          <div ng-if="$root.showBlog && 0">
             <!--<ion-item nav-clear menu-close ng-click="navigateView('app.news')" >-->
             <ion-item nav-clear menu-close href="#/app/news">
               <span class=" item-icon-left">