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			  __license__   = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
'''
http://www.dilbert.com
DrMerry added cover Image 2011-11-12
'''

from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
import re

class DilbertBig(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title                  = 'Dilbert'
    __author__             = 'Darko Miletic and Starson17 contribution of DrMerry'
    description            = 'Dilbert'
    reverse_article_order = True
    oldest_article         = 15
    max_articles_per_feed  = 100
    no_stylesheets         = True
    use_embedded_content   = True
    encoding               = 'utf-8'
    publisher              = 'UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.'
    category               = 'comic'
    language               = 'en'
    cover_url         = 'http://dilbert.com/mobile/mobile/dilbert.app.icon.png'

    conversion_options = {
                             'comments'        : description
                            ,'tags'            : category
                            ,'language'        : language
                            ,'publisher'       : publisher
                         }

    feeds = [(u'Dilbert', u'http://feed.dilbert.com/dilbert/daily_strip' )]

    def get_article_url(self, article):
        return article.get('feedburner_origlink', None)

    preprocess_regexps = [
        (re.compile('strip\..*\.gif', re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE), lambda match: 'strip.zoom.gif')
        ]

    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
       for tag in soup.findAll(name='a'):
           if tag['href'].find('http://feedads') >= 0:
              tag.extract()
       return soup

    extra_css = '''
                    h1{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:bold;font-size:large;}
                    h2{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:normal;font-size:small;}
                    img {max-width:100%; min-width:100%;}
                    p{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;}
                    body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;}
		'''