Bugs and Suggestions

4-Nov-22 5:54

I wonder why you don't fix the bug I have for years now.
I always have a notification about "We need your permission to email you (It's a CASL thing...)" for many years now. If I click on it, it says:

"Why aren't I getting newsletters anymore?
Because of the Canadian Government. Sorry.
It looks like you've already given us consent to send you emails. You're a saint."

I already asked multiples times to fix that bug but nothing happen.

Is there any programmers working on the website? Why don't you just fixit? It shouldn't be so hard, so why just fix it?

Eric Ouellet

Re: BUG for years now

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:27

7-Nov-22 2:27

Eric,

I've just gone through the process myself. I've reset the flag on my account, I log in, and I see this message when I view an article:

I click the "click here" button and I go to this page:

I check the checkbox and click "let's do this". I refresh, the message has gone.

I'm looking at your account and I see that you did this about 5 years ago. That message should not be being shown on your account.

I will email you directly and we can look at further options.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: BUG for years now

Eric Ouellet7-Nov-22 6:20

7-Nov-22 6:20

You are right. Just to let you know... I just retry (2022-11-07 12:19 EST) and it is still there?

Eric Ouellet

Re: BUG for years now

Eric Ouellet7-Nov-22 7:29

7-Nov-22 7:29

WOW !!!! Everything is fine now!!!
Thank you very much!!!!

Eric Ouellet

New forum?

englebart2-Nov-22 14:45

englebart

2-Nov-22 14:45

There are a lot of “senior” (gray haired) devs on here that have a lot of historic knowledge.

Maybe have a “Time Capsule” or History forum to capture some of these back stories.

It might work better as vignettes that could be added onto profiles.

Topics/teasers/prompts like:
First system you programmed?
Hardware/languages/tools/product delivered/pain points/etc

Repeat for second system, third system,

Linked in of out of date platforms?

Forum could possibly be platform centric where each original post could be one system. PDP-11, the Wang Guide, Apple Newton, C64, etc

Re: New forum?

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 1:02

Comments for closed spam accounts not visible

7-Nov-22 1:02

You mean an OG forum?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: New forum?

englebart12-Nov-22 10:13

englebart

12-Nov-22 10:13

OG == Old Grumpy?

It popped a memory on me about some of the pen based windows plays that led me to memories of the Arthur Dent & Associates Inc. company.
There is one hit to a retiree on Linked-In for Arthur Dent & Assocs

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Richard Deeming20-Oct-22 21:53

Richard Deeming

20-Oct-22 21:53

Trying to view the comments for a closed spam account returns an empty list - eg: Member Comments[^]

That would seem to imply that the comments have all been deleted; but that's not the case. See the "[no name]" comment to this question[^], which currently only has one kick:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Reference lines go haywire when parent message deleted

k505419-Oct-22 9:29

k5054

19-Oct-22 9:29

When you hover over a message in a forum, you get a grey line pointing back to a previous message. If the replied to message gets deleted, then that referencing line points all the way back to the top of the page. Occurs in Chrome and Firefox, both under Linux:

Keep Calm and Carry On

Re: Reference lines go haywire when parent message deleted

Chris Maunder7-Nov-22 2:15

Unhighlighted links in moderation.

7-Nov-22 2:15

The parent shouldn't be deleted if it has children. Let me do a refresh and see if that fixes things.

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff16-Oct-22 19:29

OriginalGriff

16-Oct-22 19:29

A link in a code block isn't highlighted:

The second code block contains just the "a href" tag, and is a working link:

