Printables on Maven

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   sallybeaposted 7 years ago

   Can't help noticing that the Maven Site have 'Printables'.  Lots of people have asked for this over the years.

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   Paul Edmondsonposted 7 years ago

   The printables come from existing sites getting migrated to Maven. Is there a specific feature you're looking for?

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      sallybeaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I have in the past been asked if it is possible to have a print facility for my Tutorials and I do know that others have been asked for the same for recipes.

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         Glenn Stokposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         All modern browsers already include a print function. There is no need to build it into the site.

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            sallybeaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            You are right but why would MAVEN have printables then?  I think it is more a matter of what the person wants to be printed, just a recipe and not everything that goes with it.

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               Glenn Stokposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               Sally, I checked Firefox, Safari and Chrome – they all have print functions that only print the article without the ads. So there is no need for a website to include a print function. It's extra overhead that serves no additional purpose.
               
               By the way, I don't actually see where Maven has a print option. Where do you see that? Are you sure it not your browser's function you're looking at? Paul indicated (above) that some sites have it, but that's not a Maven thing.

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                  sallybeaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  I clicked on the link to Maven which was being displayed on at least 7 of my hubs yesterday and across the page on the menu was the word Printables.  The joke is that the ad is no longer there.  I checked and could not find it again, not on any of the hubs I looked at..  Makes me feel like an idiot.  Then I decided to do another check.  We were all saying yesterday that when we did a check on Maven we could not find any of our articles.  Well, I went to Craft Gossip which I think is a Maven site and blow me down, the hubs which I had mentioned previously were still there.

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                     Glenn Stokposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     The word "Printables" must mean something else. Not "print this page". I never saw it, but if you can tell me what channel it's on, I'd be curious to take a look.
                     
                     EDIT: I just did a Google search of Maven for "Printables" and I found what you are talking about. Those are articles that contain downloadable printable templates, but you still need to use the browser print function to print them. The same would apply to knitting patterns that psycheskinner mentioned.

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                        sallybeaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Oh good, I am glad you found it.   I was beginning to doubt myself.

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   psycheskinnerposted 7 years ago

   Browser print functions are crap for things like knitting pattern and templates

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   theraggededgeposted 7 years ago

   Argh! Coloring pages! One of the things that sank Squidoo, along with shower curtains and laptop bags.

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