Bugs and Suggestions

14-May-10 8:35

There is nothing better than cruising past a TT wannabe on a roadbike. Although, riding next to them on hill climbs is almost as fun.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Time Trial issues

LunaticFringe14-May-10 8:47

LunaticFringe

14-May-10 8:47

Reminds me of a guy I used to work with in Mountain View. He took a massive old mountain bike clunker and mounted at least one (may have been more; can't remember) automotive battery tied to a big-ass electric motor, which he connected somehow or other to the drive train. Big metal and wooden framework holding all this stuff on the bike... thing must have weighed 60 pounds. Or more.

So picture, if you will, Middlefield Road in Mt. View, California; probably one of the biggest showcases in the country for pretentious wannabe roadies who can afford the fanciest bikes in the world but don't know a thing about cycling... being passed up by an overweight engineer on a clunker, munching a donut on his way into work.

Laugh | :laugh:

L u n a t i c F r i n g e

Re: Time Trial issues

Chris Maunder14-May-10 8:55

14-May-10 8:55

Awesome.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: TT issues

Chris Maunder14-May-10 8:43

14-May-10 8:43

1. It's meant to be an alternate to the original tip and trick and so deliberately has the same title. If you wish to change the title the post a new tip. There is nothing preventing a similar tip being posted, but if it's truly an alternate then it goes under the same name.

The alternate should, in our opinion, also clearly be authored by the author who posted the alternate, not the original tip's poster.

2. I'll add this to the list

3. I'll add an item to store page views of alternates separately from the main article. I on the fence as to whether there is a huge benefit in doing this, and whether we should either show nothing, or just show the page views of the main tip (which is, obviously, totally inaccurate for the alternates)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: TT issues

Luc Pattyn14-May-10 9:10

14-May-10 9:10

Hi Chris,

1. I don't want to change the TT title at all; but I don't want to see it with my name attached to it either. It was not my idea to begin with, the subject may or may not be something I would write about at all (I wouldn't in the case that triggered this), and I did not write the title, so his title + my name is a misrepresentation.

In the listing, just keep the title and original name, and add a note "alternative provided by XYZ", that is what I suggest.

Validating dates in dd-MMM-yyyy format [Tip/Trick] - girlprogrammer
Alternate 1, added by Luc Pattyn

3. I suggest you don't show "views=0". That too is a misrepresentation IMO.

Smile | :)

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Re: TT issues

Chris Maunder14-May-10 18:01

14-May-10 18:01

Can you give me an example of where a tip may be worded such that

a) you don't want to edit it
b) you want to provide an alternate,
c) you don't want your alternate to be named the same, and
d) you don't want to simply post the tip as a standalone tip

I'm trying to work out our use case here.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: TT issues [modified]

Luc Pattyn14-May-10 18:39

All right, own up! Who's nicked all me smilies?

14-May-10 18:39

I'm afraid you're still not understanding me.

The one tip (about date parsing):
- I wasn't able to edit (that is not my point now), editing it would not have been the right approach IMO anyway;
- I wanted to add an alternate (and I did);
- I agree the title was fine for the content (both the original and the alternate).

All fine so far, however:
- it was not a subject I would launch a tip about (rather trivial topic);
- it got listed in the "Latest tips" page with its title, immediately followed by my name.

The listing is here[^], the relevant tip is currently the fifth on that list. And ~~obviously~~ probably it appears at least once more in the list, when the original author created or edited it.

The fifth entry looks like I launched a tip with that subject. Which I would not do, and my point is: I don't want it to look as if I did launch such tip; all I did was offer an alternative that IMO is a much better way of doing (almost) the same (trivial) thing.

An analogy: Karl Marx writes his book "Das Kapital", it gets published on the web, and gets listed everywhere as Das Kapital, Karl Marx. Then you attach a book review to it, also on the web, and now it gets listed as: Das Kapital, Chris Maunder. Would you like that?

[ADDED]
The home page, "tip/tricks" tab, still correctly shows the title and original author; which is fine, but could be because my operation was less than a week after the original got created.
[/ADDED]
Smile | :)

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modified on Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:47 AM

Henry Minute13-May-10 9:35

Henry Minute

13-May-10 9:35

When writing an answer in the Q&A forum, the editor no longer shows the smilies collection. The space where they used to live is still there but they seem to have been evicted.