HTML

<blockquote style="max-height:300px; overflow-y:auto" class="moderating"><div class="pre-lang" id="premain813616"><div></div><div class="pre-action-link"><span id="copycode813616" class="copy-code" data-index="813616" style="visibility:hidden"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 460 460" style="width: 16px;height:16px;" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M425.934,0H171.662c-18.122,0-32.864,14.743-32.864,32.864v77.134h30V32.864c0-1.579,1.285-2.864,2.864-2.864h254.272
    c1.579,0,2.864,1.285,2.864,2.864v254.272c0,1.58-1.285,2.865-2.864,2.865h-74.729v30h74.729
    c18.121,0,32.864-14.743,32.864-32.865V32.864C458.797,14.743,444.055,0,425.934,0z"></path>
<path d="M288.339,139.998H34.068c-18.122,0-32.865,14.743-32.865,32.865v254.272C1.204,445.257,15.946,460,34.068,460h254.272
    c18.122,0,32.865-14.743,32.865-32.864V172.863C321.206,154.741,306.461,139.998,288.339,139.998z M288.341,430H34.068
    c-1.58,0-2.865-1.285-2.865-2.864V172.863c0-1.58,1.285-2.865,2.865-2.865h254.272c1.58,0,2.865,1.285,2.865,2.865v254.273h0.001
    C291.206,428.715,289.92,430,288.341,430z"></path>	
</g>
</svg></span></div></div>
<pre id="pre813616" style="margin-top:0;" data-allowshrink="True" data-collapse="False">I have read some good stuff here.</pre><br>
<a href="https://www.loankare.com/"><div class="pre-lang" id="premain756815"><div></div><div class="pre-action-link"><span id="copycode756815" class="copy-code" data-index="756815" style="visibility:hidden"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 460 460" style="width: 16px;height:16px;" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M425.934,0H171.662c-18.122,0-32.864,14.743-32.864,32.864v77.134h30V32.864c0-1.579,1.285-2.864,2.864-2.864h254.272
    c1.579,0,2.864,1.285,2.864,2.864v254.272c0,1.58-1.285,2.865-2.864,2.865h-74.729v30h74.729
    c18.121,0,32.864-14.743,32.864-32.865V32.864C458.797,14.743,444.055,0,425.934,0z"></path>
<path d="M288.339,139.998H34.068c-18.122,0-32.865,14.743-32.865,32.865v254.272C1.204,445.257,15.946,460,34.068,460h254.272
    c18.122,0,32.865-14.743,32.865-32.864V172.863C321.206,154.741,306.461,139.998,288.339,139.998z M288.341,430H34.068
    c-1.58,0-2.865-1.285-2.865-2.864V172.863c0-1.58,1.285-2.865,2.865-2.865h254.272c1.58,0,2.865,1.285,2.865,2.865v254.273h0.001
    C291.206,428.715,289.92,430,288.341,430z"></path>	
</g>
</svg></span></div></div>
<pre id="pre756815" style="margin-top:0;" data-allowshrink="True" data-collapse="False">loankare.com</pre></a></blockquote>

I can't tell what the original posted message was, but the automatic conversion of the original link to a raw link that appears as a code block is ... odd.

I would leave the message there so you can see it, but someone is bound to either let it through (because of a lack of highlight) or delete it (because of the url).

Re: Unhighlighted links in moderation.

Chris Maunder17-Oct-22 10:06

Re: Unhighlighted links in moderation.

17-Oct-22 10:06

Big Sigh.

Thanks mate

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff17-Oct-22 17:52

OriginalGriff

17-Oct-22 17:52

I sometimes get the feeling I'm just a bearer of bad news ... Sorry about that ... Blush | :O

Re: Unhighlighted links in moderation.

Chris Maunder18-Oct-22 2:25

18-Oct-22 2:25

But we still love ya, Griff Wink | ;)

cheers
Chris Maunder

Notification problem

Eric Ouellet13-Oct-22 11:49

13-Oct-22 11:49

Hi,

I do not receive any notification email for my articles althouh I suppose to.

Also, I always have a notification warning about: "We need your permission to email you (It's a CASL thing...).

You have my permission now. I want to receive notifications about any interractions on my articles.

Thanks,
Eric

Eric Ouellet

Chris Maunder14-Oct-22 2:51

14-Oct-22 2:51

Can you check on your articles' forums, at the top right, whether or not the Email Alerts box is filled out so you get alerts?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Eric Ouellet14-Oct-22 3:33

14-Oct-22 3:33

Every thing seems to be perfect. It is exactly as expected plus I also have "Replies to Posts" selected.
IT really seems to be a bug somewhere.
I changed my email and still don't receive anything.
ALSO: I still have the notification which I cannot remove : "We need your permission to ... CASL thing..."

Could you fix that?

Eric Ouellet

Chris Maunder14-Oct-22 5:49

14-Oct-22 5:49

Désolé, Eric. I've looked at your account and it seems fine from here, but could you please email me (chris@codeproject.com) the link that is presented to you in the CASL warning? I'll dig into that and see what's going wrong.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Eric Ouellet19-Oct-22 3:59

19-Oct-22 3:59

I still don't receive any notification email and I still have the messge "We need your permission to email you (it's a CASL thing...)". It's really sad. I can't reply to peoples in a reasonable delay due this bug. Why do I have this behavior? Why can't you fix it?

Eric Ouellet

Eric Ouellet19-Oct-22 4:38