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This is something I've been wondering about for awhile. Apologies if it already exists somewhere on the site and I've missed it.
Occasionally, I get contacted privately by people who have read my articles and are using my code. Sometimes I don't mind helping these people out (privately). But more and more I would rather they use my articles' message board to post their questions. The main reason being that my answers can help others with the same problem. If I answer them privately, my answer only benefits them. Also, it would hopefully mean that I would only have to answer a question once on the message board. Others with the same problem could find the answer there.
I've gotten into the practise of redirecting these private queries to my articles' message boards, but was wondering if Code Project could provide a guide some where that would suggest the best way to approach authors in order to get their questions answered (such as posting the questions to the message boards).
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Are people going to read such a guide any more than the "How to get answers to your questions" thread or the Lounge rules?
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J4amieC wrote: Are people going to read such a guide any more than the "How to get answers to your questions" thread or the Lounge rules?
Interesting question.
Has there been an improvement in the forums where those stickies have been posted? I only check the C# one sporadically.
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Please see my personal blog 
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Perhaps the home page could feature last edited articles separately to unedited articles? Since the edited articles are generally of higher standard, and they should get more exposure rather than quickly disapearing off the list due to new unedited articles. Just an idea...
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office) ~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser 2-way-scrolling freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
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I believe it was like that a few years ago. 
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Is there a limit to the # of bookmarks you can make in this site? If there is, please indicate so on the FAQ page.
And do bookmarks of articles that have been moved (or deleted) get automatically updated or will they become dead links or just disappear? Might be good to mention this in the FAQ page too.
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible." - Freeman Dyson
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There's no limit and the bookmarks will always point to the correct location.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi,
I am using Mozilla FireFox 1.5.0.6. The Menus, i think have some problem when displaying. I can see a 'H' before the 'Help!' menu leading me to http://www.codeproject.com/info/faq.asp page. Is this a browser fault or something else ?
Actually i tried to refresh the same page, but the 'H' link keeps on coming.
I dont know whether it is problem of browser or design of site ?
<marquee>"A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder
Anant Y. Kulkarni
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It's by design 
Nah, it appears to be a bug with FF, I think they are working to rectify it but I'm not 100% sure.
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9
Ed
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Fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Close, but not quite. The menu is still shifted to the right several pixels resulting in a horizontal scrollbar being generated. The original position of the menu (before it gets shifted, resulting in the extra 'H') is where the menu should be placed in order to eliminate the scrollbar.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!
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Yes, but there's no superfluous H now.
Aligning the menu correctly will cost extra 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Aligning the menu correctly will cost extra
How much extra? I think I could afford an extra 25% or so. Will that cover it?
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!
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Removed. Thanks
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Liran C wrote: The ability to modify a message after you have posted it is great. But I noticed that you can't change it's "Message Type" (Question/General/News/Joke|Game).
Why is that? if theres no particular reason, then I think adding this feature can make only good =]
You can change the message type too.
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Did something change overnight? When viewing the forums I am having to scroll to the right. IE6 on a 1024x768 display.
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No.
Which forums? Can you send me a screenshot if you see it again?
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Grrr, took me 30 minutes to find a working proxy. Damn China and their great Firewall!!
sent an email with the screenshot, and the problem is on all the forums, but not on the articles or other pages.
-- modified at 14:44 Thursday 24th August, 2006
I appologise, 'the lounge' is unaffected.
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Seems to be ok now, was it fixed?
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Nope, not fixed yet.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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It would be nice if you could split the forums down the middle with the main topic threads on the left and be able to click on them and display them on the right. Horizontal split can also be done.
"I know which side I want to win regardless of how many wrongs they have to commit to achieve it." - Stan Shannon
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