Article Writing

Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

30-Mar-21 3:07

Thanks very much for the report. There was an error with the article editor that has now been fixed.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 7:38

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 7:38

Hello, I added my company's RSS feed yesterday as a Technical Blog but the first article was reported as spam and the account was closed. In reviewing the submission rules, I understand that the article contained callouts to the tool and therefore should not have been submitted. My apologies for this.

Going forward, I would like to only submit the most technical articles from our blog - some of our articles are career advice or thought leadership - and I will remove any CTAs or free download prompts.

When adding the blog feed again the prompt says "Feed already added, contact us." which I am doing here. Can someone help me resubmit the RSS feed? Thank you.

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:23

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:23

Hi Everett,

I'd be happy to help with this. First could I look at some examples from your blog, and could you please let me know the CodeProject account that added the blog to our site?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:30

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:30

Thanks! Here are 3 articles I think should fit with CodeProject (pls ignore CTAs I will remove those):
- Decoding Django Sessions in PostgreSQL[^]
- Postgres Notify for Real Time Dashboards[^]
- A Complete Guide to UUIDs in Postgres[^]

The original account I used to add the blog was Member 15097881 and the blog feed is at arctype.com/blog/rss

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:36

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:36

Thanks very much for that. Would you be willing to have all links and references to Arctype removed from your posts when they are published on CodeProject?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:41

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:41

Yes! We definitely want to follow the rules of the forum. I think there's an original link that is shown at the bottom of the articles and that should be just fine!

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:46

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:46

Actually there's a link to the original blog in the upper left hand corner:
Improving Performance in Pygame – Speed Up Your Game[^]

And that's the only link we would allow. Does that sound acceptable?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:53

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:53

I see that, okay that is definitely acceptable! Thank you for taking the time to look at this.

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 9:24

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 9:24

Thanks Everett. I have restored the account you were sharing the blog from. I recommend as soon as our aggregator pulls in your blog entries, that you go in and edit out the links and mentions of Arctype as soon as possible (as shown here):
Code Project Technical Blog FAQ[^]

Because the account has been flagged once, as soon as the members see the blog post with the links in it, they will flag the account again and remove it. If I happen to catch it before you do, I will edit out the links and mentions.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 9:26

24-Mar-21 9:26

Got it, really appreciate the advice. We'll move fast on editing these.

virus ?

Member 1506676224-Feb-21 0:27

Member 15066762

24-Feb-21 0:27

I get a virus warning when I try to download DriveDetector_demo.zip WHY?

Re: virus ?

Nelek14-Mar-21 23:00

Nelek

14-Mar-21 23:00

Sorry for the delay, I just saw your message right now.

It would not be the first time that some antivirus get a false positive with the annexed items of an article. I am not saying you can trust the download blindly. It is good that you tell about this issue, but would be better if you post a link to the article, if not the admins won't be able to check it.

M.D.V.

Missing Links

#realJSOP21-Feb-21 5:16

#realJSOP

21-Feb-21 5:16

In the message pinned at the top of this forum, two of the links are broken:

CodeProject Article FAQ

A Guide to Writing Articles for CodeProject

When you click them, you get the "there is no page" page.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

Re: Missing Links

Sean Ewington23-Feb-21 2:57

Where to post my new tool

23-Feb-21 2:57

Thanks for the catch! All fixed.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

.dan.g.15-Feb-21 22:52

15-Feb-21 22:52

Hi CP

I've written a tool to count the number of times unique IP addresses occur in zipped raw access logs and I'd like to share it with CP but can't work out where best to post it.

I wrote it to quickly identify aggressive bots on my website so I can block them by IP address.

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon(dot)todolist(at)gmail(dot)com

Nelek15-Feb-21 23:28

Nelek

15-Feb-21 23:28

I would say an article with a good explanation and the source code to download would be the best option.

About sections... I think it could be in:

If it works online
- Web Development >> Applications and Tools
or
- Web Development >> Trace and Logs

or if it works offline (you download the logs and work locally)
- Desktop Development >> Miscelaneous
or
- General programming >> Internet / Network

Not sure if that is what you asked though Smile | :)

M.D.V.

.dan.g.16-Feb-21 22:22

16-Feb-21 22:22

Thx for your suggestions Nelek.

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon(dot)todolist(at)gmail(dot)com

Sean Ewington16-Feb-21 3:09

16-Feb-21 3:09

I think Nelek's suggestions are good. If when it comes time to post and you're still not sure, just fire me an email (sean@codeproject.com) and I'll be happy to place it for you.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

.dan.g.16-Feb-21 22:24

16-Feb-21 22:24

Hi Sean

I decided to go with jeron1's suggestion of starting in the 'Free Tools' forum but I'm unable to post a screenshot there as I can here...

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon(dot)todolist(at)gmail(dot)com

jeron116-Feb-21 13:47

jeron1

16-Feb-21 13:47

Maybe Free Tools Discussion Boards[^] if you are not looking to create an article.

"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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.dan.g.16-Feb-21 22:26