Bugs and Suggestions

18-May-12 13:27

Hello,

I am facing an issue with existing CSS code snippets in one of my articles. Every time, I update the article I get a bunch of <span> tags everywhere.

Therefore, I delete all CSS code and I paste it in order to work around this issue.

Kind regards,

Chris Maunder19-May-12 1:34

Chris Maunder

19-May-12 1:34

Which article?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Akram El Assas19-May-12 1:41

19-May-12 1:41

Hi,

This one: ASP .NET Plotter (HTML5, C# and Plot'N'Roll)[^]

Kind regards,

Akram El Assas7-Jun-12 14:08

7-Jun-12 14:08

Hi Chris,

I get this problem, only with this article: ASP .NET Plotter (HTML5, C# and Plot'N'Roll)[^]

Maybe, It's related to something in the article?

Kind regards,

Chris Maunder7-Jun-12 18:25

Chris Maunder

7-Jun-12 18:25

First: wow. What an incredible contribution. Awesome.

Second: I can't see the span tags you mention. I've used the "Get the article's HTML" button and also hit the edit button to see what the submission wizard is doing, but nothing is jumping out (or in my addled state I'm missing it and it's staring me in the face).

Do you see the span tags in the code PRE samples while editing, while previewing, or after you publish it?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Akram El Assas8-Jun-12 8:28

8-Jun-12 8:28

First: Thank you!

Second: When I update the article in Article Submission Wizard, the CSS code of the section Version 1.2 is always replaced by the code below both while previewing and after publishing:

XML

.settings {
    background<span class="code-none">: #f0f0f0<span class="code-none">;
    border<span class="code-none">: 1px solid #ddd<span class="code-none">;
    height<span class="code-none">: 100px<span class="code-none">;
    left<span class="code-none">: 175px<span class="code-none">;
    overflow<span class="code-none">: hidden<span class="code-none">;
    padding<span class="code-none">: 0px 3px 3px 3px<span class="code-none">;
    position<span class="code-none">: absolute<span class="code-none">;
    top<span class="code-none">: 10px<span class="code-none">;
    width<span class="code-none">: 135px<span class="code-none">;
<span class="code-none">}

.settings .options <span class="code-none">{
    background<span class="code-none">: #FAFAFA<span class="code-none">;
    border-top<span class="code-none">: 1px solid #ddd<span class="code-none">;
    margin-top<span class="code-none">: 1px<span class="code-none">;
<span class="code-none">}

.settings .options input <span class="code-none">{ margin-right<span class="code-none">: 5px<span class="code-none">; <span class="code-none">}
</span></span></span></span></span></span></

It should be like this:

CSS

.settings {
    background: #f0f0f0;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    height: 100px;
    left: 175px;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 0px 3px 3px 3px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    width: 135px;
}

.settings .options {
    background: #FAFAFA;
    border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
    margin-top: 1px;
}

.settings .options input { margin-right: 5px; }

I found a workaround. Each time I update the article, I suppress the CSS code snippets and create new clean ones.

Out of date email address validation

Chris Maunder20-Jun-12 2:22

Chris Maunder

20-Jun-12 2:22

Akram El Assas wrote:
Each time I update the article, I suppress the CSS code snippets

Just to clarify: when you edit, you delete the existing code snippets and re-paste in the correct version?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Bill_Keydel18-May-12 7:28

Bill_Keydel

18-May-12 7:28

This post: Email Address Validation Using Regular Expression[^]
does not allow domain names to start with a number. That was correct when rfc 1123 ruled BUT in Oct 1989 it was replaced by RFC 1123 which permits hostname labels to start with digits.

