From 91c22e7a683b112d61ca4567cddc965add2ace76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Pepple Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 12:24:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial work on the July 2025 blog --- blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md diff --git a/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md b/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f7a39cf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: July 2025 News +slug: jult-2025-update +date: 2025-08-01T10:52 +authors: [ bpepple ] +tags: [ comic, metadata, metron, opencollective, darkseid, metrontagger ] +--- + +# July 2025 News + +## Monthly Statistics + +During June the [Metron Project](https://metron.cloud/) added the following to its database: + +- Users: **48** +- Issues: **1,102** +- Creators: **91** +- Characters: **407** + +Thanks to everyone that contributed! + +## Bulma CSS + +The site has been updated to the latest version of [Bulma CSS](https://bulma.io/), so it now +follows you computer's theme (light/dark). There's a few widgets that still need to be fixed to +work well with the dark theme, primarily the autocomplete fields in some of the forms (Issue, +Series. etc.), but that work _really_ needs to be done upstream. + +The upside of being on the most recent version of Bulma is that I can start working on adding a +better system for [documentation](../2025-06-01-april-may-update/index.md#documentation) to the site. + +## MetronInfo.xml + +[AJ](https://github.com/ajslater) recently released new versions of +[ComicBox](https://github.com/ajslater/comicbox) and [Codex](https://github.com/ajslater/codex) +that added support for [MetronInfo XML](https://github.com/Metron-Project/metroninfo). + +If you're looking for a list of software that supports this relatively new format you can find a +list of software +[here](https://github.com/Metron-Project/metroninfo?tab=readme-ov-file#what-software-currently-supports-it). + +## OpenCollective + +If you would like to help keep the lights on at the project, we have an account at +[Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/metron) to defray the servers costs and help with increasing future +server capacity. + +Anyway, that's all I got for this month. Take care! \ No newline at end of file From a9c266c8efd7090f837f3e046cfb95a19a9ac978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Pepple Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 14:10:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Finalize blog --- blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md b/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md index f7a39cf1..460c7077 100644 --- a/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md +++ b/blog/2025-08-01-july-update/index.md @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ --- title: July 2025 News -slug: jult-2025-update -date: 2025-08-01T10:52 +slug: july-2025-update +date: 2025-08-02T13:52 authors: [ bpepple ] -tags: [ comic, metadata, metron, opencollective, darkseid, metrontagger ] +tags: [ comic, opencollective, codex, comicbox, documentation, comictagger ] --- # July 2025 News +This is a summary of noticeable happenings during July. + + + ## Monthly Statistics -During June the [Metron Project](https://metron.cloud/) added the following to its database: +During July the [Metron Project](https://metron.cloud/) added the following to its database: - Users: **48** - Issues: **1,102** @@ -24,10 +28,18 @@ Thanks to everyone that contributed! The site has been updated to the latest version of [Bulma CSS](https://bulma.io/), so it now follows you computer's theme (light/dark). There's a few widgets that still need to be fixed to work well with the dark theme, primarily the autocomplete fields in some of the forms (Issue, -Series. etc.), but that work _really_ needs to be done upstream. +Series. etc.), but for the most part users should be able to use either theme without running +into any issues. The upside of being on the most recent version of Bulma is that I can start working on adding a -better system for [documentation](../2025-06-01-april-may-update/index.md#documentation) to the site. +better system for [documentation](../2025-06-01-april-may-update/index.md#documentation) to the +site, which with any luck I can get to before the end of the year. 🤞 + +## Darkseid / Metron-Tagger + +Released new versions of [Darkseid](https://github.com/Metron-Project/darkseid) and +[Metron-Tagger](https://github.com/Metron-Project/metron-tagger) which added support for .cb7 +and .cbt comics, in addition to some code and documentation improvements. ## MetronInfo.xml @@ -39,6 +51,15 @@ If you're looking for a list of software that supports this relatively new forma list of software [here](https://github.com/Metron-Project/metroninfo?tab=readme-ov-file#what-software-currently-supports-it). +## ComicTagger + +Just a heads-up for any [ComicTagger](https://github.com/comictagger/comictagger) user, if you plan +on tagging comics with data from Metron for an extended time (3+ hours), you may want to refrain +from doing so, since they [currently](https://github.com/comictagger/metron_talker/issues/52) do not +take into account the site's daily rate limit of 10,000 API requests. Based on what I've been +seeing the last few months, it's __extremely__ likely your IP address will be banned for 24 +hours or so after you exceed this limit, since you are needlessly just hammering the site. + ## OpenCollective If you would like to help keep the lights on at the project, we have an account at