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Didn't know if you knew but the drop-down list of forums in the lounge is missing the new ASP.NET forum. 
Nick Parker
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - Winston Churchill
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Fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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CodeProject is a really cool idea but one thing makes it loose 90% of what it could have been. This one thing is an easy way of handling versions for both software submissions and related comments.
I've discovered tons of small bugs in different projects but since there is no bugtracker to see what the status for the bug is (undiscovered/known/fixed) it seems futile to even comment since there is no structured way of dealing with this situation.
Also, sometimes people place comments that are actually bug reports. When this comment is read by another person a few months later, how does he know for which version of the project it was related to if the project has been updated?
// Anders
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So how would such a bug track system work and who would moderate it?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Bugtracker
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Bugzilla (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/) could be used as the bugtracker. One could even put together a much simpler (and nicer!) bugtracker script. The person reporting the bug could also post a suggestion on how to fix the bug, this would make it much easier for the moderator when updating the project.
Moderation
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The person who first submitted the code would be the one to moderate the project (until he retires and hands it over to someone else). With the right type of bugtracker this would not take much time.
I'm thinking a project page that might look like this...
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[Project Page]<br />
..[Version]<br />
....[Bug Tracker]<br />
....[Comments]<br />
This would make all versions of the project have its own comments and bug reports which would simplify for future visits. This would also make it much more interesting in helping the moderator to maintain the project since it will be much easier to grasp what's going on.
// Anders
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The problem is that people will abuse the system, the person moderating it will lose interest/run out of time/whatever and it will be useful in only about 10% of articles.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Yes, this is definitely true, people will loose interest in projects they submit. Some of these people might be "kind enough" to let others know this so that a new moderator can be selected.
Anyway, even if this only works in 10-30% of the cases it will still make Code Project 10-30% better!
I really do think people that submit code will be more inspired to follow up on their projects if this feature was available. After all, you submit code in order for others to fix its bugs, while letting others make use of the code, mutual beneficial!
// Anders
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I am afraid you are totally sweeping the spirit of CP. In addition, it requires a lot more work to get this running, and may have the side effect or removing the fun and beauty of simplicity (copyright Ch.M.). AFAIK, this would be a good way to kill CP as a whole.
How low can you go ?
(MS retrofuck)
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IMHO a more effective way would be to have the article author just reply to the bug report/message in the forum for the article itself that the bug has been fixed or that the suggestion has been incorporated in the versions later than version xx. Then the reader can know that his/her version contains the fix/enhancement. A full fledged bug tracking system is not needed and is more effort than it is worth.
Just my opinion.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
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Take this further: why not have each author ensure they include full update information each time they post an update. This is something I actually try and encourage but it's often hard to get the info out of them.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
it's often hard to get the info out of them.
The baseball bat not working anymore??? We'll have to come up with some new ideas
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Why not having some (simple?) todo-list to check back on.
with category(BUG|FEATURE) importance
maybe incorporate some checking capability in the forum functions.
post new thread. [checkbox name="is checkable"]
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I think it would be cool if there was a emoticon where the face was raising the "Stink Eye".
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!
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How's this:
:stinkeye:
Shog9
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And on the pedestal, these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains.
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No, I was thinking more like when you c0ck one eye brow really high, and the other one is squinting, then you crumple up your lips in disgust.
I can email you an image that is closer to what I am thinking, although it is not as clean as the ones on codeproject. I would appreciate it if you would post another message with this image, or if you could place it on your site I will edit this message to display it.
Thanks
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!
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Ok, here it is: :stinkeye:
Shog9
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No one's immune now, from a world of problems
No one's exempt now, from a world of pain
That's the way that it goes
when you're down here with the rest of us...
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Thanks,
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!
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ROTFLMAO... What happened to that emoticon.. Who bet it up!?!?!?
Regards,
Brian Dela 
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
ROTFLMAO... What happened to that emoticon.. Who bet it up!?!?!?
Watch it...or I will raise my stink eye at you :stinkeye:
J/K, I spent 5 minutes on that, it was just for fun. Besides didnt you read my message to Shog earlier, I am sure there is a better way to create that image than I did.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!
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Even if the CP user stats and bio cannot be trusted, it's obvious that 50% of the people out there are not from the US. However, those 50% read and even sometimes post articles. Why not allow them to post articles in two formats : in their tongue, and in english ?
After having lost faith of seeing anytime in a future a localized MSDN doc, I see CP and other websites quite capable of enriching and adding value to content by providing articles that a LOT of people are to understand when they are written in their own languages.
I know for instance that I understand a lot better the tiny details when they are expressed in French. This is kinda relief.
Of course, I would love CP brings up an automated-translation service, but current automated translation software simply suck. Which means CP would have to rely on paid services.
She's so dirty, she threw a boomerang and it wouldn't even come back.
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I tried this once - the truth is, even coughing up both versions is a pain.
Although I like the idea as such...
Auch den Schatten will ich lieben weil ich manchmal lieber frier' Rosenstolz [sighist]
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She's so dirty, she threw a boomerang and it wouldn't even come back.
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Readability, Nish, readibility...
She's so dirty, she threw a boomerang and it wouldn't even come back.
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In such cases it might be better to not actually delete the head message, but just replace it's contents with "Message Deleted"
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Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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