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Is it time for a new look ?

8-Apr-12 15:51

It's on the TODO.

Let me know the article and I'll undo the report.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Mazen el Senih7-Apr-12 4:16

Mazen el Senih

7-Apr-12 4:16

It's just that I LOVE this site ,but hey how about a new look and feel Blush | :O

Well a black theme would be a great suggestion ! Cool | :cool:

There is always hope ..!

Pete O'Hanlon7-Apr-12 7:03

Pete O'Hanlon

7-Apr-12 7:03

This keeps getting raised every so often. The fact it hasn't happened should tell you something.

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Mazen el Senih7-Apr-12 7:21

Mazen el Senih

7-Apr-12 7:21

But why there is no response for such a great idea !? Frown | :(

There is always hope ..!

Keith Barrow7-Apr-12 7:32

Keith Barrow

7-Apr-12 7:32

If it wasn't orange and green, I'd assume I was somewhere else!

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Mazen el Senih7-Apr-12 7:49

Mazen el Senih

7-Apr-12 7:49

Yeah me too ! Wink | ;)

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Pete O'Hanlon7-Apr-12 8:20

Pete O'Hanlon

7-Apr-12 8:20

Would you ask MacDonalds to change the big M?

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Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

Luc Pattyn7-Apr-12 8:59

Luc Pattyn

7-Apr-12 8:59

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
change the big M?

of course, I just finished the design of a big MD (not House!). It is very stylish, with beautiful green and yellow colors; I am still determining the right price for it.

BTW: I never understood how one capital could be sufficient (cfr. Texas Instruments, General Electric, Baskin-Robbins, and many more).

Smile | :)

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Andreas Gieriet6-Apr-12 11:02

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

6-Apr-12 11:02

Hello everybody,

I don't know if this is the right place to post this "complaint".
I've added some tip/trick on code project and got the content silently "screwed" up by some high ranked editors of the code project.

Screwed up means: highlighting got silently removed. If some code is highlighted, this has a meaning - maybe the text refers to it. The editor is in my eyes not supposed to change any content - highlighting is content relevant! If I choose to have black background and white text color, than this was done on purpose to give the impression of a shell output...! (You see - I'm quite upset - I thy to hold back...)

I'm tempted to revert the messed up version. But in the long run, I'd like no one to *silently* change the tip/trick.

I mean, I'm ok with suggestions to change or to fix some pure formatting or obvious typos. But everything other than that is a *no-go* for me.

How to proceed?
I'll revert/restore the old state, but how to avoid the tip scewed up again?

If you need details I can provide them, but I'd like to know how I/you could prevent this in the future?

Here one article that got screwed up:

Unfortuantely, this is not the only tip that got modified in a for me non-acceptable way.

Thanks

Andi

Richard MacCutchan6-Apr-12 22:13

Richard MacCutchan

6-Apr-12 22:13

If you click on the Revisions tab at the top of the article you can see who was the last person to edit it.

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Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

Andreas Gieriet6-Apr-12 22:37

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

6-Apr-12 22:37

Hello Richard,
I saw that but how to contact her? I can not drop a comment on her member page.
Cheers
Andi

Richard MacCutchan6-Apr-12 22:44

Richard MacCutchan

6-Apr-12 22:44

You could try finding one of her messages (click on the messages link on her home page) and reply to it. Alternatively if you post the question in the "Article Writing" forum it will get seen by the editor team.

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Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

Andreas Gieriet7-Apr-12 2:27

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

7-Apr-12 2:27

Hello Richard,
Thanks for the feedback.
I've posted a question on the Article Writing" forum: Code formatting removed by editor.
Cheers
Andi

Chris Maunder7-Apr-12 2:29

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

7-Apr-12 2:29

Sean and myself watch this forum like a hawk, so either forum will get our attention. Smile | :)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Chris Maunder7-Apr-12 2:20

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

7-Apr-12 2:20

Hi Andi,

I apologise for this happening. I will talk to Smitha and see what the issue was. I'm sure the changes were inadvertent, bit I'll ask her to ensure changes like this do not happen again.

In the meantime do you want me to revert your tip?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Andreas Gieriet7-Apr-12 2:52

Re: Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?

7-Apr-12 2:52

Hello Chris,

thanks for your feedback. Yes, please revert to revision 4 (see revision list).
Thank you for your quick help. And: this is not meant to blame Smitha! I appreciate very much that people take the time to edit all the articles and tips that are posted - a big thank you to everyone!

Cheers
Andi

PS: In that tip, you might have a look at your new countstart="93" attribute in use! Smile | :)

Smitha Nishant8-Apr-12 4:57

Smitha Nishant

8-Apr-12 4:57

Hello Andreas

While removing some superfluous SPAN tags from the HTML, I seem to have inadvertently removed the SPAN class=highlight tags as well by mistake. I will fix this right away.

Truly sorry about this.

Smitha

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Pending article version changes?

Wendelius6-Apr-12 9:17

Wendelius

6-Apr-12 9:17

When I opened a pending article all the images were from CP but when I switched to "Browse Code" and then back to the article, the images were from another source. I think I've noticed similar behavior previously, just like I would have come back to another version?

The article I recently noticed this was http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?aid=361596&av=530614[^]

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Rep graph labels

OriginalGriff6-Apr-12 0:25

OriginalGriff

6-Apr-12 0:25

Not a serious problem, it just looks silly!
I accidentally viewed a spammers re graph when I reported him, and the date labels were all the same:
Feb2012 Feb2012 Feb2012...
http://images.software-matters.com/images/repgraphlabels.jpg[^]

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Henry Minute6-Apr-12 0:28

Henry Minute

6-Apr-12 0:28

OriginalGriff wrote:
and the date labels were all the same

Oh no they wasn't! Poke tongue | ;-P

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OriginalGriff6-Apr-12 0:33

OriginalGriff

6-Apr-12 0:33

Picky, picky, picky! Laugh | :laugh:

I ignored the Mar2012 ones 'cause I got bored typing...

You are obviously feeling back to normal! Glad to see it, as well. Big Grin | :-D

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Slacker00710-Apr-12 0:16

Slacker007

10-Apr-12 0:16

OriginalGriff wrote:
I accidentally viewed a spammers re graph

It's Okay to view someone else's rep graph. It doesn't make you any less of a man. Smile | :)

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Article submission wizard looks weird (bug?)

OriginalGriff10-Apr-12 2:01

OriginalGriff

10-Apr-12 2:01

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳5-Apr-12 8:20

Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳

5-Apr-12 8:20

There is no place to enter article title, etc. And it says "Beta". Just sent a screen shot to submit@codeproject.com.

P.S. I was using IE 7 (did I just break it for using IE 7?)

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Re: Article submission wizard looks weird (bug?)

Chris Maunder5-Apr-12 9:41