Re: Out of date email address validation

OriginalGriff18-May-12 8:45

OriginalGriff

18-May-12 8:45

So use the comment system at the bottom of the article to tell the author, not post it to the site admins here. He can then update it - the articles are written by people like you and I, not just site admins! Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Out of date email address validation

Dan Neely18-May-12 15:17

Dan Neely

18-May-12 15:17

Bill_Keydel wrote:
That was correct when rfc 1123 ruled BUT in Oct 1989 it was replaced by RFC 1123

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Re: Out of date email address validation

Bassam Abdul-Baki21-May-12 2:59

Bassam Abdul-Baki

21-May-12 2:59

Dan Neely wrote:
The king is dead! Long live the KING!

FTFY.

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Unable to approve/report/etc a pending article

Wendelius18-May-12 4:27

Wendelius

18-May-12 4:27

On the front page I see the pending articles/tips, but when I open any of them I don't have any options to approve or report the article. Few days ago this was working just fine... Confused | :confused:

Re: Unable to approve/report/etc a pending article

Sean Ewington18-May-12 4:59

Re: Unable to approve/report/etc a pending article

18-May-12 4:59

Even the report flag is gone? Thanks for letting us know, we'll take a look

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Elina Blank18-May-12 5:29

Elina Blank

18-May-12 5:29

Hi Mika,

It is working again now. Sorry about it (Old bug that was triggered by recent changes Smile | :)

)

Sincerely,
Elina Blank

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Re: Unable to approve/report/etc a pending article

Wendelius18-May-12 7:22

Wendelius

18-May-12 7:22

Yep, works like a charm. Thanks Smile | :)

Modification date becomes Creation date

Akram El Assas17-May-12 12:32

Re: Modification date becomes Creation date

17-May-12 12:32

Hi,

I am facing an issue with one of my articles. When I update the article without checking "Mark this article as Updated", the modification date becomes the creation date.

Thereby, as a workaround, I am obliged to mark the article as updated.

Kind regards,

Elina Blank17-May-12 12:58

Elina Blank

17-May-12 12:58

Hi Akram El Assas,

Thanks for the report.
The issue found, fixed and will be available soon

Sincerely,
Elina Blank

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Better proof reading

jgauffin17-May-12 8:37

jgauffin

17-May-12 8:37

I'm not native english speaking. Which means that my english is far from perfect. A couple of years ago when I wrote articles you were very good at proof reading and fixing my grammar errors.

I used to wait for an edit and then check the diff to see which errors I've made and learn from them.

I've written three articles in a short time. And it doesn't seem like you proof read at all now. And that's sad imho. That was one of the best things with writing articles here. I could trust you to help me improve my articles (and let me learn thanks to that).

Please read articles more carefully before you publish them. Especially if someone writes "please proof read" in the editor comment box.

Sean Ewington17-May-12 8:45

17-May-12 8:45

If English is not your native language then I would say your writing is remarkable, considering. Which article in particular are you looking at?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

jgauffin17-May-12 9:03

jgauffin

17-May-12 9:03

For instance these:

Localization in ASP.NET MVC with Griffin.MvcContrib[^]

Get injected into the world of inverted dependencies[^]

The only edits were to fix the syntax highlighting (when the article was approved). I've re-read them several time to fix spelling errors and to try to fix malformed sentences (after the approval).

modified 17-May-12 15:10pm.

Sean Ewington17-May-12 9:40

17-May-12 9:40

I think you have a strong grasp of spelling and grammar. I've gone ahead and finely combed these over, but I'd be happy to go more in depth with the proofreading of your articles if you'd like. Feel free to email me about any changes to your articles (now or later) and I'd be happy to go over the changes/additions I applied and why. Some of it is preference (I find commas in particular to be individual taste) but I'm happy to explore the "why" of all the changes if you would find that helpful.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

modified 18-May-12 8:47am.

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AspDotNetDev17-May-12 13:20

AspDotNetDev

17-May-12 13:20

I believe email links require a "mailto:" to be prefixed to the URL for them to work*. The current link you created makes it look as if there's a forum dedicated entirely to your email. Smile | :)

*Though, I wouldn't recommend putting your email on a public forum at all (especially not in plain text form).

Sean Ewington18-May-12 2:55

18-May-12 2:55

Drat.

Thanks for the catch.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project