Site Bugs / Suggestions

The ratings system is still in its infancy and we are waiting to see how it goes for a few more weeks before making any changes. There is always a balance between a perfect system and a system that can handle the load. We need to ensure that by increasing the complexity of some of the scripts (ratings, comments) we don't inadvertantly hog resources and slow down general page access. Still - we're all learning and we'll get there eventually! ================== The original message was: This appears to be the same system that Microsoft uses on some of their page. There are some problems with this I think - you can rate an article over and over and either cripple it or make it look good. Plus what does a "3" or "2" rating mean - that the code sucks, the text is poorly written (speka da english), that you didn't find it useful, or you hate the person? Perhaps a little breakdown of the rates and a ip addr check... or perhaps requiring a rate to give a blurb (or a comment)... ================== The original message was: Glag you like it. We'll be adding more method to allow you to view the comments and ratings, and will make them integrate into the site a little tighter.

Hey Mike, The comments I can certainly fix - the forum...not so easy. I personally hate /00 as well - so I'll make the changes. cheers, Chris ================== The original message was: A suggestion for the forums and comments... the year is displayed as "00" instead of "2000". I'd suggest changing it to 2000. Just a pet peeve of mine. :)

Comments facility is up! ================== The original message was: I agree wholeheartedly - Otherwise a great site . ================== The original message was: A feature that is available another "CodeSomething" website allowed readers/users to post comments that were attached to code postings. These user comments were very valuable in reporting bugs and providing further enhancements - this feedback is very also useful in deciding if a piece of code is worth downloading in the first place. Are there plans to include "user feedback" associated with each of the code postings? (I hope so.) - Mark

As you can see the ability to add comments to articles is now in place. Uwe has spent a lot of time working on the script, and it took a few weeks for him and I to get it working to our satisfaction. While you may think the site is "up and running" please be assured that what you see is barely the beginning. The article backlog is still large, and the amount of work to do before I can sit back and relax is more than I care to think about. Please remember that we are less than 2 months old. There is a long way to go, but we are off to a great start. cheers, Chris ================== The original message was: Hello Chris, That you are doing a good job is true but enough of the celebrations, get into serious business. 1. Adverts: Do you want to be paid for placing the banners below articles? No serious site is doing this, please. Besides this is not anything to please programmers, if you think you are doing it for them. With immediately effect! start placing banners above the "article of the week" column. 2. Comments: Your personal desire seems to be overriding popular demand here for comments on articles. If all that is needed is to post codes, many sites are already available for this-even shareware sites like winfiles.com do post codes. a. A lot post codes and articles to help get jobs, and to them the current site will be enough. b. Many leak codes from their projects to get others review it and improve it. These IT professionals will hardly wish to waste time here. Even if it is to use others codes, the comments will make the IT confident-no one wish to download "headaches". c. For many of us hobbyists, the comments and suggestions make us know how much we rate. Even, MSJ is posting articles with comments and rating sections so do we still have to continue to justify this? Demands for comments section started with this site and initially many of us just decided to look on since there was more work for you to do. Now, the site is up running and if this feature is still not there then there is only one meaning-you do not want to do it. In this case please do let us know since most of us are still evaluating this site to determine whether it is worth a full commitment. The main reason for many leaving the codeguru.developer.com is that the owners care more of decos than the needs of the developer-the "blue snake" is still up there covering codes. Now, let us know your stand for it is about time. Thanks for your good work. Best reg

Hello Chris, Your attack on Netscape is not right. There is not standard DHTML and if you decide to use IE5 specifics, try them in IE4 and see the results. Besides what is needed on this site is not decos but usefulness. You seems to be paying more attention to decorations and appearance leaving the main things. We need feedbacks on articles we post through comments and suggestions. You have decided not to pay attention to this rather, the unneccessary stuff. You are doing a good job but we need the real stuff to get the feel of codeguru of old. Best regards, Paul. ================== The original message was: Netscape really does do a poor job of displaying DHTML. I'm using Netscape 4.08 and it seems to be working fine. I guess each minor revision of Netscape has it's own minor quirks. I'm redoing the main page (again!) becuase of Netscape oddities. ================== The original message was: Hi Chris, I use Netscape Communicator 4.7, and it seems that this browse can't read some .asp page from CodeProject. In fact, there is some problems with the coloring syntax, as you can see in the attached file. With IE5, all pages are fine. Thanks and bravo for your site. Thierry

