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Chris - Take a look at dasBlog's Add Entry stuff - it has a WYSIWYG entry editor (that can be switched to the HTML mode we know and love).
Worth doing here? Means you could probably dispense with the preview button, because you could format your post and see what it looks like straight off.
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Ian Darling
If I was any more loopy, I'd be infinite.
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Yeah. Making programmers write code is just cruel.
Shog9
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that the race is not to the swift,
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 Too funny! Actually, I think a WYSIWYG editor would be nice.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Shog9 wrote:
Yeah. Making programmers write code is just cruel.
Why do you think I used BlogX, then dasBlog instead of writing my own, like every other developer on the planet  You lot might like to torture yourselves, but I'll keep my back welt-free 
(Actually, it's because I'm far too busy playing Otogi and Vice City, and going to rehersals for a play I'm in, to spend my spare time writing blog code :-P)
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Ok, ok, i'm as lazy as any other programmer, i understand where you're coming from.
Still, i'd rather see enhancements that make it easier to do things like post code, or leave quick responses (without reloading the page), or check spelling. It's not like CP is really suffering right now from people who can't figure out how to make text bold or italic or use Big Pink Fonts ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) . 
(AFAIK, there *is* a WYSIWYG editor in the submission wizard. But i guess this makes sense, considering it may discourage articles submitted in WordHTML™ )
Shog9
I returned and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong...
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Shog9 wrote:
It's not like CP is really suffering right now from people who can't figure out how to make text bold or italic or use Big Pink Fonts.
Shog9 wrote:
But i guess this makes sense, considering it may discourage articles submitted in WordHTML™
That's an important thing - give then an HTML editor to format their docs, and they'll format them. If you don't chances are high that at least 3/4 of them will not format them correctly.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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jdunlap wrote:
give then an HTML editor to format their docs, and they'll format them.
Well, lesse, formatting in posts... IMHO, this is a well-formatted CP post:
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2
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bob wrote:
and so user reward systems are operating as expected, except for the second thursday of June, where
Ah, yes - i've looked at the code, and it's a simple fix in the call to MessWithUser(). The corrected code will read:
if ( Date.Now() < Date(1,1,2001) )
UserMgr.MessWithUser(UserMgr.gently);
else
UserMgr.MessWithUser(UserMgr.roughly);
Change that, and you should be fine.
In paragraph #1 above, formatting is handled (using IE) by the Quote button - the user needs know no more than how to select text.
In paragraph #2, indication of a code element is achieved using <code> tags. This can be done by hand or by the formatting toolbar below.
In paragraph #3, the less than symbol ( < ) should be escaped ( < ). This is also available by hand or by the toolbar.
So #1 is dirt simple in today's CP; #2 is something not done enough, but easy to do if you care. #3 is a PITA if you're pasting code - here is where CP could use some improvement. Adding a "Paste Code" next to the "Quote" button for instance.
Shog9
I returned and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong...
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You're a bandit for the CSS Josh 
So - there is a "Do not treat <'s as HTML tags checkbox. I can certainly add a "do not treat < in CODE segments as HTML.
Alternatively using the current WYSIWYG editor in the message composition page is 2 seconds work. The issue is one that was raised by, I think, yourself: The practice of using crazy silly HTML where it's simply not needed. (HTML masterbation was the term you used, I think ).
MAybe we need a vote on it. 5 for "add WYSIWYG", 1 for "Don't add WYSIWYG"
I'm really digging a grave for myself here.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I can certainly add a "do not treat < in CODE segments as HTML.
That would rock. 
Chris Maunder wrote:
MAybe we need a vote on it.
How hard would it be to throw a little yes/no poll at the top of the programming forums for a week? Or perhaps in a sidebar on the posting page?
Chris Maunder wrote:
You're a bandit for the CSS Josh
Chris Maunder wrote:
HTML masterbation was the term you used, I think
If i said that, then i've really been digging myself in deep these last few months... 
Shog9
I returned and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong...
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that only works on internet explorer, i would be fine, but i think some people dont use it.
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
that only works on internet explorer, i would be fine, but i think some people dont use it
Oi! Stop sympathising with the thems of this world!
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion Meg's World - Blog
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lol, i just want to avoid a civil war thats all
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
lol, i just want to avoid a civil war thats all
And I'm just trying to kill time while we wait to see if we'll actually get the tickets to the cricket in time to go 
Where is everyone this morning anyway?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion Meg's World - Blog
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i dunno, in bed probably, the lazy g!ts. but i just thought of something very interesting.......what it would be like with a war on CP, one group of thousands of programmers against another, i could see the internet being brought to its knees 
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hes not that bad a guy really, he unites us all.......in hatred, but he unites us all
hey, just noticed your blogis updated
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
hes not that bad a guy really, he unites us all.......in hatred, but he unites us all
And this is considered a good thing...
Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote:
hey, just noticed your blogis updated
Yep, but it's a long read, not for the fainthearted I suggest some fortification in the form of a big breakfast before tucking into it.
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passion Meg's World - Blog
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Megan Forbes wrote:
fortification in the form of a big breakfast before tucking into it.
good point, i havent eaten yet. now youve got me hungry
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Megan Forbes wrote:
We're all out of waffle mix.
The horror!
Shog9
I returned and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong...
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How about letting us specify our own styles to override some of those used by CodeProject (such as toning down the colours, etc), like so:
<link rel="stylesheet" type=text/css href="/styles/global.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file://c:/codeproject.css" type="text/css" media="all">>
I am aware that not everyone will have a C drive, but it would be very useful here at work to have CodeProject appear to the untrained eye as if it was part of a certain company's intranet...
David Wulff
"Sanity is just a state of mind, insanity is a developed past-time for Mr Wulff" - Jonny Newman
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You devious boy.... What a brilliant idea!
"Nobody is Ugly at 2AM"
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I like this idea.
Shog9
I returned and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong...
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Nice idea. Then I can finally have CP be a different color than that blaring orange.
On a side note, I can understand why <link> tags aren't supported (because someone could use them to import javascript modules), but why aren't blocks supported? I'm wanting to do this sig:
<div style="position: absolute; border: #FFDD99 8px ridge; width:380px; height: 100px;">
<div style="position:absolute; height:100%; top %;width:20%; background-position:center; background-image: url(http://tinyurl.com/lfm9/l.jpg);"></div>
<div style="text-align:center; background-image:url(http://tinyurl.com/lfm9/s.jpg); position:absolute; left:20%; top %; height:50%; width:80%; background-color:#88EEFF; vertical-align: middle;"><small>"It is appallingly obvious that our technology exceeds our humanity." - <b>Albert Einstein</b></small></div>
<div style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align:center; background-color #88EE88; background-image:url(http://tinyurl.com/lfm9/f.jpg); position:absolute; left:20%; top:50%; height:50%; width:80%; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.fluiduitoolkit.com/"><font size="2"><b>FLUID UI Toolkit</b></font><br/><small>A GUI Library for .NET and Win32</small></a></div>
</div>
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...but there are too many style attributes. * 
*<small>OK, OK, I admit it's a little extravagant, but I like it! </small>
<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 80px; PADDING-BOTTOM:20px; PADDING-LEFT:80px; PADDING-TOP:10px; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(style=3,opacity=100,finishOpacity=5,startX=280,finishX=310,startY=400,finishY=500); BACKGROUND-COLOR: #CC99FF; position: absolute" ><font size="-30%"><br><i>"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."</i> - <b>Jesus</b><br>
<i>"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."</i> - <b>Mahatma Gandhi</b>
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