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I understand what you're saying. All of us have learnt a lot from CP and as long as you don't ask for it, we'll admit to owing most of the money we make to what we've learnt here 
Spent a lot of time on the first article I posted here. Had to make sure that it was good enough to be along side ones posted by the CP greats. Don't wanna see some punk kids ruine those standards.
There, meaningful discussion. Bet those slashdottians never knew what that was like 
Think that's enough slashdot-bashing for a while.
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It is a blatant abuse. Just like with more negative votes on messages cause it to diminish there should be some option for articles too now.
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Precisely!
Like in Digg.
Articles below threshold should not appear unless a CP admin approves it (that would keep people like the univoter from messing up the good ones). And people should be held responsible for their votes.
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Use the "Report Broken Article" link at the top of the articles and we deal with them appropriately.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yes, but that takes time to take it off doesn't it. I reported the link I put up as the example, and it was working until now (I guess you took it off). Not that we drive ourselves crazy looking at those pages, but when we notice something wrong, we'd like to participate in fixing it...
you know...
Power to the People
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It's monday morning. We do, occasionally, need to sleep.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Basically, what samarea is asking is to disable the page from being public display. That should be a good idea. Isn't it?
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yeah Chris, that way you can get more sleep
:-P
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sameeraperera wrote: but when we notice something wrong, we'd like to participate in fixing it...
True. It actually makes an eyesore on CP and with more spam reports, it can be blocked off public display till CP Admin intervenes.
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and what a royal pain it is too.
Why does signing in redirect to the Code Project home page?
And why does 'Remember me' not work - If I navigate to a CP page from 'outside' - I have to sign in to be able to download/comment, which then navigates you away from the page of interest... ach!
I'm using FireFox 2.0.0.4 with cookies etc enabled on XP SP2.
ATB
Jerry
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The redirect thing is broken - yep. This is because of a subtle querystring key conflict that we're fixing but is so endemic it just became too painful to try and retrofix. This will be fixed properly.
Remember me should work though. Try clearing your cookies then signing in again and it should start working again.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I think CP needs the forums to be re-organized, having categories of development topics with sub-categories underneath, something like this. I don't know if I got everything included but end result would be a cascading menu with fewer options presented at any given time, and stuff put into logical groups. The following would be found under the "Message Boards" menu item that we already have:
CodeProject Community
The Lounge
The Soapbox
Suggestion Box
Report Site Bugs
Article Requests
Get-togethers
Sports
Software Development
General
Native Code
C/C++
Frameworks
MFC
WTL
ATL
COM
STL
Windows API
Visual Basic
Other Languages
Managed/.Net
CLI/C++
C#
VB.Net
Windows API
WinForms
.Net Framework
Web Development
Classic ASP (includes VBScript)
ASP.Net 1.n
ASP.Net 2.n
ASP.Net 3.n
HTML/DHTML
CSS
Javascript
Security
Database
SQL, ADO, ADO.Net
Access
Other Databases
Drivers
Mobile Development
Native Code (all languages)
Managed Code (all languages)
Miscellaneous
Cross Platform Development
XML/SML
Collaboration & Testing
Design and Architecture
Development Tools
General
Visual Studio
VS6 and earlier
VS2003
VS2005
ORCAS (VS2008?)
All Other Compilers
Installers
Source Control/Configuration Management
Project Management
Other Tools
Operating Systems
General
Windows 95 through ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000 and XP
Windows Vista
Linux
Other Forums
General Discussion (this one seems redundant with new forum hierarchy)
Subtle Bugs
Coding Horrors
PC Hardware
Algorithms and Math
Work Issues
Employment Opportunities
Help Wanted
Seeking Employment
-- modified at 8:52 Monday 9th July, 2007
I added "Configuration Management" to "Source Control".
I added a "Frameworks" item under "Native code", and moved MFC, WTL, and ATL under that new sub-category. I left COM at the same level as STL.
I added "Installers" under "Development Tools"
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Thank you. I do want to reorg everything and your list is well thought out.
One issue is trying to ensure people post in the right forum, but I guess that will happen if we have 10 general or 50 specialty forums.
I will work to get this in place.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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And regarding the layout too, how about a Tree-like rendering? That means quick accessibility right?
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I like it.
All that's missing is the "Indian News" and "Java" boards 
This episode brought to you by the letter Q
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Indian News
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For Satip
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
This episode brought to you by the letter Z
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Mark Salsbery wrote: Java
It is already there. It is a hidden messageboard.
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Regards,
Satips. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow;
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead;
Walk beside me, and just be my friend. - Albert Camus
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That is far too many forums to be useful. I fear that a newcomer to the site wouldn't know where to start. Look at CodeGuru for exazmple - I'm a geek and I get annoyed scrolling through that huge list trying to find "the right forum". There's a limit where usability starts to suffer, I think CP has it just right, with the exception of the VC++/MFC forum.
I think that forum needs to be split up into sub-categories. That's the only one that gets enough traffic to make posts scroll off quickly, decreasing the chance of them being answered, especially during the week. That could also solve the naming problem since it's not just for Visual C++ questions or just MFC questions.
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Michael Dunn wrote: I think that forum needs to be split up into sub-categories.
What categories did you have in mind?
I think I mentioned it before, but making one C++ section with maybe the sub-categories
Language
MFC
Managed/CLR
seems logical to me. I'm not sure where that leaves Win32 API questions...
Mark
Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
This episode brought to you by the letter Z
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Everybody's gonna have a different opinion on this.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I agree that the current structure is not logical, but neither is yours. Example: you have C/C++ and MFC both under Native Code, thereby mixing apples & oranges - one is a language, the other is a framework. But whenever you think about MFC, you immediately start thinking about C/C++, so from that perspective, you've got it right.
I'd like to say that we should "do it right" and get better organized, but let's face it - no reorg is going to be perfect, and would end up annoying the hell out of us until we got used to it. So I'm with Michael on this - leave it alone.
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More often than not, questions in the current C++/MFC forum are MFC related. For those that want non-framework C/C++ questions answered, their questions would get lost in the MFC flotsam.
It would be a simple matter to add a sub-category under Native code called "Frameworks", and move MFC, WTL and ATL under it.
My whole aim here is to a) reduce the number of items in the drop-down "Message Boards" item, and b) allow questions/comments to be posted in more targeted forums. I would also recommend deleting "Lounge" from the top-level menu because newcomers always seem to make the same posting mistakes. If we categorize the message boards, it might help eliminate the problem, or at least mitigate it a bit.
Hans Dietrich wrote: I'd like to say that we should "do it right" and get better organized
Then come up with an alternative that doesn't include the mind set known as "leave it alone".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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A forum to talk about developing custom controls would be great...instead of filling up the various language forums with the continual custom controls questions.
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