Pendular.io

[jjccc]

🛠️ Request to Add Third-Party Story Creation Tool/CMS/Platform

Story creation resource name

Pendular

Type

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• [x] Story Creation Tool
• [x] CMS
• [x] Platform
• [ ] Other

URL

https://pendular.io/

Image

Description

Allows publishers to automate the creation of high-quality stories focused on sports content.

List of Stories

https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/cad-atl-1638446823.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/403/rmb-bet-1638449254.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/petground-1638454826.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/bagles-1638457354.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/monedero-1638459550.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/peinado-de-los-90-1638446664.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/press-conference-1638448569.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/horoscopo-1638450221.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/cheesecake-1638456127.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/atp-finals-1638458988.html

[sdenaro]

Confirming I am taking this one.

[sdenaro]

There are some issues

1. Thumbnails:

   Thumbnails are either the wrong size or have the wrong dimensions. As examples:

a) In this one, the image ratio is broken. It should be 3/4 or 4/3 for portrait or landscape, 1/1 for square. This ratio is about .56

https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/cad-atl-1638446823.html

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

[poster-portrait-src = {"url":"/uploads/plugin_slot/preroll/61715/mini_magick20211202-861-vpg6kz.jpg","width":1125,"height":2000,"mime":"image/jpeg"}] failed [isPortrait]

b) https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/403/rmb-bet-1638449254.html

This image is too small

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

[poster-portrait-src = {"url":"/uploads/plugin_slot/preroll/60059/mini_magick20211202-16412-1vpm93h.png","width":255,"height":452,"mime":"image/png"}] failed [isPortrait, isAtLeast696x928]

c) https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/peinado-de-los-90-1638446664.html

This ratio is also off, and too small.

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

[poster-portrait-src = {"url":"/uploads/plugin_slot/preroll/61717/screenshot_154643_1638445361.jpg","width":405,"height":720,"mime":"image/jpeg"}] failed [isPortrait, isAtLeast696x928]

2. Other images are not in the correct ratios. See:

[https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/tmp/skins/08e004c97171cee9.png]: actual ratio [800/300 = 2.66] does not match specified [801/261 = 3.06]

3. There are stories with videos that are too large. Videos need to be under 4mb.

   https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/petground-1638454826.html

videos over 4MB: [https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123371/axed_173819_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123369/axed_173819_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123370/axed_173819_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123374/axed_173818_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123372/axed_173818_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123373/axed_173818_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123386/axed_173817_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123384/axed_173817_000.mp4,https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/card_image_box/image/123385/axed_173817_000.mp4]

4. And some minor issues""

a) is missing

This can improve performance. It's a warning, not an error. I would change this to use preload.

5. Structured data:

   @type is not 'Article' or 'NewsArticle' or 'ReportageNewsArticle'

This can help with surfacing the right articles to the right users.

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/intro-structured-data

6. The canonical URLs should be correct. When this isn't working, you'll get errors in the search console.

linkrelcanonicalisok (FAIL)

actual: https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/horoscopo-1638450220.html, expected: https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/horoscopo-1638450221.html

[jjccc]

We have fixed the issues and we have the next doubts:

• structured data are mandatory or it is only a recommendation?
• poster have been generated following the minimum sizes that appears in AMP documentation: Portrait: 640px x 853px Landscape: 853px x 640px Square: 640px x 640px Are these sizes right?

These are the new amp stories pages. URLs have changed because we use timestamps during the generation and it was the cause of bug 6 with the canonical URLs.

https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/monedero-1638458361.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/atp-finals-1638457907.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/bagles-1638456637.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/cheesecake-1638454666.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/petground-1638449839.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/horoscopo-1638449597.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/press-conference-1638447321.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/422/peinado-de-los-90-1638445341.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/415/cad-atl-1638444982.html https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/403/rmb-bet-1637779695.html

[sdenaro]

Structured data is a strong recommendation.

I will confirm the changes when I am back in Jan.

Thanks

[jjccc]

Thanks. When you make the revision, please, change the last URL story of the previous list

https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/403/rmb-bet-1637779695.html

by this one:

https://engine.pendular.io/uploads/amp/329/rmb-bet-1637779695.html

Thanks.

[sdenaro]

I will have time to confirm the changes this week and will update you. Thanks.

[jjccc]

Is there any progress with our validation process? Thanks!

[sdenaro]

Story work was pushed back, I need to block off time to complete this by the end of next week. Sorry about the delay.

[sdenaro]

Looks like another issue. Our tooling and the documentation disagree on min image sizes. I'm going to investigate and see why this is.

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

failed [isAtLeast696x928]

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

failed [isAtLeast928x928]

storymetadatathumbnailsareok (FAIL)

failed [isAtLeast928x696]

Thanks for waiting patiently as we sort this out.

[jjccc]

Hi, any updates on this issue? Thank!

[sdenaro]

I am back in the office and following up.

[sdenaro]

I'm going to file a bug against the linter. Everything else looks good to go.

[jjccc]

Thanks! We will impatiently wait for the fix.

[sdenaro]

I'm going to move forward with listing this while I wait for word on a fix.

[jjccc]

How many days can be last the listing validation process? Thanks!

[sdenaro]

@jjccc I'll escalate internally and see what the hold up is.

[jjccc]

Can the category and the screenshot of our product be updated after it is listed in amp.dev tools page?

Thanks!

[sdenaro]

update the issue with the new image and product information. Unless there is some issue with changing it, I can put in another PR some time next week when I have time to work on open source again.

thanks.