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Got your email but have been slammed with a couple of other issues. I'm hoping to dig into it today to try and even get a hint of what might be going on. You are the only person who has reported these issues and I can't repeat the problem. 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hamsters on strike?
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
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We made a small change to the forum system yesterday afternoon that may have caused some extra load. I'm just having another crack at optimising it a little right now.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Somehow somebody (pretty sure its Oakman) is abusing a flaw that allows people to create a new message in the personal forums. I am unable to remove this message, it is a top level message. It shouldn't be there.
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I'll look into this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
Fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
modified on Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:37 PM
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The CP supporter status is no longer available becuase in the end it didn't make sense.
Those who recieved it many, many moons ago still have it but statuses such as Site Builder and MVP have replaced it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Well, just for clarity's sake, I'd put it in as "deprecated" or some such. Those icons are hard enough to make out as it is 
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Just a suggestion,
Would it be possible to give a notification in the 'reply form' whilst writing a response if a new message has already been posted:
I've seen it happen many times where there have been two almost identical replies to the same message within a few minutes.
I realise that having a seperate browser window/tab open pointing at the original message would solve this 'problem', but could a more elegant method be encorperated into the reply form?
Thanks.
Matthew Butler
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Not sure how this would work. We'd have to be constantly polling the database while you write your message to ask
'has there been another reply?'
'has there been another reply yet?'
'has there been another reply NOW?'
But eventually we'd probably just yell, in a bad Scottish accent, 'No Donkey! There has not been another reply!'
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: But eventually we'd probably just yell, in a bad Scottish accent, 'No Donkey! There has not been another reply!'
Colin Mackay has never been known to shout this.
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I notice that the web site [that cannot be named here] has started to allow posting of videos. Actually, the one that caught my eye was how to use snippets. LOL!
Just wondering if you had considered a video section here on CP, where people could post short "how-to" videos - basically a screen capture of how to do something, or how some feature worked.
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We already allow Silverlight videos to be posted. See the news item[^]
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Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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OK, but what about .swf videos? There are free tools that allow you to easily create .swf screen captures, and you don't need to download swf players, etc. Exactly what tools do you need for Silverlight videos? Do you need Expression Blend? That's not a free product, is it? And how about playing a Silverlight video? What do you need?
I think the point of a screen capture video is to show how to do something, or demo some feature. Not sure I would ever embed a video in an article. I'm thinking more along the lines of a YouTube for techie videos.
The news item is pretty funny. In order to learn about Silverlight, you need to download Silverlight, because all the items posted there are Silverlight videos. Sort of viral. Hopefully someone will post an article about Silverlight without this nonsense.
I'd be interested in hearing whether you're going to have a video chapter, where members can post swf videos.
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I have a TODO item to expand the silverlight offering and make it generic for flash, silverlight, deadsprout (or whatever Apple's new version is called)
Do you think we should have a video as an article in its entirety? Or videos inside articles?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Do you think we should have a video as an article in its entirety? Or videos inside articles?
I would like to think that videos could potentially enhance articles, but I have great fear. Will people use videos instead of a decent explanation? What if you see article with a bunch of uncommented code, and a single sentence that says, "For explanation see video". I would set a record for clicking on 1.
I could be wrong, but right now I don't see how videos will enhance article in any way at all, except to keep some people amused.
On the other hand, I think there is great benefit to having "how-to" video, showing how to use some product or some feature. The other day someone asked me how to change the drive of swap file. It would be cool to post video, instead of saying, First, do this; then do this; then change that; and then click OK.
If you have idea of how video will enhance article, I would love to hear it. I think some of the Channel 9 stuff from MS is very good, but long videos would be out of place in article.
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I'd prefer within articles only for the same reason that a chunk of code with nothing else is a bad article.
My biggest concern with any sort of video posting is that our resident reprobates will eventually abuse it by posting content not appropriate for viewing in the workplace.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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Here is a free video capture program that exports in a variety of formats (many are silverlight supported): Debut Video Capture[^]
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Hi, is it possible to get the real link behind
"http://www.codeproject.com/News.aspx?nwid=6865" (and others)?
Microsoft keeps redirecting me to the german side, which does not have the requested page.
Perhaps there is another solution, but I have no idea.
Thanks, Lothar
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I've updated the link in our system. Should be good now
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Forum name for SQL/ADO/ADO.Net has changed to SQL and Database discussions but the Message Boards drop down list(or whatever it is) still shows the old name.
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Fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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There are many, many articles to go. We're working as hard as we can.
Sean Ewington
Lead Technical Editor
The Code Project
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You are signed up for one or more newsletters but your email address is either unconfirmed, or has not been reconfirmed in a long time. Please click here to have an email sent that will allow us to confirm your email address and start sending you newsletters again.
If I was already confirmed enough to receive forum messages, why do I need to do something more for whatever newsletters I signed up for sometime back in the dark ages. (I'm assuming I did because I got this message but I don't recall doing so)
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