Site scraper alert: new article layout
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To all those who have written site scrapers because I'm too snowed under to get you your API, a warning: beta.codeproject.com has the latest build and has a new article layout so if you wish to update your code to work with the new markup now's your chance. Upload as soon as I've slept.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I noticed that when I vote for an article the stars at the top do not update unless I manually refresh the page. I also noticed that when I then bookmarked the article the stars disappeared completely and only reappeared once I refreshed the page. Windows XP SP2 w/IE 7
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It actually feels a little more 'zippy' than the main site. I'm not sure if that's just because it is on a separate web farm or if it is just faster. :) Btw, what happened to the http://alpha.codeproject.com/[^] version?
Andrew Rissing wrote:
what happened to the http://alpha.codeproject.com/\[^\] version?
After over 10 years of development, Code Project Forever has finally come out of alpha. :-D
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Please don't mention the WsW ever again. :)
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Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, and update CP Vanity to V2.0 if you haven't already.
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Apart from fixing a dumb HTML mistake John pointed out, no. (so, actually, yes. Slightly)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thanks for the advance notice. No problem whatsoever, I'm not scraping article pages at all. FWIW: I think it again looks better, with a more structured title block. I like the stars. Minor comments: 1. there is a bug where sometimes (had it twice in 5 visits), not sure when/how/why, a tooltip (I think it was "Discuss this article") is already showing when the page opens up, dislocating the "print", "bookmark", "discuss", "report" icons. 2. The pink background seems like a step backward, the white one was more modern IMO. I would opt for a white title box, with an orange border, and containing the new content as is (so the previous style and the latest layout). 3. the spacing between "Edit", "Delete", "Get HTML" could be improved (e.g. by adding a space and a nbsp between edit and delete) 4. The stars should support partial fill, i.e. 4.31 and 4.49 would show differently (that would take them to be rendered separately and chosen from a collection of some 6 to 11 different star symbols). :)
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1. I'll keep my eye open for it 2. Pink? