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This may be the closest to the line that distinguishes an article from a tip that I've ever seen.
Tips are generally shorter, and often "how-to" posts that covers the basics of a problem and how to solve it.
While we don't exactly welcome tool/utility/etc. sharing we sometimes put these in Tips & Tricks if they cover the problem, usage, and offer some explanation, such as in your post.
Articles are exhaustive works that aim to teach the reader as much as possible on the subject. Why did you start working on your project? What problem were you trying to solve? What did you learn along the way that could benefit others? How do most of the bits work? What are the concepts that a reader might need to understand before beginning your article?
Here’s an article example from one of our top authors:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/225692/Html5-WebWorkers-experiment
His primary goal is to demonstrate “Using HTML5 WebWorkers and a custom jQuery plug-in to create a Flickr image wall.” He treats the reader like a beginner. He defines jQuery, explains what WebWorkers are, then gets into why he wanted to create a jQuery plugin. Each progressive section of the article expands on his topic, thoroughly explains the code, explains the limitations he chose in his scope, discusses how each element to his plug-in works, and provides numerous code examples.
As I said, you're basically there. You doing all the things you're supposed to be doing, but it feels a little bit like a quick fly-by, rather than full-bodied course in a lecture hall. Extremely close distinction though, closest I've seen.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Hi, I came across an interesting recent (Dec. 18) article here today that does not include source in its downloadable, but does include necessary 'dlls for running its "tutorial" sample [^].
It occurred to me that I had never thought about whether it is a requirement to include source, so, read the CP article FAQ, but could not find any clear statement on this.
The author of the article comments on a reader-comment that they are thinking about including the source.
Appreciate clarification.
thanks, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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If a dll is provided but no code then we'd need a very good reason why there's no code. A dll without code may contain malicious code.
Beyond that, where a code sharing, not an application sharing site.
Let the code be free.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Would this article[^] be misleading? It shows the completely wrong way to do what it tries to do, and such blatantly incorrect (and possibly dangerous) information shouldn't be allowed on a site that values quality (e.g. this site), IMO.
What think you guys?
(I did report as Inaccurate/Misleading)
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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He keeps posting really poor quality 'articles', and ignores every comment about what he is doing wrong. I think it may be time for him to be removed.
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Member has posted a few 'articles' in the last few weeks - none of them went public, and for the very same reason - extremely poor quality...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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He just won't learn, will he?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I wander, how you pick articles for best article contest?
Article in Database category http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1046120/Friday-the-th-JSON-is-coming-to-SQL-Server has 4.97 out of 35 votes but it is not in article contest for November.
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It starts with tags. This one has the correct tags. Something may be wrong. We'll dig in
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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If i like to modify only section of my already published article then would this change go through voting process?
Do
Read();
Research();
Experiment();
UnTil You Inspire!
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Hello. Recently I've posted my article[^] and after it has been approved, the images pasted are missing from my article page. Can you help me to correct this issue ? Thanks. 
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Everything looks in order from my end...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Thanks. Now, the images appeared ordered on the article page.
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It was the one reported below. I fixed it from there.
This space for rent
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 Good work!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I've also encountered that images are missing from the article and I've posted a message asking to correct this issue.
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Sorted.
This space for rent
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http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1061457/IOC-Container-For-Net-Unity-Ninject-Autofac-at-a-g
The above article will not have zip to download as this is attached with this article
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I have added several images in my article and they are shown when I preview my article but not shown in published article.
The path in published article is
"http://www.codeproject.com/KB/Articles/1060838/Execution_Plan_Later.jpg"
but the actual path of image is
"http://www.codeproject.com/KB/Database/1060838/Execution_Plan_Later.jpg"
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What's the HTML source of the image tags?
The quick brown ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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Every time a post a tip or article, a Code Project editor revises my tip/article and adds some HTML codes something like <span class="code-keyword"> etc ( I have very few knowledge on HTML  ).
I just want know that what is those HTML codes for and if it necessary then should I add those codes when I post my tip/article using Submission Page?
Thanks!
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This is a CSS class that points to a CSS declaration (auto-included by Code Project) that dictates how the span element should be styled and rendered. You should leave it as it is. Suggest you learn HTML and CSS from http://www.codeproject.com/Learn/HTML/[^]
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