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Chris Maunder wrote: I prefer to let the Soapbox be what the Soapbox is.
I agree.
Chris Maunder wrote: deliberately the septic tank of the site and you know what happens when a septic tank is blocked up and unusable...
I recall other foul analogies for the SB 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Paul Conrad wrote: I recall other foul analogies for the SB
Yeah, septic tank is a nice Maunderian euphemism for the actual word the original quoter (Shog9) used
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The soapbox is appears to be the third biggest board?
MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when
the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a
frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good Guy
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Better yet. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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+1
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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ROFL
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Hey Folks,
New to the site (and VERY new to programming & c#) but enjoying both so far !!
Was wondering if anyone could show me how to change my 'Location' in my site profile ?
Currently showing as USA and i don't remember specifying during registration ??
Many thanks
Neil
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Welcome!
Go to the Modify page[^]. Under "Your Biography" tab you will see the Country drop down.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it! 
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Just a suggestion, but have you guys considered using Consolas instead of Courier as the code font. It would certainly both look and print better!
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It was close, but Courier New won[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I normally have Date Filter set to Last Visit. Sometimes I see a response for a topic I an unfamiliar with - I want to see the first post but it is old and not displayed. I change the Date filter to Last Day or Last Week and try again (View thread doesn't help if the Date Filter trims off the first post by date). This works. Then I want to change back to Date Filter Last Visit. This takes a huge amount of time - I never seem to get it back. I have found the easiest way is to change forums to Meetings and Get-Togethers - only 500 posts or so. Now I can change back to Date Filter Last Visit almost immediately, then go back to the old forum (this is just a work-around). Why the time difference between expanding the selections (short time) and shrinking the selections down (long time)?
Dave.
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Thanks - we'll look into what's happening
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The [Quote Selected Text] button is missing under Chrome. It shows up under IE and Firefox.
Todd Smith
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Thanks. I've fixed this in the next rev.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yet another cross posting solution.
I think this one is by far the best yet, but then again im bias.
Cross Posting is something we have always tried to discourage here, and AFAIK most forums do the same. You would have thought that the general populus would have cottoned on by now but they have not. However, I think there is good reason. Say I want to ask a question about a topic such as Threading. I write code in C# and I want all the people in the C# forum to provide me an answer but I dont want to miss out on people who only really look in the .NET Framework forum.
There has always been the rule of "Pick the best forum, and post it there", but this misses the poiint slightly. What im getting at is there is alot of cross-over in our forums (think ASP.NET written in C#, LINQ from a C# app etc etc)
So here's my proposed solution. When you post a new message you should, as normal, pick the most relevant forum to post your message. however before posting you should be able to pick a maximum of 2 other forums that your question should be linked from.
Your message gets displayed in your "Primary forum" and in your selected "Secondary forum(s)" a message is posted which clearly indicates its a cross-posted message. So basically if I post in C# a message shows there as usual:
"How do I create a widget using dowhickies?"
and in the secondary forum(s):
"From C#: How do I create a widget using dowhickies?"
To make sure we dont get replies posted in many forums all "reply" links lead to the primary forum where the message was posted. So all replies to my thread go into the forum I initially chose as the most relevant one.
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Sounds like a really good and usable solution. 5 from me.
Also there could be some ways to modify the UI when reading posts, for example using grouping (group by original forum), filtering (show linked messages, show linked messages from C#...) etc
The need to optimize rises from a bad design.
My articles[ ^]
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I second the idea.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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J4amieC wrote: So here's my proposed solution. When you post a new message you should, as normal, pick the most relevant forum to post your message. however before posting you should be able to pick a maximum of 2 other forums that your question should be linked from.
This is similar to what 'crossposting' means to most Usenet users, as opposed to 'multiposting'.
In January you said "Money in April" -
That was two years ago!
B. Python
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There's a slightly better way to do this that I've been wanting to do for months now. You're close.
I'll let you know when I'm finished. 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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But I suppose you already know that. My specific issue is that when I try to go to a specific post of mine (listed in the Profile / Messages Posted page), it takes me to the 1st message in the appropriate forum instead of to the message I clicked on.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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On it. Will be fixed in about 15 mins
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I got a match on a search.
I went to the code project page It wasnt what i wanted so i tried to find some javascript examples. How?
Chapter - Am i in a book, was this a chapter in a book? Are there other books? Is javascript a chapter in this book?
Languages - No Javascript?
Services - Code project Sells coffee? Could this be a project? Wouldnt only Code project people and those involved in it be the only people who know its name? I.E. It is only useful to people who already know what it is and its name?
So I thought I'll go Home and start from the beginning and yet I only get "Current Site: c++ / .net" when i click on Home?
And you click on help, and you get forums. Here's an idea call it "Forums" and call help, Help.
Then I have to pick a forum? You make it harder and waste peoples time.
Could you please send me a billing address so as when i am forced to do Code Project work for them, categorise the help questions, I can at least bill you.
It was easy - Get Javascript examples on a code website. 20 years experience and completely lost.
Are SeeTech and Bullfrog aware that their ads will not appears on the page of more than 90% of hits? People will not scroll down but go to the menu on the left and miss them?
For developers, you have a very poor WEB site.
If I am in the wrong Forum, stiff sh*t, if you think I am going to waste my life putting it in the right place, just for Code Project, hee hee.
Ta Bill 
Moved on Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:13 PM
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I've moved this to the correct forum.
Constructive criticism is always good. So let me try and answer some of the issues you mentioned. Maybe with further feedback I can make this easier for you and everyone else.
>so i tried to find some javascript examples. How?
The homepage has a big 'Search articles' box front and centre. All other pages have the search box at the top centre. Next to the box you can choose if you want to search articles or forum messages (or a job if that's what you're after). If this isn't clear enough then suggestions appreciated.
>Is javascript a chapter in this book? Languages - No Javascript?
No, but Web Development / Client Side Scripting is.
>Yes, we sell coffee. No, we don't advertise this fact or make a fuss. It's just something we have because it was easy and a few of us drink coffee.
>I only get "Current Site: c++ / .net" when i click on Home?
...and the big 'Search' box?
>And you click on help, and you get forums
If you click on Help you should get to the FAQ page.
If this site doesn't work for you that's fine - everyone is different. But how would you like to see things done?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Constructive criticism is always good.
I can see he's a fellow-Aussie Chris. But come on. This was too nice a reply even for you What were you really muttering within clenched teeth as you typed in this post?
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bl1nky wrote: 20 years experience and completely lost.
Well if you were completely lost for the past 20 years, it doesn't seem very likely that it's going to change now. Maybe you picked the wrong profession
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