Now I'm not wealthy but I'll chip in to pay the back rent if others will too.

Henry Minute

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Re: All right, own up! Who's nicked all me smilies?

Luc Pattyn13-May-10 9:42

Re: All right, own up! Who's nicked all me smilies?

13-May-10 9:42

the Emotional Toolbar must be on holiday, however the emoticons themselves are still fine: you can enter their code, and they will show up. Here is a cheat sheet[^] for you. That will be my contribution, I'm not chipping in beyond that.

Jig | [Dance]

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Henry Minute13-May-10 9:56

Henry Minute

13-May-10 9:56

Luc Pattyn wrote:
you can enter their code, and they will show up.

Thank you but I had already worked that out.

The problem is my brain cell can only remember the standard smiley. Smile | :)

.

I cannot for the life of me remember the winkie Wink | ;)

or any of the others Unsure | :~

Re: All right, own up! Who's nicked all me smilies?

Luc Pattyn13-May-10 10:04

Re: All right, own up! Who's nicked all me smilies?

13-May-10 10:04

Henry Minute wrote:
my brain cell can only remember the standard smiley

then don't abuse your cell, just use the cheat sheet I provided.

And to keep it in good shape, don't forget to lubricate Beer | [beer]

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Chris Maunder13-May-10 9:49

Unable to access May 10 newsletter articles

13-May-10 9:49

Do we need smilies in Questions and answers? Really?

Vote 5 for yes, 1 for no.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Dennis Dykstra13-May-10 4:57

Dennis Dykstra

13-May-10 4:57

I'm not able to access any of the May 10 newsletter articles. When I click a link I go to this CodeProject error page[^].

Here's an example of one of the links from the newsletter:
http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1928097915813829[^]

The same problem occurs when I access the newsletter from the newsletter archive at http://www.codeproject.com/script/Mailouts/View.aspx?mlid=7882[^]. Clicking any article link within that newsletter gets me the error page.

Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

Thus far, I'm puzzled. Confused | :confused:

I've tried this on three difference computers using IE6 (yes I know but it's still mandatory at the agency where I work), IE8, and the latest version of FireFox. Same result on all of them.

Chris Maunder13-May-10 5:09

13-May-10 5:09

We had some bad code on the system at exactly the time the newsletter went out. I was tempted to resend the newsletter but wasn't sure if that would merely annoy everyone more.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Dalek Dave13-May-10 7:47

Dalek Dave

13-May-10 7:47

Chris Maunder wrote:
but wasn't sure if that would merely annoy everyone more

I bet JSOP would have mentioned it! Smile | :)

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Dennis Dykstra13-May-10 9:46

Dennis Dykstra

13-May-10 9:46

Fair enough.

But why not at least fix the version in the archive? It doesn't work either.

Chris Maunder17-May-10 11:38

Articles in wrong section

17-May-10 11:38

Done

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Layout Broken

Arun Jacob13-May-10 1:36

Arun Jacob

13-May-10 1:36

Have a look at this QA,

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/80941/how-can-i-define-string-an-ddropdownlist-with-one-.aspx[^]

Arun Jacob
http://codepronet.blogspot.com/

Re: Layout Broken

Ankur^\m/13-May-10 2:13

Ankur^\m/

13-May-10 2:13

The answer by the OP was breaking the page. I edited it.
Smile | :)

..Go Green..

Re: Layout Broken

Arun Jacob13-May-10 2:24

Arun Jacob

13-May-10 2:24

May be somebody removed after you edited it.

"Sorry, the item you requested could not be found."

a simple solution.
Laugh | :laugh:

Arun Jacob
http://codepronet.blogspot.com/

Re: Layout Broken

Ankur^\m/13-May-10 2:31

Ankur^\m/

13-May-10 2:31

Oh! the post is deleted it seems. D'Oh! | :doh:

..Go Green..

Hans Dietrich13-May-10 1:17

Hans Dietrich

13-May-10 1:17

Ever since the Big Reorg, the section Desktop Development » Combo & List Boxes has contained many list control articles. Please fix.

Best wishes,
Hans

[Hans Dietrich Software]

Re: Articles in wrong section

Chris Maunder13-May-10 1:18