Article Writing

10-Apr-21 13:18

Just realized that most (all?) of my articles are in the wrong section (e.g. should be Desktop Programming / Windows Forms, but instead is Web Development / HTML).

This is most definitely my fault, but how do I fix it?

Can I move an article to a new section, or that task in the domain of someone with admin rights?

Thanks,
Graham

Greg Utas10-Apr-21 14:36

Greg Utas

10-Apr-21 14:36

I believe that articles are now categorized based solely on their tags. This is a very recent change and may still be in flux. There is no longer a way to explicitly categorize an article yourself. All you can do is play with your tags until your article ends up in the category that you think appropriate.

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Sean Ewington13-Apr-21 3:39

13-Apr-21 3:39

If you let me know what section you would like each to appear in, I will do my best to make it happen.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Graham Wilson13-Apr-21 11:52

13-Apr-21 11:52

Thanks, but as per Greg's suggestion, I was trying first to fix this myself.

I moved most of my articles to "Desktop Programming", which is an improvement. But I think a better location is "Desktop Programming / Windows Forms", but I don't know what tag(s) will get it to that new location. I expected to find some tag referring to WinForms under Technology, but no luck.

Currently the tags are: C#, .NET, Intermediate, controls, Dev, desktop.

As for my article "A Tale of Two Timers", I'm not sure where it should go. It's about Windows internals, and the programming in the article is a side issue. Currently it's in the section "Time", which you cannot get to using the articles menu. Is that a different bug?

Thanks,
Graham

modified 13-Apr-21 19:42pm.

Graham Wilson16-Apr-21 15:33

16-Apr-21 15:33

How do I get my article into the section "Desktop Programming / Windows Forms"?

I checked other articles already there, and the key tag seems to be "WinForms". Could not find the tag (should it be under "Technology")? I added it manually, but my article is still only in the section "Desktop Programming".

Any suggestions?

Graham

Sean Ewington19-Apr-21 3:22

19-Apr-21 3:22

Hi Graham,

I added a WinForms tag to your articles and that put them in the desired section. As for your Time article, I gave it a C# tag that put it into the C# category (the language topic is meant to be a catch all if all else fails).

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Graham Wilson19-Apr-21 14:53

19-Apr-21 14:53

Alas, the articles with the WinForms tag are still in the section "Desktop Programming". If I select Articles -> Browse Topic -> Desktop Programming, the articles are all there. Also each article is noted as being in "Articles / Desktop Programming".

Regarding the Tale of Two Timers article, would it not make sense to have OS specific sections (e.g. Windows 7, Windows 10, MacOS, etc)? Some articles pertain to the OS and are language independent.

Thanks
Graham

Sean Ewington20-Apr-21 4:20

20-Apr-21 4:20

Interesting. The articles should be correct now.

I will definitely take your OS specific section recommendation to the team. We will constantly be re-assessing and updating sections.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Graham Wilson20-Apr-21 5:25

New edit of an old article?

20-Apr-21 5:25

They are correct now, and I used your set of tags to update two of my Tips/Tricks articles.

All is good now. Many thanks for your help!

Graham

Nelek30-Mar-21 23:59

Nelek

30-Mar-21 23:59

Does anyone see any reason why Rich OutlookBar in XP and Vista style[^] would need a rework?

I have checked and there are just minimal changes (i.e. size in the pic, &-quot versus " oder Tab versus spaces).
I can't really understand what does these changes bring after 14 years

Or am I missing something?

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Re: New edit of an old article?

Greg Utas31-Mar-21 0:22

Greg Utas

31-Mar-21 0:22

Not sure what you're getting at. I sometimes make minor edits to my articles but can now publish them without moderation. But I only check the "Mark article as updated?" box if the article or its code has been meaningfully revised. Otherwise it would put the article on the front page for no reason, which is abusive. If a revised article that requires moderation is always treated as if it should go onto the front page, I'd call that a site defect rather than deliberate abuse by its author.

