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Probably, placing the 'The Code Project discussion boards ' over the left pane or right pane (or combination of both) can provide a familiar navigation(like Windows XP - Windows Explorer )
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SwatCats wrote: provide a familiar navigation
Truly lovely. That should provide a more visually compelling experience for the user and as well a lesser learning curve for newbies, thus minimizing the haphazard wrong forum-posts and cross (and multi) posts at least to a significant percentage.
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Hi,
I like it the way it is, it does not waste too much space on the horizontal scale,
allowing for a wide view of (articles and) discussion forums.
If it has to offer the suggested way, please make it user selectable.
One suggestion on the ordering and grouping of the discussion forums:
I would prefer them to be arranged more logically, something like
- programming topics
.NET Framework
each of the languages (and please separate VB and VB.NET, and rename the two
C++ ones including the terms managed and unmanaged)
ATL
COM
SQL/ADO.NET
- technology & tools
Windows Forms
Graphics
General Discussions
Visual Studio
Operating Systems
Vista
hardware
math & algo
- leisure
soapbox
lounge
This I hope would result in fewer wrong-forum-posts.
-- tags added at 19:35 Thursday 23rd August, 2007
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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SwatCats wrote: Probably, placing the 'The Code Project discussion boards ' over the left pane or right pane (or combination of both) can provide a familiar navigation(like Windows XP - Windows Explorer )
Where do we move ads then?
Thanks and Regards,
Michael Sync ( Blog: http://michaelsync.net)
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A slight page redesign may be needed to fit the elements into the screen real estate though. But I feel the effort would be worthy investigating considering the seamlessly familiar user experience and also the minimum learning curve involved for a newbie.
Weighing the pros of the proposal, I feel the suggestion to be an Active Contestant for the 'Feature Request' position. What do you say?
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[Update:- Christian G has fixed it - what a star!]
[Update:- It appears to have been an unclosed HTML tag in a sig, user error but no doubt this will get exploited unless the hole is closed]
Chris (or relevant associate),
An error has occured on the Lounge page, ~11:30 BST. A post with several replies was just overwritten by a subsequent new message. Both from long time members so it is not apparently an attack of any kind. A little disconcerting though.
-- modified at 7:10 Wednesday 22nd August, 2007
-- modified at 8:53 Wednesday 22nd August, 2007
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
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Yep - the whole mal-formed HTML thing is a thorn in our side and is being fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi,
From past two months or so I am not receiving any Code Project Daily news from the Insider e-mail id. If anyone has any idea about this pl reply.
My Login Id is pankyss@gmail.com.
Pankaj Chamria,
Sr. Software Engineer, .NET technologies.
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There is only a weekly right which delivers on Monday night?
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Tks for the reply. No. I used to get daily news from the below mail address:
Insider[noreply@mail4@codeproject.com].
The subject line is [CodeProject] Daily News - <topic>. I have received such daily mails till June 15, 2007. After that I am receiving only the monthly newsletter.
Pankaj C
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Anything taking refuge in your 'Spam' folder?
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No. Nothing in Spam. In fact I've read the FAQ specifying common problems for not receiving newsletter. And after cross-checking all reasons I haven't found any applicable cause in my case.
Pankaj Chamria,
Software Programmer.
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Have you checked all your spam folders and blocked lists? Both yours and your ISPs?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The problem is probably due to the Daily Insider emails failing SPF checking when being received by email servers. My server luckily quarantines rather than refusing so I still get them. I sent an email about this last week but the problem remains.
Relevant headers are:
Received: from mail4.codeproject.com ([69.10.233.34]) by knowbase.co.za with MailEnable ESMTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:03:19 +0200
Received: from localhost ([192.168.5.50]) by mail4.codeproject.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:03:36 -0400
From: Insider <noreply @="" mail5.codeproject.com="">
To: "Brett Rowbotham" <brett @="" knowbase.co.za="">
Subject: [CodeProject] Daily News - Huge hole found in the universe
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:03:37 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative;
boundary="Mark=_20078244337399UdvmpDTxq"
X-Mailer: CodeProject Mailer 1.3
Return-Path: <noreply@mail5.codeproject.com>
Message-ID: <mail4bh8j0sca0zkfzd00191373@mail4.codeproject.com>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Aug 2007 04:03:36.0294 (UTC) FILETIME=[BEC0B860:01C7E603]
Received-SPF: softfail (knowbase.co.za: transitioning domain of mail5.codeproject.com does not designate 69.10.233.34 as permitted sender)
client-ip=69.10.233.34;
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Brett Rowbotham wrote: Received-SPF: softfail (knowbase.co.za: transitioning domain of mail5.codeproject.com does not designate 69.10.233.34 as permitted sender)
Something like what Yahoo DomainKey does. Isn't it?
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Similar to DomainKeys. SPF is set up via a DNS entry for the outgoing mail server so that receiving mail servers can verify that the IP address from which the email is being sent is actually valid for the domain doing the sending. DomainKeys goes much further in that it can also verify that the email has not been altered in any way since being sent.
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Yes I have checked my spam folders and blocked lists. Nothing there. As far as ISPs are concerned I access my gmail account from many places, so I dont think ISP is the issue. Can the issue be with g-mail servers. Should I try to change the articles e-mail account to some other e-mail provider.
Pankaj Chamria,
Software Programmer.
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Try a search on 'ruby' and see what you get (hint: 9000 replies from a prolific lounger
Todd Smith
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Better yet, provide an option to not search sigs.
I've searched for sig material more than once.
Cheers,
Vıkram.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
- Sting, Englishman in New York.
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True. I second it. A good significant amount of space on the indexing catalog would be saved by it. 
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Not exactly a valid consideration when architecting a site. Storage is cheap.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Opera is clearly the best browser out there from many different perspectives, last time I tried it though CP was one of the only sites that had substantial problems with Opera.
If you're rebuilding anyway how about throwing a bone to Opera? It's free, it's technically superior, undisputably faster etc etc. All those good things that serious programmers have come to appreciate.
I also recommend that you ban the firefox browser due to the adblock feature which is no doubt costing CodeProject significant advertising revenue, or perhaps charge a subscription to FireFox users.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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This has been done. [adding opera support]
I'm not going to block Firefox.
-- modified at 17:08 Monday 20th August, 2007
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: This has been done.
Throwing a bone to opera users, or blocking FireFox users?
"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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Cool, I look forward to trying Opera with CP.
Chris Maunder wrote: I'm not going to block Firefox.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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