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Replied to a post on github.com :

Here's a "test" site I've been using to play around with PressForward and an example post on which it happens: http://read.boffosocko.com/2017/02/09/why-republicans-are-still-struggling-with-repealing-and-replacing-obamacare-the-atlantic/

Here's what I'm noticing as I go through the process:
I used the bookmarklet to nominate the post (and in the modal window prior to clicking "nominate", the first attribution with link appears at the bottom of the page, presumably being included via Mercury--it's possible it's in the bookmarklet JS, but I'm not seeing anything that looks like that's the case with my shaky JS skills, but you may want to double check), then checking within the database, post_content shows just the single original attribution (again presumably from Mercury).
It's only after moving the post to "draft" that PressForward adds the additional "Source: URL wrapped title" attribution (with paragraph tags) to post_content which results in the duplication.

 

Replied to a post on github.com :

That could potentially work. Is there a filter or setting for that which I'm missing?

I also just tried another Draft version a bit ago and noticed that the exact interface has the two bits I thought it was missing. Apparently they don't appear for Nominate.

![draft](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5882943/21745351/b25ef026-d4de-11e6-80ea-ee8eb84cde5e.PNG)

One of the things I notice that is missing between the Nominate and Draft functionalities is that the Draft option scrapes and properly places a featured image while the Nominate option doesn't do this and doesn't seem to add it when the piece is moved from the nomination queue into draft form. Is this a feature, flaw, or just an oversight? I can understand not saving the photo unless it goes to draft/publish as ones media folder gets filled up, but in some cases it would be nice to be able to scrape it easily when going from nomination to draft/publish.

 

Link to see nomination/draft from Bookmarklet finish screen · Issue #881 · PressForward/pressforward https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward/issues/881

UI suggestion

When using the bookmarklet to nominate/draft an article or source, it would be nice if the final page of the process in the modal would/could include direct links to open the interface to see the nomination, the draft, or the page for the RSS nominations respectively depending on the action taken.

In small(er) organizations this could help cut down on several seconds of workflow for those who might then begin work on the next step in the process immediately.

![nomination saved](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5882943/21744322/0ebf70aa-d4c8-11e6-8dbc-0a01a8853f15.PNG)


 

@jgovern I you for the Smart-Alec-Tweet Hall of Fame :) @JHU_Alumni @JohnsHopkins

 

I just hope the Senate doesn't say that we should wait for the next president to nominate a Librarian of Congress http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-obama-to-nominate-carla-hayden-as-librarian-of-congress-20160224-story.html