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Re: New edit of an old article?

Nelek31-Mar-21 10:28

Nelek

31-Mar-21 10:28

Greg Utas wrote:
But I only check the "Mark article as updated?" box if the article or its code has been meaningfully revised.... If a revised article that requires moderation is always treated as if it should go onto the front page, I'd call that a site defect rather than deliberate abuse by its author.

Fair enough...

Greg Utas wrote:
Otherwise it would put the article on the front page for no reason, which is abusive.

What more or less was my question

But I am not going to report it, just wanted to know if I am missing something or not, because I can't find any good reason for those minimal changes done, and even less after 14 years without touching.

M.D.V.

old article in a newsletter

Gjuro Kladaric 202130-Mar-21 5:20

Gjuro Kladaric 2021

30-Mar-21 5:20

hello, why an old article, from 2009., is in the newsletter today?

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Article formatting is wrong but is correct when viewed in the article editor

Shao Voon Wong29-Mar-21 19:26

Shao Voon Wong

29-Mar-21 19:26

Hi Codeproject editor,

C++: Windows Toast Notification

Some text is squashed together but is correct when viewed in the article editor. The formatting must have gone wrong during automatic parsing/transforming/preparation for publishing.

Even my profile description at the bottom is in the red code tag (probably caused by an unclosed <code> tag)

Can you take a look?

Edit: found another article with the same problem: Making HTTP REST Request in C++

modified 30-Mar-21 1:35am.

Re: Article formatting is wrong but is correct when viewed in the article editor

Sean Ewington30-Mar-21 3:07

Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

30-Mar-21 3:07

Thanks very much for the report. There was an error with the article editor that has now been fixed.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 7:38

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 7:38

Hello, I added my company's RSS feed yesterday as a Technical Blog but the first article was reported as spam and the account was closed. In reviewing the submission rules, I understand that the article contained callouts to the tool and therefore should not have been submitted. My apologies for this.

Going forward, I would like to only submit the most technical articles from our blog - some of our articles are career advice or thought leadership - and I will remove any CTAs or free download prompts.

When adding the blog feed again the prompt says "Feed already added, contact us." which I am doing here. Can someone help me resubmit the RSS feed? Thank you.

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:23

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:23

Hi Everett,

I'd be happy to help with this. First could I look at some examples from your blog, and could you please let me know the CodeProject account that added the blog to our site?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:30

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:30

Thanks! Here are 3 articles I think should fit with CodeProject (pls ignore CTAs I will remove those):
- Decoding Django Sessions in PostgreSQL[^]
- Postgres Notify for Real Time Dashboards[^]
- A Complete Guide to UUIDs in Postgres[^]

The original account I used to add the blog was Member 15097881 and the blog feed is at arctype.com/blog/rss

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:36

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:36

Thanks very much for that. Would you be willing to have all links and references to Arctype removed from your posts when they are published on CodeProject?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:41

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:41

Yes! We definitely want to follow the rules of the forum. I think there's an original link that is shown at the bottom of the articles and that should be just fine!

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 8:46

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:46

Actually there's a link to the original blog in the upper left hand corner:
Improving Performance in Pygame – Speed Up Your Game[^]

And that's the only link we would allow. Does that sound acceptable?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 8:53

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 8:53

I see that, okay that is definitely acceptable! Thank you for taking the time to look at this.

Sean Ewington24-Mar-21 9:24

Re: Blog Feed Associated with Closed Account and Can't Update

24-Mar-21 9:24

Thanks Everett. I have restored the account you were sharing the blog from. I recommend as soon as our aggregator pulls in your blog entries, that you go in and edit out the links and mentions of Arctype as soon as possible (as shown here):
Code Project Technical Blog FAQ[^]

Because the account has been flagged once, as soon as the members see the blog post with the links in it, they will flag the account again and remove it. If I happen to catch it before you do, I will edit out the links and mentions.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Everett Berry24-Mar-21 9:26