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Fair enough. Should update in about 20 minutes
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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I'm writing an article at the moment which is attempting to explain some advanced concepts in a more beginner/intermediate way then they are usually presented.
As such, I'm finding that I have to dumb down some of the explanations to the point of slight inaccuracy - unfortunately many of the definitions within the subject area are recursive so without a slightly inaccurate definition which is later explained better it's hard to write something a lay-person would understand.
At the moment, I'm finding that in order to not appear just plain wrong, I'm having to justify my position with brackets. For example:
"Slightly wrong statement (I know this is slightly wrong, but trust me for now and I'll explain later.) Correct point that leads on from previous statement."
Since the explanation of why the point is wrong is helpful to people already familiar with the subject matter, but not helpful for beginners I was hoping there would be a nice way of doing it like I have seen in tech books, something like:
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Slightly wrong statement. Correct point that leads on from previous statement.
Note:I know this is slightly wrong, but trust me for now and I'll explain later.
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Obviously I don't actually want to use either tables or code blocks - can somebody suggest a neat alternative for formatting this?
Thanks,
Chris
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I would change this around and have a link to the corrected version later in the document. Possibly mark this in a note that stands out like:
This definition is a simplification. As we cover more detail, you'll find that we revise this. If you want to see the full detail, you can find it here.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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Thanks - I like that idea. There are some places I'm not sure it will flow right still, but that certainly makes it tidier. I like the idea that they can jump to the fuller definition - very good as it will make it more readable for people who already know about it!
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when you click on top articles it pulls up a list of articles that were updated from approx 1 year ago till now. The problem is that there are articles with higher popularity than the ones listed that have been updated since then. Did a policy change on the top ranked articles or a SQL query error?
Just curious.
Thanks for the quick response earlier with my other question. 
Brad
Brad Barnhill
modified on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:48 AM
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There are date filters that allow you to specify the range of articles in which to search.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Do they only get updated once a week or something? Just wondering because my article has recieved several votes this week so I plugged the numbers into an excel spreadsheet. I got 11.51 popularity instead of 11.42 and a rating of 4.87 instead of 4.83. Just got curious as to how often that gets updated and if my math is wrong.
Not a major issue ... I need to be utilizing my time better and working on the project a little more instead of worrying about ratings. 
Thanks,
Brad Barnhill
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AFAIK these numbers are updated immediately. However you can't duplicate the calculations involved as you don't have all the necessary information: all votes get a weight depending on the reputation color of the voter; I believe it is 8 for platinum, 4 for gold, 2 for silver, 1 for bronze/none.
If you give all votes a weight of 1 you would be off a bit. As your calculations lead you to higher numbers, the consequence is (at least) one of the colored guys has given you less than 5.
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Colored people? Hahahahahahahahahaha.
Ok I had no idea about the weights of the individuals votes.
Thanks for your help explaining this to me.
Brad Barnhill
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Hello,
I have added a new article http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/SolarCalculator.aspx and I was wondering why it the status is still pending. Are the reviewers busy or did I do something wrong and should I change something?
Thanks for the feedback,
modified on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 2:20 PM
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you're very impatient, aren't you? You did publish on a Sunday, most members may have been doing other stuff...
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No, I don't think so  . Just wanted to make sure that I didn't missed anything
Thanks!
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Hi there,
I'm working on my very first article for CodeProject and I'd like to embed a video of the demo application I'm building in the article. I'd like to have a Silverlight player to do so.
I'm using Expression Web 3 to edit the HTML of the article. How can I embed the video player to make it compatible with CodeProject ?
Regards,
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy,
Unfortunately we cannot embed video at this time
Some day we hope to!
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Ok thank you for the info.
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you're welcome.
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Im working on an article and its getting really big, on this article I address more than one subject, and the subjects depend on previous subjects. Instead of posting one big article, Can I split the article in multiple parts?
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of course you can, it has been done many times. Here[^] is one example.
There may be some tricky things about it, such as providing a download for each of the parts (you can't expect to have only one download, with the last part); and providing an overall table of contents (more content increases the need for a TOC). And it helps when you know how many parts there's going to be, so you can title them "ZZZ (part X of Y)".
So most of the time I expect it boils down to writing all parts before publishing any of them. But even that is not a must.
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see:
Using Code Rocket's Flowchart and Pseudocode Tool Support[^]
The post smelled bad to me so I googled dude's name and coderocket and he has been plugging this commercial product everywhere in the guise of an enthusiastic user.
Something about that just chaps my hide. Kind of like the 'news' story with the small print 'advertisement' disclaimer or the infomercial posing as a news story.
Anyway - that's just my opinion, but I am not alone judging from the comments.
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Thanks Sky. Good find!
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Some members posted some suggestions as alternates on one of my tips.
I am going to implement the suggestion and am guessing that 'accept alternate' is an appropriate action but what happens when I do so.
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Your tip will merge with their changes. There is versioning so you can always revert if you're unhappy
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Thanks.
An error was reported when it tried to merge. I am guessing that is because the alternate is just a sentence describing an improvement. In any case, I will just upvote and credit the guy.
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