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Chris Maunder wrote: hog the homepage
I'm not talking about the homepage. I'm talking about the article's header on the article page.
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All the info comes from the same source so it's the same problem.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The combined C++/.NET top-level filter is far too wide - it encompassess too many articles. Someone working in C/C++/MFC doesn't want to wade through C#/.NET articles (and vice-versa).
I'm not suggesting that codeproject.com be split into mfc.codeproject.com and csharp.codeproject.com. However, having the top-level filters correspond to the physical structure of the website impedes the search process and reduces CP's utility (imho).
Please consider splitting the C++/.NET filter into C,C++,Win32,MFC and .NET. Of course, the exact names you choose may differ.
Thanks,
/ravi
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What do you think of the current arrangement now?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Thanks, this definitely helps.
If I may make one more request: it would help if the default attribute filter used by the advanced article search is seeded by the viewer's current top level mode (MFC/C++, .NET, etc). IOW, if I'm focusing on .NET, I shouldn't have to uncheck the C and C++ boxes in the attribute filter's "Language" list. Thanks!
/ravi
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Chris,
When you have absolutely noting better to do would you please add another category to answer classification?
There seems to be plenty of "I am a guru, who are you posting this question?" type participants who cannot help themselves to chastise the poster ( or postee??) with comments like - ever heard of Google? ... is that your course assignment?? … it took me 5 minutes to find it in…....
Something like "and the preacher said" category?
“The thunder is noisy and bold but it is the lightening who does the work.”
Stolen from Mark Twain.
Cheers Vaclav
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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take it with a grain of salt.
1- posts in the Soapbox should not count in the post count.
2- topics should have an expiration date ( 1, 2 days max)
3- There should be a post-flood timer (30 secs, and increasing in time : 30 sec, 40sec, 50sec, ... )
4- There should be a Soapbox-free day once in a while (to let people cool-down)
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I prefer to let the Soapbox be what the Soapbox is. It's deliberately the septic tank of the site and you know what happens when a septic tank is blocked up and unusable...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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ok.
This signature was proudly tested on animals.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I prefer to let the Soapbox be what the Soapbox is.
I agree.
Chris Maunder wrote: deliberately the septic tank of the site and you know what happens when a septic tank is blocked up and unusable...
I recall other foul analogies for the SB 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Paul Conrad wrote: I recall other foul analogies for the SB
Yeah, septic tank is a nice Maunderian euphemism for the actual word the original quoter (Shog9) used
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The soapbox is appears to be the third biggest board?
MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when
the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a
frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good Guy
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Better yet. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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+1
"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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ROFL
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Hey Folks,
New to the site (and VERY new to programming & c#) but enjoying both so far !!
Was wondering if anyone could show me how to change my 'Location' in my site profile ?
Currently showing as USA and i don't remember specifying during registration ??
Many thanks
Neil
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Welcome!
Go to the Modify page[^]. Under "Your Biography" tab you will see the Country drop down.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it! 
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Just a suggestion, but have you guys considered using Consolas instead of Courier as the code font. It would certainly both look and print better!
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It was close, but Courier New won[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I normally have Date Filter set to Last Visit. Sometimes I see a response for a topic I an unfamiliar with - I want to see the first post but it is old and not displayed. I change the Date filter to Last Day or Last Week and try again (View thread doesn't help if the Date Filter trims off the first post by date). This works. Then I want to change back to Date Filter Last Visit. This takes a huge amount of time - I never seem to get it back. I have found the easiest way is to change forums to Meetings and Get-Togethers - only 500 posts or so. Now I can change back to Date Filter Last Visit almost immediately, then go back to the old forum (this is just a work-around). Why the time difference between expanding the selections (short time) and shrinking the selections down (long time)?
Dave.
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Thanks - we'll look into what's happening
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The [Quote Selected Text] button is missing under Chrome. It shows up under IE and Firefox.
Todd Smith
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Thanks. I've fixed this in the next rev.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yet another cross posting solution.
I think this one is by far the best yet, but then again im bias.
Cross Posting is something we have always tried to discourage here, and AFAIK most forums do the same. You would have thought that the general populus would have cottoned on by now but they have not. However, I think there is good reason. Say I want to ask a question about a topic such as Threading. I write code in C# and I want all the people in the C# forum to provide me an answer but I dont want to miss out on people who only really look in the .NET Framework forum.
There has always been the rule of "Pick the best forum, and post it there", but this misses the poiint slightly. What im getting at is there is alot of cross-over in our forums (think ASP.NET written in C#, LINQ from a C# app etc etc)
So here's my proposed solution. When you post a new message you should, as normal, pick the most relevant forum to post your message. however before posting you should be able to pick a maximum of 2 other forums that your question should be linked from.
Your message gets displayed in your "Primary forum" and in your selected "Secondary forum(s)" a message is posted which clearly indicates its a cross-posted message. So basically if I post in C# a message shows there as usual:
"How do I create a widget using dowhickies?"
and in the secondary forum(s):
"From C#: How do I create a widget using dowhickies?"
To make sure we dont get replies posted in many forums all "reply" links lead to the primary forum where the message was posted. So all replies to my thread go into the forum I initially chose as the most relevant one.
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