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Hi Chris,
IMO you have posted this in the wrong forum; "Article Writing" is visited by article writers, you however probably want the opinion of article readers, which is a much larger and somewhat different audience.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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It's also visited by editors, sub-editors and mentors, as well as those thinking of writing, or who have already written.
Basically: exactly the people whose opinion I'm currently after.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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The layout at a first glance gives a 1990 look. The current header compared to the new design, is easy to read and all the information is easily available, also all the tags are shown. It gives a clear separation between the article and the article details.
I would rather have the source code link on top of the article than in a separate tab; all it contains are a few links.
The links below the header with names are better. Was there a reason to change share to Digg?
The links on the left are something I used a lot. Would like to have that while reading an article, make it easy to navigate to different sub topic or open it in a new window.
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Hi,
I was curious to note that this article :
ViperWorks.Ignition WinForms Framework[^]
Requires DevX commercial controls to be used.
In the submission guidelines it state : "An article is acceptable if it can be used on its own using the tools, libraries and components that a developer working in the given technology could reasonably be expected to own, or which is free (as in no charge)."
Has there been a change in CP policy in this regard ?
thanks, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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I believe there have been other articles like this in the recent past, and in all cases the authors have been encouraged to offer alternative free components in place of the commercial ones. If you haven't let the author know, I'm more than happy to inform them that they have introduced a barrier to using their code.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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Hi Pete,
My own thought about this is :
The article in question is a "major piece of work" in the sense that it obviously represents a big effort by the writer in terms of time, energy, coding. It's certainly not something whose major focus is dependent on the commercial controls; at least on casual examination it looks like the DevX controls are mainly providing the UI (could be wrong, there).
I sense the author has a lot of creative energy, and I do think that's valuable and should be encouraged.
If an article depends on a commercial product for its essential functionality, where that functionality could not be recreated in .NET in some reasonable way using the standard libraries, then I think the article should be not allowed.
On the other hand, imho, articles that depend on open-source libraries, like jQuery, should be fine (and I assume they are allowed).
best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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I've dropped him a note.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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I remain hopeful he can offer a free alternative. Let's wait and see
Thanks Pete!
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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We have a lot of unedited articles. A boatload. What we don't have is hours in the day and so I was wondering how best to harness the awesome power of you guys in helping us get these articles a little lovin'
Years and years ago we had a fixed group of editors who had been tested, vetoed, and had been given The Power of Editing. It worked OK until these editors found a life, a job, maybe even a romantic interest, and ran out of spare time.
I'd like to resurrect this, but a little differently. My thinking was: anyone who is platinum can edit any article, no questions asked. To augment this we allow anyone who wishes to edit an article a chance, and if they pass a basic trial period they are let loose to go forth and edit. And earn rep points and also be in the running for outright bribes (prizes, software, gadgets etc)
How much interest is there in this?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'd be willing to help out as time permits. I assume you must have some editing guidelines, right?
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yep - we have an old, dusty tome that provides the guidelines.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'd be more than happy to help out. I have been a member on this site for a long time and always regretted for not having written an article. Editing the articles could probably be a first step in writing an article in the near future.
Let me know if my reputation qualifies me to take up the trial period test.
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Chris - I'm sure I could find a minute or two to help you out if you need it. I like being bribed 
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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I'd be willing to help out in between providing technical answers to forum questions, and working on my external (unpaid) projects. I'm sure such a task would give us lots of opportunities to learn some new skills.
It's time for a new signature.
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I'm sure I could help with editing articles, I would like to contribute a bit more, provided there were some guidelines (and not too many all at once! )
Ali
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June is going to be busy month for me but after that I will be glad to be of any help. Coincidently I will be writing my PhD thesis at that time so I will be in writing and editing mode
-Saurabh
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I would definitely be interested in editing articles, it may also help me to finish writing the article I have been working on for a while 
Lloyd
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Sure.
My email is larry_mintz@primus.ca
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there is no need to publish your e-mail address, unless you need to test your SPAM filters...
There is a little widget under each message, which people can use to send you an e-mail through CP, then you can exchange whatever you want to exchange. It is optional though, check your checkboxes...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Hi
I've also posted an article http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/HelpSystem.aspx
But it still says "Status - Composing". And in My Articles page, it is "Unfinished article".
Can someone please help?
Regards,
Vinit
VKS
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when you try and edit your article, you might notice a tiny checkbox (right above or right below the edit box), something like "make public" or "publish" or "unfinished" or "don't publish yet" or whatever it is called nowadays. That is the one you should set appropriately.
I know, it isn't easy to spot right away. I wish they'd make it a lot bigger, red, and blinking.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Thanks much, Luc. It helped me a lot and now my article's status is changed to pending.
VKS
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I am flattered to have been featured for such a long time, but in all fairness, there must be another recently posted article that is worthy of the asp.net editor's choice spot.
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Fair enough. Should update in about 20 minutes
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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I'm writing an article at the moment which is attempting to explain some advanced concepts in a more beginner/intermediate way then they are usually presented.
As such, I'm finding that I have to dumb down some of the explanations to the point of slight inaccuracy - unfortunately many of the definitions within the subject area are recursive so without a slightly inaccurate definition which is later explained better it's hard to write something a lay-person would understand.
At the moment, I'm finding that in order to not appear just plain wrong, I'm having to justify my position with brackets. For example:
"Slightly wrong statement (I know this is slightly wrong, but trust me for now and I'll explain later.) Correct point that leads on from previous statement."
Since the explanation of why the point is wrong is helpful to people already familiar with the subject matter, but not helpful for beginners I was hoping there would be a nice way of doing it like I have seen in tech books, something like:
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Slightly wrong statement. Correct point that leads on from previous statement.
Note:I know this is slightly wrong, but trust me for now and I'll explain later.
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Obviously I don't actually want to use either tables or code blocks - can somebody suggest a neat alternative for formatting this?
Thanks,
Chris
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