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Hi All/Chris,
I believe it would be a good idea to make the 'Preview Article' step mandatory when submitting an article through the wizard. There are too many formatting issues at times.
If implemented, size the popup at 1024x768 so that the author can see what others may see.
On the good side, this can be the missing step of the four step process as indicated by the feed back mechanism. (Right now it goes for 1 of 4, 2 of 3, 4 of 4).
Jeff
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I'm honestly not sure this would help. Members can already see how their article looks, they have the links to modify them, but they don't. Sometimes authors simply don't understand how to fix the problem
(And are you saying we can't count?? :P )
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: (And are you saying we can't count?? )
No, your page design is saying that. 
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4....
-- El Corazon
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I understand what you're saying, but frankly I stopped looking at the preview a long time ago. Reason? - because I constantly preview the article as I'm writing it (in UltraEdit), and if there are formatting problems, then I report them as bugs.
Although you do bring up a good point: there isn't really an in-depth explanation on how to use the CP css header, or even how to do simple formatting in html, or how to take screenshots. Maybe there could also be a "tools for authors" section on tools like this.
modified on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:11 AM
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Hi Hans,
Hans Dietrich wrote: I understand what you're saying, but frankly I stopped looking at the preview a long time ago.
Seasoned authors seem to do a better job. Perhaps it is because they know the system.
Hans Dietrich wrote: Reason? - because I constantly preview the article as I'm writing it (in UltraEdit), and if there are formatting problems, then I report them as bugs.
Also, I'm not sure if the staff is aware, but the WYSIWYG editor is broken (if it exists anymore) - it does not render a toolbar for use (though instructions are there to use it).
At any rate, something is bent (not necessarily broken). CP can't control an author's native language. CP can't control an author's topic. And CP can't screen the articles based on content (i.e., leaving in the 'Points of Interset' from the example submission). However, CP can force a rendering of the article [at step three of four], with instructions to either:
* go back and correct
* go forward and submit
Jeff
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Hi All/Chris,
It seems that a monspacing is being removed from text. The section of text in question is not code. I'm currently using the following:
<span style="font-family: Courier New,Courier,monospace">
PublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
PublicKey BIT STRING }
</span>
How do I specify it so that it is not removed?
Jeff
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<pre lang="text">
PublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
PublicKey BIT STRING }
</pre>
Should do the trick
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The below has now been resolved.
I don't think it is a bug, but I cannot edit my profile.
This message...
Items that need attention:
The name you supplied has already been registered. Please choose another, or try retrieving your password if that is your member name
Appears.
Now I am signed in, and requested my password to double check it was right etc.
It just won't let me proceed.
I tried asking in the lounge and someone said it was just one of those temporary things and that it should be ok in a while, but it has been ages and I finally decided here is the place to enquire.
Any ideas?
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I try to appear cooler,
by calling him Euler.
modified on Monday, April 28, 2008 9:34 AM
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Flagged as bug.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris
The resolution I was given was to remove the two spaces before my screen name, this allows the update to proceed.
However!
When returning to the edit, the two spaces are back. They need to be removed again before I can enter the new version. For some reason these two spaces keep appearing!
I know what I am doing is a bit of a kludge, but it does provide a workaround.
If this is a genuine bug, then I am sure it will be be amended, but it is not a terribly important thing now that I can bypass the problem, and tell others if they ask!
But thanks for the notification. 
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No fee too high, no insult to low.
Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms
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Dalek Dave wrote: For some reason these two spaces keep appearing
I believe the two spaces appear only in the textbox but does not get saved. Possibly because the VALUE attribute of the textbox itself has some spaces and then prefills the value from the server.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
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That KTS Infotech has again crept in.
Where is the whip? Now those guys need to be ruthlessly lashed till they run from the west coast of India to East Coast of India non-stop for disturbing the tranquility of the discussion forums.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
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Hi,
I have noticed that the list of forums, that usually is at the top of the board in every forum, is missing in the Coding-Horrors forum.
It is not so important, just wanted to let you know it
Greetings.
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
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Its also not in the lounge. The similarities between these two forums? They both have a paragraph instead of the links.
My current favourite word is: Bacon!
-SK Genius
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Yeah, I have seen the paragraph. But that doesn't mean necessarily that the list should be off. It is no important, one can always use the "message boards" list on the top-right. It just was a curiosity.
Greetings.
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
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This is by design
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Ok
Greetings.
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
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Added to bug list. Thanks!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I see absolutely no connection between these two "technologies" other than the fact that they were introduced by Microsoft at the same time. I recommend that the two get their own discrete forums.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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But that would mean we couldn't call it the WtF forum
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hmmm. I just posted this[^] question in the SQL forum and noticed that I had a line that was way too long. I was about to try and edit the post when I discovered there's no horizontal scrollbar!
IE7, Vista.
Marc
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I give up. I've tweaked things so that Firefox works well but until we can have our pages validate fully (which requires a lot of retro-cleaning) we're always going to be stuck with IE quirks.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Here's an idea: creating custom lists of articles you've found useful and share them with the community. Here's how it would work:
-Allow members to create custom lists of articles in My Bookmarks (for argument's sake "Winforms in C# - the complete guide. Compiled by martin_hughes")
-Allow the member to specify if the list is private (for personal consumption) or public (published/available somewhere on CP)
-Allow public lists to be voted/commented upon so consumers can get an idea of the quality of the contents /and or provide an average of all the included article's scores.
-At any point a member can chose to make a list public or private
Why?
I find an number of articles, by different authors, very useful and they seem to form a logical series. It would be a very large job for any one person to compile these articles into series, so we put the job to the community - all 5 million of us - and hey presto the job takes care of its self!
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