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Re: Request for more intellegent voting restriction software.

30-Oct-07 0:24

Are you suggesting something similar to 'Number of Email Messages Per Hour' by free email services to thwart spam through thier website?

But here the need of the hour is to allow and patronize bona fide voting without any blocks but at the same time protecting the website from fake or abusive votes.

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CataclysmicQuantum30-Oct-07 6:30

CataclysmicQuantum

30-Oct-07 6:30

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
Are you suggesting something similar to 'Number of Email Messages Per Hour' by free email services to thwart spam through thier website?

Its already been implemented by Chris, I was suggesting a more intelligent algorithm to be used so it wouldn't seem so restricting.

Re: Request for more intellegent voting restriction software.

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar30-Oct-07 20:22

Re: Request for more intellegent voting restriction software.

30-Oct-07 20:22

CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
Its already been implemented by Chris

Where? Currently I feel only the following restrictions we have is the IP Address and Self-Vote restrictions. Isn't it?

(*) You can not vote onto yourself. The Vote links don't appear on your own messages.
(*) Messages posted from your own IP Address don't get the voting rights.
(*) An IP Address gets a single vote for a message.

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CataclysmicQuantum30-Oct-07 20:27

CataclysmicQuantum

30-Oct-07 20:27

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
Where? Currently I feel only the following restrictions we have is the IP Address and Self-Vote restrictions. Isn't it?

Nope, try it for your self. Just vote whatever on a bunch of messages and you will see. Just go down this forum and vote for every message you see.

Re: Request for more intellegent voting restriction software.

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar31-Oct-07 3:13

Issue: Request to Re-Register?

31-Oct-07 3:13

CataclysmicQuantums wrote:
vote for every message you see

Chris' hamsters would become angry and start viewing with suspicion. Big Grin | :-D

Perhaps we can have a Knowledge Sharing session from the Univoter who had been unleashing terror in the forums sometime back. Would that be an effective way?

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Jeffrey Walton29-Oct-07 2:07

Re: Issue: Request to Re-Register?

29-Oct-07 2:07

Hi All,

I've got a feeling Chris is not going to invite me over to barbeque. I was following a Compuware Ad for Code Profiling (http://www.codeproject.com/script/admentor/admentorredir.asp?id=4229&way=ban[^]. The page asked me to register, with my information already filled in. I believe I am already a member of CodeProject. The page requesing me to register is http://www.codeproject.com/Zone/soa/includes/Register.asp?srid=5&rid=22[^]

Jeff

Hans Dietrich29-Oct-07 3:14

Hans Dietrich

29-Oct-07 3:14

Picky, picky. Go fix your blockquotes. Smile | :)

Best wishes,
Hans

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Re: Issue: Request to Re-Register?

Chris Maunder29-Oct-07 3:59

Re: Issue: Request to Re-Register?

29-Oct-07 3:59

This link is a registration page for Compuware that we're hosting on their behalf. The reg page itself explains that to access their information you need to register and that the registration info you provide will be forwarded to them. There's also a link to their privacy policy we ask you to read and accept before we do anything.

Asking for your registration details before providing content is a standard thing many companies do (or would like to do) but some companies don't have the infrastructure. We provide this for those companies unable to do it themselves.

You are already registered with CodeProject so we can pre-fill the form a little, but there's no way we're going to send your details on to anyone else with your express permission.

...and Jeff, you're always invited over for a barbie. Just don't bring any shrimps Wink | ;)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar30-Oct-07 0:27

30-Oct-07 0:27

I think it is by the Terms of Service that CodeProject has designed. Also check out CP Privacy Policy here (http://www.codeproject.com/info/privacy.asp[^])

CP Team has clearly mentioned "we do not disclose any personal information to third parties". That is why, your member information has been denied at the Ad Partner URL. Smile | :)

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Bug: Right Margin Runoff

Jeffrey Walton28-Oct-07 23:29

28-Oct-07 23:29

Hi All,

I've got a ugly right margin runoff problem. However, the article does not present any code snippets. My offline HTML editor is OK. Preview (when submitting or editing the article) is OK. When I select 'Get Article's HTML', the article is OK. The issue only appears when served up as a 'Live' article from CodeProject. Any ideas?

The script kiddies are going to beat me up adequately - I don't really need the added crutch of formatting issues. I see I already have already received my first Univote.

Jeff

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Hans Dietrich29-Oct-07 1:48

Hans Dietrich

29-Oct-07 1:48

The only suspicious thing I see are the blockquotes. You might try using div instead:

<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 70px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 200px; background-color: #FFFFCC;
border-style: solid; border-width: thin; padding: 5px">
blah blah blah
</div>

Best wishes,
Hans

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Jeffrey Walton29-Oct-07 1:56

29-Oct-07 1:56

Hi Hans,

Hans Dietrich wrote:
The only suspicious thing I see are the blockquotes.

Too many blockquotes for the proposed solution Wink | ;)

. Is it possible to tweak the global.css (http://www.codeproject.com/styles/global.css[^])?

This way, the issue would be resolved in this article, and any past or future articles (presuming that is the cause).

Jeff

Hans Dietrich29-Oct-07 3:12

Hans Dietrich

29-Oct-07 3:12

Jeffrey Walton wrote:
Too many blockquotes for the proposed solution

Do a global replace, one time, for both begin and end blockquote tags. Just FYI, I've had detailed conversations with Chris about changing global.css, and you don't want to go there.

Best wishes,
Hans

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Chris Maunder29-Oct-07 3:54

29-Oct-07 3:54

The problem was the long URLs in the citation list at the end. I converted the URLs into hyperlinks and it's all good.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Jeffrey Walton29-Oct-07 3:56

29-Oct-07 3:56

Hi Chris,

Chris Maunder wrote:
I converted the URLs into hyperlinks and it's all good.

Thank you very much.

Jeff

Jeffrey Walton29-Oct-07 3:57

29-Oct-07 3:57

Hi Chris,

Chris Maunder wrote:
long URLs in the citation list at the end

I should have known better than adding citations Smile | :)

Jeff

Chris Maunder29-Oct-07 4:00

Forum seems to be munged up...

29-Oct-07 4:00

I wish more people would!

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Rob Graham28-Oct-07 7:05

Rob Graham

28-Oct-07 7:05

The soapbox seems to have a disease again. This[^] appears to be the last post ever...

Re: Forum seems to be munged up...

Chris Maunder28-Oct-07 8:04

Re: Forum seems to be munged up...

28-Oct-07 8:04

Change your "Messages Since" filter to something other than "Last Day"

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar28-Oct-07 22:47

Unusual forum structure translation [modified]

28-Oct-07 22:47

There is one more observation with respect to Soapbox. Very often, I see 'Timeout Expired' when navigating between forums and in 6 of 7 cases, Soapbox forum succumbs to this error.

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agreetogri27-Oct-07 20:12

agreetogri

27-Oct-07 20:12

Chris Maunder,

How can a user find out
the administrators list of this forum ?

Re: Unusual forum structure translation

Chris Maunder28-Oct-07 4:01