Article Writing

Re: Avergae time in 'pending' status && methods of feedback

5-Sep-11 5:09

And that gets you your first vote for approval. Unfortunately, you need 4 more votes I believe before it gets promoted.

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GParkings5-Sep-11 5:21

GParkings

5-Sep-11 5:21

*waits in eager anticipation*

Thanks for taking the time to look at it and for your guidance in getting it up to scratch Smile | :)

Pedis ex oris

Re: Avergae time in 'pending' status && methods of feedback

Pete O'Hanlon5-Sep-11 5:27

My Article was Deleted - Need to restore

5-Sep-11 5:27

No problem. Glad to be of service.

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AmrThabet1-Sep-11 14:05

AmrThabet

1-Sep-11 14:05

My Article was Deleted at this link:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/web-security/StuxnetMalware.aspx

The Reason for deletion is:
"has been deleted because it copies in whole or part the material in the article at [http://ispy.infospyware.net/images/2010/MrxCls-Stuxnet-Loader-Driver-English.pdf]. We take plagiarism seriously - please respect the rights of others." by Sean Ewington

But I'm the same Author of both two articles ... and I decided to merge the two articles ... you can check that yourself and you will see the Author is Amr Thabet

Please I need to restore it very soon

Thanks,

Amr Thabet

Article formatting question

c242327-Aug-11 10:17

c2423

27-Aug-11 10:17

I'm working on an article at the moment and I'm finding that there are lots of interesting little side notes - often the additional knowledge is helpful to those more familiar with the subject, but overkill to those who are reading through for the first time. Ideally I'd like to be able to put these in some form of call out box thingie, much like you might find in a Dummies book. Not that I would admit to reading a Dummies book you understand.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to what sort of markup I can use for this sort of callout box, as I am aware that extra markup would normally be removed on submission?

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Article formatting question

Pete O'Hanlon27-Aug-11 10:48

Re: Article formatting question

27-Aug-11 10:48

Chris, I normally mark it up using the address tag or the italic tag.

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c242327-Aug-11 11:10

c2423

27-Aug-11 11:10

Hey Pete,

Thanks for the response. I guess these would do the job! I should have thought of italics myself, but the address tag is a new one to me.

Thanks,
Chris

'Tips and Tricks' comments, editing ?

BillWoodruff15-Jul-11 14:34

15-Jul-11 14:34

Hi,

I recently posted a tip[^], and today wrote a response to a comment on the tip. I noticed that when I deleted my early-version comments, they still 'show up' when I visit that page. I'm curious if I can see the deleted comments because I am logged in, but no one else can ... or, do they ... by design ... persist for a while ?

... edit ... strike the above: I logged-out of CP, and verified that the deleted comments were not visible while logged-out. duhhh-oh ...

Second, I noticed someone has taken their time to re-format the tip so it uses CP style font/font-size/color tags for sub-heads, and a monospaced font for .NET objects and operators: is that common ? I hadn't thought about what it meant to set 'Editors' for a tip to 'Platinum members' ... in fact, I realize that: I have never looked to see exactly what a 'Platinum' member 'is.' Smile | :)

... edit ... I now realize the formatting was done by a CP editor, thanks ... I finally looked up what a Platinum member is ... and now I can't forget Smile | :)

...

If anyone reading this can notify Henry Minute, I'd really appreciate his looking at the tip, and its comments, and responses, since his 2009 CP article is mentioned/discussed in it. His feedback would be very valuable.

thanks, Bill

"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis

Richard MacCutchan15-Jul-11 22:48

15-Jul-11 22:48

Since you are able to post here why are you not able to contact Henry?

The best things in life are not things.

BillWoodruff16-Jul-11 14:18

16-Jul-11 14:18

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
why are you not able to contact Henry?

Hi Richard,

In his posts, Henry does not enable e-mail ... I don't either. I am reluctant to post what is essentially a private message on the Lounge.

However, now that you mention that, I think I'll leave a note for him on the feedback section of his 2009 article, so thanks for jogging my memory !

best, Bill

"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis

Richard MacCutchan16-Jul-11 21:44

16-Jul-11 21:44

You could have responded to any of his messages asking him to contact you privately. As you don't normally accept email direct on your messages you can always enable it for a day or so to let him in.

The best things in life are not things.

