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Instructables not showing up

Last night (May 23, 2012) between 9:00 PM and 11:45 PM Eastern time i posted 2 new instructables. One of which has been featured. Problem is they are not showing up on the technology page or the Electronics sub page. There have been several instructables posted today that are showing up on the page. They have even been accepted into a challenge or 2.

I also posted an instructable back on May 15 2012 and it is missing as well. Since this one has been missing for so long i sent an email to service@instructables.com asking about the issue. The email was sent 2 or 3 days ago and i haven't heard back (other then the auto reply that is sent).

All 3 show up on my profile and show up on the Challenge and contest pages they have been entered in. They just don't show up in the Technology page like then should or the sub category they should be listed under. What do i need to do to get this fixed?

Here are links to the instructables affected.
FM Listening Bug posted May 23
FM Bug Detector posted May 23
Universal USB Power Supply posted May 15

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canucksgirl says: Jul 13, 2012. 1:42 PM
I see they're all showing up now... I guess upverter was the problem, huh? :-)
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mikeasaurus in reply to canucksgirlJul 15, 2012. 3:00 AM
Thanks for all your help tracking this down and trying to sort it out. It took some time to figure this out, but it looks like it was the upverter code (nice catch).

Looks like publishing the project without the upverter code and letting the category lists populate (and sync) then adding the upverter code after worked best. This is the first I've seen this code on our site and am interested in how it can interface with us.

Keep up the awesome work!
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlJul 13, 2012. 2:06 PM
Yes it was upverter. thank you all!
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lebowski says: Jul 11, 2012. 2:04 PM
Are those the only 3 projects that you have added the upverter embed code to?
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to lebowskiJul 11, 2012. 2:22 PM
Yes but the problem didn't happen until i changed the category they where in.
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mpilchfamily (author) says: Jun 19, 2012. 7:51 AM
OK i've confirmed its not a problem with my account but a problem with the system glitching when you edit the category the instructable is under. Just posted a new instructable this morning and it is showing up as it should.

Now could someone please fix my 3 missing ones?
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Kiteman in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 19, 2012. 8:59 AM
This is still not fixed??
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mikeasaurus says: Jun 10, 2012. 11:43 AM
I've pushed some buttons behind the scenes to try and get them to show up in the feed/channels.
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mikeasaurusJun 10, 2012. 5:35 PM
I see where the transmitter and detector have been automatically reposted since there post date has changed. Guess we'll see if they show up some time tomorrow.

Thanks!
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 11, 2012. 2:25 PM
Well its been over 24 hours since i copied the Universal USB Power Supply and republished it. Also since your button pushing republished the other 2 and still they don't show up in the category listings.

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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 13, 2012. 8:34 AM
Well i guess those instructables are doomed to never show up under the category listing. I'm starting to think that no instructable i post from now on will show up like it should. I'm hoping to have another instructable to post in the near future to see if that is the case.
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canucksgirl says: Jun 7, 2012. 9:23 PM
Just wondering if your ibles are showing up yet? (I seem to have either tripped the filters on a forum topic (that I published a little while ago), or the system ate it like your ibles)... :-(
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlJun 8, 2012. 4:32 AM
They still are not showing in the categories as they should. My guess is something in the system went wrong when i edited them to change what sub category they where under.
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canucksgirl in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 8, 2012. 1:04 PM
My 2 cents... if they can't get it solved soon, it might be worth it to 'copy and paste' them into new ibles and re-publish. (Just a suggestion).
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlJun 8, 2012. 1:18 PM
Thanks for the idea.
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 10, 2012. 5:43 AM
I've reposted the USB Universal Power Supply. 
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canucksgirl in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 10, 2012. 9:51 AM
I got a subscription email for it, but its not showing up in recent yet... Maybe this time it was tripped by the filters? (Give it some time, being a Sunday, they might not get a chance to review it today (if it was a filter-word-issue); but if by mid-afternoon Monday, its still not showing up, then you might want to contact someone)...
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlJun 10, 2012. 10:11 AM
Thats been my experience as well. I won't expect to see it in the recent till some time Monday afternoon. I have faith it will be there. This time i'm not going to edit the instructable to try and change the category. I'm thinking there is a bug in the system when one tries to change the category of there instructable.
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canucksgirl in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 10, 2012. 10:33 AM
That could be the reason, but did you change the category on all 3?
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlJun 10, 2012. 11:25 AM
Yes
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Kiteman in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 8, 2012. 4:45 AM
Looking directly the projects:
  • Listening bug - shows as listed in Technology/Electronics.
  • Bug Detector - shows as listed in Technology/Electronics.
  • Power supply - shows as listed in Technology/USB.
All three show as "featured", and entered into contests.

However, I can confirm that they are still not showing up in the appropriate lists.
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to KitemanJun 8, 2012. 7:05 AM
Thanks! Though the Listening Bug hasn't been featured.
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jessyratfink says: May 25, 2012. 3:08 PM
Just wanted to let you guys know I forwarded this on to bugs - Greg says it's a big problem and they're looking into now.

So while the fix might take a little while - we are working on it! :D
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to jessyratfinkJun 4, 2012. 6:50 AM
Well it's been a week and the instructables are still missing from the topic pages. I'm missing out on allot of views that could be helping my chances in contests. :(
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 4, 2012. 6:52 AM
I think the problem may have something to do with when i edited the instructables to change what category they where in. Maybe that will help in resolving the issues.
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canucksgirl in reply to jessyratfinkMay 29, 2012. 5:10 AM
Thanks for giving an update. ;-)

I was beginning to feel a little foolish "bumping" this topic over and over... ;-)
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to jessyratfinkMay 28, 2012. 8:41 PM
Just checked my instructables and noticed my FM Listening Bug is no longer chowing up under the Contests it was accepted in. It was in the Spy Challenger and the Make it Real Challenge.
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jessyratfink in reply to mpilchfamilyMay 28, 2012. 10:07 PM
It's still showing as being in the Make it Real, but I added it back into the Spy challenge. :)
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to jessyratfinkMay 29, 2012. 4:24 AM
I resubmitted them last night.
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to jessyratfinkMay 26, 2012. 6:58 AM
Thank You Very Much!
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to mpilchfamilyJun 18, 2012. 5:05 AM
Any updates on when this might be fixed?
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canucksgirl says: May 25, 2012. 2:10 PM
Another BUMP.

*** For STAFF ***

3 Published Instructables are still missing from Recent. I've looked through many pages (in featured and recent), and they are no where to be found.

Can someone looking into this please?
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canucksgirl says: May 24, 2012. 2:13 PM
BUMP!

There is definitely something strange going on here. The ibles exist, but can't be found under recent...
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlMay 24, 2012. 3:59 PM
The FM Bug Detector is sitting on the main page right now. But still doesn't show in the technology section like it should.

I guess the admins are on vacation this week. :(
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canucksgirl in reply to mpilchfamilyMay 24, 2012. 4:06 PM
Yes, I noticed it was featured to the home page (congrats btw), but I couldn't find it under featured or recent. Very Strange...

On the bright side, that ible is getting some attention now, but they should ALL be visible in the featured and/or recent areas to be accessible to everyone.

If it's any consolation, your ibles do show up on your followers profile pages. (I recently subbed you, and can see them on my page). Btw, I hope you got my PM, thanking you for the patch! ;-)
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mpilchfamily (author) in reply to canucksgirlMay 25, 2012. 12:14 PM
Thanks and yes i got the PM.
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