Straw Poll: Selecting topics of Interest
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Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site?
Yes. Actually, i almost never bother reading the topics in the newsletter; new articles show up in my feed reader during the week. I wouldn't mind seeing updates to articles i've bookmarked though. I'd also like to bookmark authors, and get update notifications if they post new articles. Oh, and seeing the last five or so updates / additions from articles / authors i've bookmarked on the front page wouldn't be bad either. Also, i'd like a unicorn. Made of pure chocolate....
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
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Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I personally have used the navbar to change my setting because *today* I am looking for MFC content ( then I set it back to 'all' ), but I never change my interests in my profile.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site?
Yes. Actually, i almost never bother reading the topics in the newsletter; new articles show up in my feed reader during the week. I wouldn't mind seeing updates to articles i've bookmarked though. I'd also like to bookmark authors, and get update notifications if they post new articles. Oh, and seeing the last five or so updates / additions from articles / authors i've bookmarked on the front page wouldn't be bad either. Also, i'd like a unicorn. Made of pure chocolate....
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
Shog9 wrote:
Yes. Actually, i almost never bother reading the topics in the newsletter;
Doesn't that mean that you kinda don't care? If you don't bother reading the topics in the newsletter (and we'll get back to that later...) then if your Filter settings changed your newsletter settings then it wouldn't matter. Would it? We're trying to work out if we need to do a whole lotta coding to keep them separate, or a whole lotta other coding to ensure they are the same.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I personally have used the navbar to change my setting because *today* I am looking for MFC content ( then I set it back to 'all' ), but I never change my interests in my profile.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
I personally have used the navbar to change my setting because *today* I am looking for MFC content ( then I set it back to 'all' ), but I never change my interests in my profile.
Yes, I've been known to do that, too. I think it's best they remain separate - I think of the stuff for the newsletter to be my ongoing interests, where what I set on the site at any given time is my interest of the moment. Does that make sense?
Caffeine - it's what's for breakfast! (and lunch, and dinner, and...)
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Shog9 wrote:
Yes. Actually, i almost never bother reading the topics in the newsletter;
Doesn't that mean that you kinda don't care? If you don't bother reading the topics in the newsletter (and we'll get back to that later...) then if your Filter settings changed your newsletter settings then it wouldn't matter. Would it? We're trying to work out if we need to do a whole lotta coding to keep them separate, or a whole lotta other coding to ensure they are the same.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Doesn't that mean that you kinda don't care?
Kinda sorta pretty much. I skim through quickly looking for anything i might have missed during the week (keywords: Crash|Render|Chocolate Chip Cookies). Of course, there's nothing special about the newsletter there, other than that it's supposedly filtered (my options are set to exclude VB, unedited, and updated articles... i think. There seems to be a bit of overlap.) In all honesty, i care more about site news and final poll results than anything else - but that doesn't mean i want an extra page or two of VB articles tacked on for the heck of it. ;P
Chris Maunder wrote:
We're trying to work out if we need to do a whole lotta coding to keep them separate, or a whole lotta other coding to ensure they are the same.
I'd be ok with a single checkbox enabling / disabling inclusion of article updates. But i want the front page to always show all topics, regardless of what i've been browsing / searching lately.
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i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.
--BarnaKol on abusive words
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Christian Graus wrote:
I personally have used the navbar to change my setting because *today* I am looking for MFC content ( then I set it back to 'all' ), but I never change my interests in my profile.
Yes, I've been known to do that, too. I think it's best they remain separate - I think of the stuff for the newsletter to be my ongoing interests, where what I set on the site at any given time is my interest of the moment. Does that make sense?
Caffeine - it's what's for breakfast! (and lunch, and dinner, and...)
Yes, that's precisely what I was saying.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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I personally have used the navbar to change my setting because *today* I am looking for MFC content ( then I set it back to 'all' ), but I never change my interests in my profile.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I don't want a newsletter... why does it keep selecting topics when I clear them?
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Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
If I selected C++/MFC, would my newsletter be empty?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I don't want a newsletter... why does it keep selecting topics when I clear them?
Uncheck "Weekly Newsletter" and you will no longer get it.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Currently we have two methods of selecting areas of interest on the site: a. You select your interests in your profile b. You select a category of interest using the nav bar at the top left. a) determines what goes in the newsletter. b) determines what content you see on the homepage. Should they be one and the same? Would you ever want the newsletter to have different content topics from what you view on the site? Vote 1 = They should be the same. Vote 5 = They should be different.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Vote : 1
John P.
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If I selected C++/MFC, would my newsletter be empty?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Uncheck "Weekly Newsletter" and you will no longer get it.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I did, and I don't get them, but the topics still get checked for no apparent reason. If I clear them they should stay cleared.
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Then it would be padded with info about the other topics? :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
