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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: This would see wide abuse.
Not really. This would simply bring it to the attention of CP staff, not torpedo a member.
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No way!! Any troll can then "Report as Troll" a legitimate message and block replies to that, defeating the purpose of the programming forums...
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I see what you're saying. It's a report and left up to the staff to determine if they are a troll. But I also see what John is saying. It would get abused. I think a simple messages posted after pointing the troll out may suffice. Like that boukh (sp) one we have suddenly.
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Bert delaVega wrote: I think a simple messages posted after pointing the troll out may suffice.
If only that were true. 
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So mark all their messages with a troll icon, after a certain number of forum members has reported them as trolls.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Please use the Report Article link at the top of the article page to report it.
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where anybody could consume serveral services to access such data? I guess a lot of little useful gadget would be written.
Maybe it's enough to provide rss feeds for each author, providing the articles grouped by the categories etc.. so everyone could subscribe to it's favourite writer...
how about that?
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There's a ton of discussion going on right now about exposing our data for widgets and gadgets. The trick is we're still trying to work out what services are most useful and what will make sense to expose without bringing us to our knees.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The License section says (for CPOL):This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL) which IMO is misleading. The article is copyrighted with all rights reserved. It's the accompanying source code that's covered by the CPOL.
The text of the CPOL explains that distinction in section 3e, but realistically, everyone isn't going to go read the full text. And not everyone that reads it will understand it. I'm concerned that people will selectively tune out everything but "this article is ... open license" and think they are allowed to copy the whole article.
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The license covers the whole of the work and clearly states that in the definitions. Copyright and an end user license are two completely separate things.
I assume by misleading you mean having the words 'Article' and 'Open License' in the same sentence.
How about I add an addenda to the Preamble along the lines of
"The Articles discussing the Work published in any form by the author may not be distributed or republished without the Author's consent"
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I assume by misleading you mean having the words 'Article' and 'Open License' in the same sentence.
Yeah, that really is where my concern lies. The CPOL text is fine. I'm thinking about people who (with bad intentions or not) won't click through to read the license and will think it's OK to copy the article to their blog. Instead of adding that line to the license's preamble, how about adding it to the License section of the article?
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Done
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi All/Chris,
I believe it would be a good idea to make the 'Preview Article' step mandatory when submitting an article through the wizard. There are too many formatting issues at times.
If implemented, size the popup at 1024x768 so that the author can see what others may see.
On the good side, this can be the missing step of the four step process as indicated by the feed back mechanism. (Right now it goes for 1 of 4, 2 of 3, 4 of 4).
Jeff
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I'm honestly not sure this would help. Members can already see how their article looks, they have the links to modify them, but they don't. Sometimes authors simply don't understand how to fix the problem
(And are you saying we can't count?? :P )
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: (And are you saying we can't count?? )
No, your page design is saying that. 
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4....
-- El Corazon
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I understand what you're saying, but frankly I stopped looking at the preview a long time ago. Reason? - because I constantly preview the article as I'm writing it (in UltraEdit), and if there are formatting problems, then I report them as bugs.
Although you do bring up a good point: there isn't really an in-depth explanation on how to use the CP css header, or even how to do simple formatting in html, or how to take screenshots. Maybe there could also be a "tools for authors" section on tools like this.
modified on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:11 AM
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Hi Hans,
Hans Dietrich wrote: I understand what you're saying, but frankly I stopped looking at the preview a long time ago.
Seasoned authors seem to do a better job. Perhaps it is because they know the system.
Hans Dietrich wrote: Reason? - because I constantly preview the article as I'm writing it (in UltraEdit), and if there are formatting problems, then I report them as bugs.
Also, I'm not sure if the staff is aware, but the WYSIWYG editor is broken (if it exists anymore) - it does not render a toolbar for use (though instructions are there to use it).
At any rate, something is bent (not necessarily broken). CP can't control an author's native language. CP can't control an author's topic. And CP can't screen the articles based on content (i.e., leaving in the 'Points of Interset' from the example submission). However, CP can force a rendering of the article [at step three of four], with instructions to either:
* go back and correct
* go forward and submit
Jeff
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Hi All/Chris,
It seems that a monspacing is being removed from text. The section of text in question is not code. I'm currently using the following:
<span style="font-family: Courier New,Courier,monospace">
PublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
PublicKey BIT STRING }
</span>
How do I specify it so that it is not removed?
Jeff
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<pre lang="text">
PublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
PublicKey BIT STRING }
</pre>
Should do the trick
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The below has now been resolved.
I don't think it is a bug, but I cannot edit my profile.
This message...
Items that need attention:
The name you supplied has already been registered. Please choose another, or try retrieving your password if that is your member name
Appears.
Now I am signed in, and requested my password to double check it was right etc.
It just won't let me proceed.
I tried asking in the lounge and someone said it was just one of those temporary things and that it should be ok in a while, but it has been ages and I finally decided here is the place to enquire.
Any ideas?
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I try to appear cooler,
by calling him Euler.
modified on Monday, April 28, 2008 9:34 AM
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Flagged as bug.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris
The resolution I was given was to remove the two spaces before my screen name, this allows the update to proceed.
However!
When returning to the edit, the two spaces are back. They need to be removed again before I can enter the new version. For some reason these two spaces keep appearing!
I know what I am doing is a bit of a kludge, but it does provide a workaround.
If this is a genuine bug, then I am sure it will be be amended, but it is not a terribly important thing now that I can bypass the problem, and tell others if they ask!
But thanks for the notification. 
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No fee too high, no insult to low.
Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms
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Dalek Dave wrote: For some reason these two spaces keep appearing
I believe the two spaces appear only in the textbox but does not get saved. Possibly because the VALUE attribute of the textbox itself has some spaces and then prefills the value from the server.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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