I feel that if I know what I am are saying, I wouldn't worry about the rating. Actually, you pointed out a nice thing about ratings. People won't take pot-shots for fear of a bad rating !! Well, even if that is the general opinion, all you need to do is NOT provide negative ratings. ================== The original message was: I know they do this at CodeGuru...but a lot of us always felt that the ratings were rather obnoxious... if you want to give someone a tip...or post an article,I know that I would personally feel inclined not to post something for fear of a bad rating... I think it will drive people away, not attract them. ================== The original message was: Excellent idea - I will look into the best way of doing this immediately. ================== The original message was: Chris, Recognition for code/articles/advice/tips will go a long way in attracting more experts to your site. After all, people devote time and resources and appreciation would enthuse them. The more "gurus" posting at your site, the more rookies (yours truly) hanging around...

I hope this shows up right.... instead of using the < sign, you should use < and instead of > you should use > The same goes for the & sign: you should replace this one with & ================== The original message was: This is just to note a problem. I just responded to a question involving templates. Due to the usage of the lt and gt signs some of the code was taken as html. this made the question and the reply rather unreadable. I tired adding the pre tag but that had no effect. Any suggestions? Again thanks for the site.

ideally the whole code should be in the standard colour coded syntax as in Developer Studio. ================== The original message was: The code which is usually present in a sumbmitted article, should clearly differentiate between the code and comments lines present in it through different colour codes. It is not convenient that the colour of comments within code is the same as that of the code. Shahzad

Unfortunately I have to do that for you. I've been trying to get hold of the guys who wrote this forum to discuss this very issue. ================== The original message was: How do I change my default view (so that Code Project will save it) to the unexpanded threaded view from my current default setting of linear view? Thanks, Marc

Erwin's article was posted on the 4th, and unfortunately there was a problem with a script I was using that day that caused article not to appear in the "latest" list. I made some manual corrections but obviously Erwin's article missed out. Sorry about that (and apologies to Erwin) All other articles should have an entry in the Latest page. ================== The original message was: Hi Chris, Here is my question about Latest Updates. When I saw that Erwin Tratar is the winner of Code Project Visual C++ competition, I ask myself how I missed his article, and then I found that his article is not present in a list of latest updates. Does this mean that some article instead of appearing in a latest update going directly into appropriate section? This is important to know, because like many other people I check latest updates on a daily basis and only when needed I go into appropriate sections.

I can do this - but until I have a chance to clear some more of the backlog I won't have a chance. ================== The original message was: Hi, Nice, interesting and useful site. I'll surely keep an eye on it! It would be nice that when I decide to collapse e.g. the "Controls" chapter at the left it would STAY collapsed on all other pages I visit (until I decide the opposite again) Geert.

I've had a lot of good suggestions for this board (including yours). As soon as the initial rush settles down and I can really get stuck into the scripts, I'll make the boards more user friendly. cheers, Chris ================== The original message was: I love this site. Good job with setting it up (big relief after the Code Guru fiasco). Here are a couple of suggestions that would make it easier to move around in the forums: I set my view preference to "linear" when I registered. Now there is no clear way to get back to a preferences page to reset my preference to default to "threaded". When I am reading a message, there are "reply", "subscribe", "previous", "next", "return", and "home" navigation links, but it would be nice to have: A banner to tell me what folder I'm in when reading a message. A "folder" or "top" navigation link to take me to the folder view. Otherwise, I have to hit my browser's back button or the "return" link repeatedly if I've been browsing a thread sequentially, hitting "next message" over and over. The ability to edit or delete messages I've previously posted to the forum. Thanks for listening and for creating this site.

Hi Chris, The Verdana font is the best choice you can make: it's designed for its good readability. You have a nice, sober, professional looking site. Keep it like that!!! (read my suggestion about remembering the collapsed states of the chapters at the left) Geert. ================== The original message was: I'd like some opinions on the colours, fonts, and font sizes used. Some people love them, some people hate them - but if there is anything in particular that would make the site easier to read or navigate then I'd like to hear from you guys. cheers, Chris