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1. You are one step ahead of everything
2. It is a start. The main issue that I am thinking about: When I first get to the CodeProject website, I want to be able to instantly know whether their is something that I can assist with in the other forums. One option with how the site is currently configured: have the ability to show the 'My CodeProject' when an already logged in member vists www.codeproject.com (could be an option in 'My Settings'). Or just have the ability to customize the forums listed on the main page, which was my first suggestion.
Overall you are constantly making great improvements to the site and whatever you go with I am sure will make the site better. I am just throwing ideas at you so that you can use or discard them as you wish.
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Thomas Stockwell
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I'll do some magic and see what pops up 
Great idea.
[And thanks for the kind words!]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hey Chris and co. Why aren't the truly interesting and thought provoking posts in the discussion boards here as easily findable for a wider audience as blog posts on even the most mindless of blogs?
I mean there's no way to Digg them or promote them to a wider audience (whatever the kids are calling it these days).
For example, Jeff Atwood or Joel Spolsky say something and you can find links to it all over the internet, it sparks conversation and debate.
I've rarely ever seen a widespread (beyond CodeProject) discussion about something posted in these discussion boards. CodeProject seems quite insular that way.
Sometimes there are some very interesting things discussed here that would be of wider interest but no one sees or hears about them.
Is it a technical impossibility with the forums or...?
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it."
-Sam Levenson
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It's definitely technical possible. Part of the issue is that Joel et al has his own site and is the focus. We have thousands of amazing developers which means no specific focus on any single one.
However, I would love suggestions on how best to highlight a thread. We could list those most bookmarked, or those voted highest, or we could record every click on every post (I can hear Dmitry recoiling in horror) and then highlight the posts most clicked.
But what would truly define a good post? And where should it be displayed?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I wasn't suggesting a post be *moved* to somewhere else, though I guess that's a separate possibility.
A lot of the discussion in CodeProject forums is quite insular and restricted to this site but would be of wider appeal to people on the internet at large; one way to get people to take note is to be able to flag a post like you see at the bottom of blog posts to Reddit or Yahoo Buzz or Digg or StumbleUpon...whatever is appropriate.
I guess what I'm suggesting is that the top of a thread, the initial post be submittable to those sites as one way to resolve the issue though perhaps what we really need is some kind of town hall forum type area where there is a topic at hand and people discuss it but since that's already what you get in the forums....ahhh I don't know, I just know that there is a lot of interesting stuff discussed that remains within this "gated community".
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-Sam Levenson
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Chris, see my response here[^]. I think leaving it up to the reader of the thread to promote it on one of the social networking sites in the same way as articles. I don't think this needs to be (or should be) an automated thing at all.
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This is already possible with articles. At the bottom of each article is a line of icons for the various social networking type sites. It then becomes "viewer responsibility" to promote the article on one of those sites.
I think something similar could be applied to forum posts as well.
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I can do this but worry about the render time if we have these links on each message
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I agree regarding render time concerns and was only pointing out that it is possible, not saying you should.  Personally, I think the fact that the message includes the "permalink" link is good enough and if someone wants to push the thread to one of the social aggregator sites, they have to do it manually.
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ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
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Hi ya
I have just created an article, and now when going to the section "My Articles" of my profile, then it is no where to be seen.
Also when using the direct link to the article, and then clicks on the nearest category, then on the category page it displays a red box that says wrong filter (Even though I'm not using a filter):
"The article you came from is not displayed in this section's Table of Contents. You need to expand your filter attributes in order to have the article you just saw be displayed in the table of Contents."
Also the URL anchor to the nearest category in article is wrong:
List Controls
It should be:
List Controls
Best regards
-Rolf
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What is the URL of the article?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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http://www.codeproject.com/KB/list/clistctrl_sort.aspx
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Hint: For improved responsiveness use Internet Explorer 4 or above or a Gecko-based browser (FireFox, Safari etc) or Opera 9 or above. Ensure Javascript is enabled and choose 'Normal' from the Layout dropdown and hit 'Set Options'.
No dynamic layout. Ouch.
[Edit: nevermind. Switching to Thread view and then back to Normal seems to have fixed it. Weird.]
Last modified: after originally posted -- Hmm...
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I posted this[^] almost a month ago but I think it got lost in the shuffle.
It seems that more and more people are cross-posting, double-posting, or posting to the wrong forum. The message thread here[^] brings up a good point about off-topic posts (posts that don't belong in that forum), and the one here[^] supports part of this request.
It would be great if certain members (perhaps CP MVPs), had the ability to move posts from one forum to another or otherwise perform some basic maintenance/moderation on posts. This would cut down on the amount of noise in the forums.
I propose the following categories/actions (top-level posts only):Off-Topic: The post is off-topic to the forum (and only the forum). I don't think this should apply to off-topic responses of an on-topic post, perhaps another message type would be appropriate for those?
Duplicate: The post is a duplicate of another message in the same forum. When marking a post as a duplicate, a link to the original/other post should (must?) be provided.
Cross-Post: The post is a duplicate of another message in a different forum. When marking a post as a cross-post, a link to the original/other post should (must?) be provided. I do think there is a difference between an "off-topic" post and one that is just posted in the wrong forum. For those that are just in the wrong forum, we should be able to move them to the right one.
In all cases, the post subject should be pre-pended with the appropriate designation and the post should be effectively hiden unless a filter was specifically set to show them. Of course, when a post is moved or otherwise categorized a reason should (must?) be provided and an email sent to the original poster. This would move/categorize the post and all responses to that post.
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
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Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Hasn't been lost - just haven't had a chance to reply. It's still in my 'Think about and give a serious answer' box.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Hasn't been lost - just haven't had a chance to reply. It's still in my 'Think about and give a serious answer' box.
 Cool!
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
[ Blog][ Articles][ Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Perhaps you could reply to my same suggestion even farther back in the mists of time once you've had a good think about it. 
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it."
-Sam Levenson
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How about a link to the post? I went through the last 30 pages in this forum and didn't see it...
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
[ Blog][ Articles][ Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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The post is here[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Wrong link Chris. That's the link to my original post on this topic, not the post John was referring to.
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
[ Blog][ Articles][ Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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John C wrote: And my follow up when no one apparently cared here
We love you John, we do. We're just thinking. Really hard.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Thanks! They are, indeed, similar requests. Hopefuly Chris and company will get some time in the very near future to give this some much needed thought and implement a good solution.
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
[ Blog][ Articles][ Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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I will 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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