|
Maybe to do a Google  and so something like http://www.codeproject.com/?h=n to force the home page to be the normal page?
By leaving the default as no redirect then only the people who explicitly set it would be redirected. Of course I wouldn't know how much hassle changing all the links to the homepage (i.e. http://www.codeproject.com would be but in theory it should be changed in one place  ).
Just a suggestion anyway, a bit like having a customised Google front-end or the classic one. Perhaps I'm the only one but since the RSS feeds appear to have changed for the lounge I can't be bothered to change them in FeedDemon and actually prefer coming to the site to see what's in the lounge as opposed to the feed reader.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Well, subject says it all, really. Why does CP use javascript for the menu, when the same functionality can be achieved with CSS? Is it just so that the menu items can get cached, reducing the bandwidth used? I think the amount used for the menu is minimal, but the javascript seems to slow down the site when it loads by a noticeable amount.
"impossible" is just an opinion.
|
|
|
|
|
Because getting Javascript to display properly is easier than getting CSS to display properly. Caching is also an important consideration as well.
That said, I'd be happy to investigate an alternative if you have a fave implementation that works everywhere
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
|
|
|
|
|
/me tries to do the menu in CSS and basically fails
Well, I have an implementation that almost works in Firefox (2 and the latest build of 3, not sure about earlier build) and Opera (whatever is the latest stable build). IE7 (havent tested other versions) hates it completely though. Too bad I dont have enough time for this. CSS is sorta fun to play with.
I guess I'll revisit this eventually...
|
|
|
|
|
I typed up my reply, hit submit (all of the text box contents appeared to be selected as if a ctrl-a had been hit), hit submit again and a double post appeared [^] (note message tree indentation and see a few posts above)...I added an extra comment in the duplicated post.
Steve
|
|
|
|
|
whoa...
I'll take a look.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
|
|
|
|
|
Quite a few of the posts normally carry the email address of the asker requesting code/solution to be emailed to them. I think this needs to be strongly discouraged.
I just want to quote EE TOS here: http://www.experts-exchange.com/help.jsp#hi15[^]
As mentioned there, it has the following drawbacks:
1) Spam
2) Defeating colloborative solution
Can there be some checks while posting a message that it should not contain email addresses or personal contact information?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
If the user wants the answer to be sent per email... it is his/her fault and if he/she receives spam... I think it is not a CP's problem.
Not writing your personal contact info in "opened" forums is common sense.
EDIT: Corrections in bold
Regards.
--------
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:25 AM
|
|
|
|
|
Nelek wrote: If the user is so lazy that wants he answer to be sended per email... it is his/her fault and if he/she receives spam... I think it is not a CP's problem.
That's actually the lesser of the problems. The greater problem is that by responding directly to the poster, the rest of the community looses out on the answer. If the poster wanted a private, individualized answer then the question shouldn't have been posted on an open community discussion board.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
—Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
[ Forum Guidelines] [ Articles] [ Blog]
|
|
|
|
|
Totally agree
Regards.
--------
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
Scott Dorman wrote: The greater problem is that by responding directly to the poster, the rest of the community looses out on the answer.
Those who have been on the discussion forums for a while never entertain or support those private messaging statistics. Isn't it?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: Those who have been on the discussion forums for a while never entertain or support those private messaging statistics. Isn't it?
It's not a question of how long one has been participating in the forums. It's an issue of providing a private answer to a public question.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
—Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
[ Forum Guidelines] [ Articles] [ Blog]
|
|
|
|
|
Nelek wrote: sended
Did you mean sent?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
Bug reports for the site I don't mind. But correcting people's grammar...?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Maunder wrote: correcting people's grammar
 I haven't hurt anyone. It is just a harmless pointer right?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
it's also generally unneeded except when it's a consistent error, or bad enough to be confusing. Also this board goes direct to Chris's inbox and he'd prefer to keep OT chatter to a minimum.
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
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you for clarifying.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
each year of membership adds ... Hence the question.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
|
|
|
|
|
Somewhere else, there was a text called 'Bonus levels are not valid for Gold Members'. I believe, it used to appear in the User Profile pages. It is mysteriously missing.
I think some truant hamster had run away with it. Let a CP Team come for the day and they would help us catching it and getting that text reinstated back into an appropriate page.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
|
|
|
|
|
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: I think some truant hamster had run away
And that is probably him who took my silver status away, then. After all these years... 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
|
|
|
|
|
Only up to Silver. For Gold you need articles and messages, and for Platinum you need articles.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good point. Chris, is there a reason Leckey got to retain her gold status while the rest of us lost ours? Or is it just a bug?
Cheers,
Drew.
|
|
|
|
|
She got her old status by the number of messages she posted.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
|
|
|
|
|
OK, I get it. The way the criteria reads is a bit confusing.
"Each 500 messages posted adds one level, and if a member has posted a message then each year of membership adds 1 level until the member hits Silver." suggests Silver is the best you can do with messages (the whole ", and" part threw me off).
Maybe "Each 500 messages posted adds one level up to Gold, and if a member has posted a message then each year of membership adds 1 level until the member hits Silver." might take some of the confusion out of it.
I take it that once I reach 1500 messages, I'll regain Gold status and get to play with the big kids again?
Cheers,
Drew.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