BillWoodruff17-Jul-11 16:58

17-Jul-11 16:58

I'm sorry if my posting here upset you, and I hope you get over it ... soon, because I am likely to do it again if another situation arises that is relevant to article writing on CodeProject, and I am communicating with an intent to add to the technical quality of the content on CodeProject.

Henry posts many messages per day in the Lounge; given the frequency of his posts, I do not assume he necessarily reads the responses.

Anything else bothering you ?

best, Bill

"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis

Richard MacCutchan17-Jul-11 22:43

Writing articles in MS Word

17-Jul-11 22:43

You having a bad day, week perhaps?

I offered some useful technical advice as to how you could make direct contact with a CP member who does not accept personal emails in response to forum messages. I'm sorry that has upset you, although I am at a total loss as to understand why.

The best things in life are not things.

Doc Lobster15-Jul-11 0:57

Doc Lobster

15-Jul-11 0:57

Hi, please don't hit me for mentioning MS Word. I was wondering if there was any master document / export script combination (that creates acceptable HTML output) available which could be used for writing articles. Does anybody use such a thing?

If no, how do you do the automated spell checking?

Re: Writing articles in MS Word

Pete O'Hanlon15-Jul-11 1:21

Re: Writing articles in MS Word

15-Jul-11 1:21

I wouldn't use Word as a starting point. If I did, I'd copy the text out into Notepad and paste it into a web editor (into the article template) and then go back through adding the formatting that I needed. Alternatively, as I write in a web editor anyway, I'd use the built in spell checker in Chrome or Firefox to help me.

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Doc Lobster17-Jul-11 11:05

Doc Lobster

17-Jul-11 11:05

Thank you for the info!

No comment?

Richard MacCutchan13-Jul-11 7:45

article on winforms valuable ?

13-Jul-11 7:45

I posted a comment to the author of this article[^], asking for a bit more detail; today he responded asking for some guidance. However, when I looked at the article it has been closed following votes by (list of CP members) but no comments were left as to why. It seems a bit harsh to vote for an article to be deleted without leaving a comment for a) the author, and b) others in the CP fold, so we all understand their reasoning.

The best things in life are not things.

Re: No comment?

Chris Maunder13-Jul-11 8:02

Chris Maunder

13-Jul-11 8:02

This looks like an error and we're looking into it. The author should be able to reopen their article.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Re: No comment?

Dr.Walt Fair, PE13-Jul-11 8:25

Dr.Walt Fair, PE

13-Jul-11 8:25

Now that's weird, because I was sure I left a note. Anyway, I'll repost my comment. Strange.

CQ de W5ALT

Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

BillWoodruff6-Jul-11 17:35

6-Jul-11 17:35

Hi,

I was wondering if there's any real need for an article, or series of articles, on WinForms C# programming. Recently, I've read some answers here on 'Q&A' that have kind of 'shocked' me ... given the high-CP-rep of their posters ... by their incorrectness, and also recently, in researching a WinForms issue on StackOverFlow, I was surprised to see some highly voted-up answers that were clearly wrong.

But, the doubter says, 'perhaps WinForms is yesterday's lunch ?'

Appreciate your thoughtful response.

thanks, Bill

"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis

Chris Maunder6-Jul-11 17:42

Chris Maunder

6-Jul-11 17:42

There are a ton of devs working on WinForms. Bucket loads.

If you're seeing misinformation then it would be a dis-service not to write up a piece to help put to rest the misconceptions.

So: yes please!

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

BillWoodruff6-Jul-11 19:24

6-Jul-11 19:24

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your input ! Recently, here on CP, in cases where I felt an incorrect statement was made, I have left respectful feedback. On StackOverFlow, by contrast, I see no point in correcting a two-to-three year old answer that's been 'accepted' by an OP and has many up-votes.

Still not sure in my head if there's cause, at this time, with Win8 and a future of HTML5, JavaScript+jQuery+jWhatever, and CSS, looming, and the future of SilverLight, WPF, and WinForms, unclear (pre BUILD), if there's a good reason to have a systematic series of WinForms' tutorials: perhaps just a series of "tips" would do.

best, Bill

"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of
meaning." C.S. Lewis

Pete O'Hanlon6-Jul-11 21:27

6-Jul-11 21:27

Bill - regardless of what's coming next year, XP is still the dominant OS in the corporate desktop environment and will remain so for a long time to come yet. Despite my love for WPF, I have to admit that WinForms is still a strong candidate for developing desktop applications, so I say go for it - WinForms will be around for a long time to come yet.

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