X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FBlogReader.java;h=af59ca7f6d894319aa7828df42e8005bcfb06b8a;hb=0a7a19cf507b20cb1eb6f8aaf7c040ecf0cd5825;hp=3dc51cecc4d116c5c3d04b27596b79ade56cf5d8;hpb=cb8e52fbbc5f725e3f7f48c672cdddb0690bd978;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index 3dc51ce..af59ca7 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
@@ -254,11 +254,9 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
     _channelModel = new ChannelListModel();
     // Construct our jalview news channel
     Channel chan = new Channel();
-    chan.setURL(
-            Cache.getDefault("JALVIEW_NEWS_RSS",
-                    Cache.getDefault("www.jalview.org",
-                            "https://www.jalview.org")
-                            + "/feeds/desktop/rss"));
+    chan.setURL(Cache.getDefault("JALVIEW_NEWS_RSS",
+            Cache.getDefault("www.jalview.org", "https://www.jalview.org")
+                    + "/feeds/desktop/rss"));
     loadLastM();
     _channelModel.addChannel(chan);
     updating = true;
@@ -273,13 +271,16 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
 
     initItems(chan);
     updating = false;
-    boolean setvisible = checkForNew(chan, true);
-
-    if (setvisible)
+    if (!Cache.getDefault("NONEWS", false))
     {
+      boolean setvisible = checkForNew(chan, true);
+
+      if (setvisible)
+      {
 
-      Console.debug("Will show jalview news automatically");
-      showNews();
+        Console.debug("Will show jalview news automatically");
+        showNews();
+      }
     }
     Console.debug("Completed construction of reader.");