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I'd love it too, but given all the things we have spinning right now we're choosing to focus on the online experience for now.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thank you ,I understand.
regards
quan zhuo
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You only need to give us an API - I bet there are quite a few folks here who'd happily write the mobile apps for you 
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There are 2 main issues we have to have an answer to first:
1. The API itself. We actually already have an API that's expanding rapidly, but it's not what you want. And what you want isn't what someone else wants. We need to go through the exercise (again) of working out which bits of the stuff that we're actively supporting are we willing to commit to for the long, long term and expose that
2. Load. How much will these APIs be hit? Are we ready to support that load? What uptime commitment is required
3. Abuse. How do we ensure the API isn't abused? The obvious answer is to put together an API key system where users register to get a key, and those who abuse it get shutdown. This isn't optimal, but neither is having a service be abused by a small number of members at the detriment of the whole.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'd be more than willing to work with you to pull together my requirements for a mobile API (and your answer to point 3 is an entirely sensible one). Heck, I'd even PhoneGap the app and write the article for you.
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I was gonna offer to help, but you'd make a far better choice. Your ideas would be more in sync with Chris's own unlike mine - as I have noticed historically
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Chris ultimately comes round to your way of thinking though.
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Chris Maunder wrote: There are 2 main issues we have to have an answer to first:
Nice touch that, saying you have 2 main issues and casually sneaking in a 3rd point. 
1. I agree. There needs to be a basic spec. But I wouldn't imagine it being too hard to come up with one. I'd expect the ability to log in, search and view articles, rate articles, view, rate and post messages/comments on articles and forums.
2. Well, the load would surely not be any higher than people doing the same things using the website?
3. You could do it similar to how Facebook does it where vendors get an auth-key.
4. You could make a requirement that all official apps show ads too. This would mean exposing an api to fetch ads as well. Obviously, the ads would have to be media/content optimized for mobile screens.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: saying you have 2 main issues and casually sneaking in a 3rd point
oops, typo 
Nish Sivakumar wrote: 1. I agree. There needs to be a basic spec. But I wouldn't imagine it being too hard to come up with one. I'd expect the ability to log in, search and view articles, rate articles, view, rate and post messages/comments on articles and forums.
We have most of these already but only at a very low level. Specifically, our rating system and reputation systems are separate, though they work together. So, when you rate something you need to also set the reputation events. What we need to do is package up these low level APIs into a public facing API that has the workflow fully encapsulated.
Nish Sivakumar wrote: Well, the load would surely not be any higher than people doing the same things using the website?
It could be far higher, because applications can call it far faster than a Real Human - or an app could sit there polling all day, every day.
Nish Sivakumar wrote: You could make a requirement that all official apps show ads too
Ewww!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Screen scraping is one last resort and that's how peoples build rapid mobile clients
Ranjan.D
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It's AN option, Not one I'd recommend in a site that changes its structure.
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Yes you are right, It may work for stable site which do not much change the naming for CSS and HTML layouts. It may be just a work around but not a complete full-fledged solution.
Ranjan.D
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Not that it looks like many read the instructions, however, you might add in the Database Forum instructions, that posters need to state the database server they are using. My answer for MS SQL Server most likely will not work on an Oracle server.
Thanks
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What browser? What platform? This displays fine for me in Chrome on Windows 8.
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It's because the poster included a link that is too wide for the page.
Use the best guess
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We can still fix this, It doesn't matter if one posts a link that might be wide enough.
The fix should be as simple as adding a simple style for table td
style="word-wrap: break-word"
Ranjan.D
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That may well be true, but someone still has to implement and test it. And, if you had not noticed, there has been a huge amount of work going on behind the scenes recently; the hamsters may be wearying.
Use the best guess
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During vote of best article of any month.. without signing in, a weak warning message is shown on page.
is it possible to show warning message in bigger font.. or with any better way ?
As I hear,
becuase of this scenario,
some people think that they vote but leave the page without voting.
thanks in advance
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Done.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hello,
I represent a software company, Devart, and we have previously posted many our products in the Codeproject catalog, but later Devart account has been deactivated. Now we are not able to update the products and some information about product versions and features is very outdated.
Is there a way to get the account back? Or may be is there a possibility of creating a new account and transferring all of the existing products to it?
Really need help with that.
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I thought your account was reactivated a while back. Were you banned again?
If people feel that you are promoting software for your company, and you aren't paying Code Project for the privilege of doing so, they will tend to vote your account as spam.
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And is there a way to do something to cancel the account deactivation or is that permanent? The thing is that lately we haven't been posting any content, just updating the existing one, and all we need is at least an ability to update the products already listed in the catalog.
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Only the CP team can reverse the deactivation. If all you've been doing is updating the catalog content, then I see no reason why anyone should vote it as spam.
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