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Hello,
Can you insert something like a checkbox to allow us to show/hide download counter for our articles.
Sometimes we insert external links for downloads and download counter is shown automatically when there is a download link. (It shows always 0 in such cases.)
Not very important, but it would be good...
Thanks...
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The download count is shown when the system detects there is a downloadable zip associated with your article. Please send me a link to your article that's showing the download count when it shouldn't.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Link: [^]
I think the download count is shown when the system detects '<ul class="download">...</ul>'. Now there is two zip files associated with this article, but they are there just for "Browse Code" page, not to be downloaded. I changed the unordered list with an ordered list (<ol>) to make it hidden and now it is hidden. (On the other hand, counters are still visible on our article list [^].)
Maybe it can be some thing like '<ul class="exdownload">' for external download links.
Thanks.
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As I said, download count is triggered by the presence of downloadable files, of which I can see 2 in the article's folder. The text in the article doesn't affect the download count at all.
This raises an issue with your article: we strongly ask that you provide a local copy of downloads in case the offsite links break (and in our experience, almost all do, eventually). Even if the local version is an older set of code, that's fine, and please continue to link to the latest offline version if that suits too.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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You are right to worry about external download links. I will never write an external download link without providing local copy of the files...
But I still think that visibility of the counter is affected by the content of the article.
Because the download counter was visible when I used an ul tag with 'class="download"' and it was hidden when I removed the ul tag and inserted an ol tag without a class attribute.
The counter is hidden now inspite of two zip files, because there isn't an ul tag that has 'class="download"' attribute.
I am sorry if I am wasting your time.
Thank you again.
modified 25-Sep-12 13:19pm.
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Huseyin Atasoy wrote: But I still think that visibility of the counter is affected by the content of the article
Actually you're correct and I was wrong: We used to have it so it checked against local files but the check was too slow, so I have a nice, neat TODO in the code to (a) check against local downloads, and (b) cache the result so it's fast enough.
My apologies.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Having had a response to a question, I would like to add a thanks and a comment.
How do I do that?
EDIT - OK Sussed it! It is not instinctive that the comment button relates to the answer rather than the original question.
May need looking at.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Any ideas?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I don't agree with Dave about it being not intuitive, but you could add "to this solution" to the button caption.
Or instead of the button, make a "Comment or question" directly in the solution box (like the "reply" to the comments).
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Dalek Dave wrote: It is not instinctive that the comment button relates to the answer rather than the original question.
Honestly, it is. The light gray surrounding box even makes it clearer.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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The big blue button on the front page is titled "Search Our Articles"
The "Our" implies that you [CodeProject] wrote them. Would it not be better is was simply "Search Articles" or "Article Search" or "Search The Articles".
Also there is symmetry lost on the page, the gap between the left and middle is smaller than the right and middle. It is noticable if you shrink the browser window to the minimum page width.
Keep up the good work!
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But they are our articles: you wrote some, I wrote some, John Simmons wrote some - we all wrote them and they are ours. It's the same as "Our Community". It's us (for better or worse...)
I'll work on the symmetry. The bane of my life.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Negative rep point gets wrapped in Reputation History.
25 Sep 2012 9:57 AM - Debator General Forum Message Downvoted Forum Message ...
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I see it is fixed now. Thanks.
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The new buff? beige? background on the currently selected message is fine, but it makes the code block background look
(a) difficult to pick (on my monitor, anyway) and
(b) somewhat anaemic
Maybe some other pale shade for code blocks?
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Good point. We'll play with it
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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<table>
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We had to use Table sometimes I noticed your comment while updating my article via Firebug
Software Developer
Jayson Ragasa
Baguio City, Philippines
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Chris already aknowledged[^]. But good find  !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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This is a very recent problem:
when one enters the text for the solution in the Questions & Answers forum, a well known message appears:
CodeProject says: When answering a question please:
1) Read the question carefully.
2. Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
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This thing is very sticky: it goes above the text area and prevents seeing the text being typed. I had to do line breaks and spend an extra edition session to fix the formatting. It would be the best to fix this problem as soon as possible. I don't mind having these instructions every time as soon as I could hide them or at least shift aside.
Using the occasion, I would like to say that I really appreciate the improvements of the presentation style, even though some functional behavior is questionable, especially around voting and something like that. I hope all the minor glitches and annoyances will be smoothed pretty soon as it happened before. I think the style changes certainly change the site in right direction. I especially appreciate better fonts and typography in general.
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
modified 24-Sep-12 18:02pm.
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I had this happen too, and it was very annoying. I was also bothered by the fact that my text didn't wrap inside the textbox. It let me type much further to the right and then I couldn't see my text unless I put my cursor back on that line and used an arrow key to move over to see it. It might have been because I pasted a link in the solution...I didn't notice the textwrap issue until after I had pasted a link.
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This is happening with me too. A message appears "How to answer the question" when we start typing answer in Q/A section and does not disappear until answer is submitted. I also have a screenshot of the bug, let me know if I need to post it here.
Following is the browser detail:
Browser: IE 8, Windows 7.
Thanks & Regards,
Vani Kulkarni
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: when one enters the text for the solution in the Questions & Answers forum, a well known message appears
Is this when you're posting a solution inline, or when you're posting using a separate page?
Also, which browser?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Sorry if it was not clear enough. This happens when I load the Q & A forum page with the question, and them try to type an answer using "Add your solution here". It's enough to navigate or just scroll to the answer text area to see it.
(Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.12.1.)
—SASergey A Kryukov
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The sticky instructions being permanently visible is an issue with IE8.
(yes, I know, but I am at work and they have a hardened lockdown desktop. It makes me  )
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