X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FBlogReader.java;h=c120a1bde09aa56cd93f5b529ae9d4df6cd6e44d;hb=c81cbfa7472e56c48bcdf068d21a46db29617351;hp=3dc51cecc4d116c5c3d04b27596b79ade56cf5d8;hpb=cb8e52fbbc5f725e3f7f48c672cdddb0690bd978;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index 3dc51ce..c120a1b 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.");
 
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
       String formattedDate = Cache.setDateProperty(
               "JALVIEW_NEWS_RSS_LASTMODIFIED", lastread.getTime());
       BlogReader me = new BlogReader();
-      System.out.println("Set last date to " + formattedDate);
+      jalview.bin.Console.outPrintln("Set last date to " + formattedDate);
       if (me.isNewsNew())
       {
         Console.debug("There is news to read.");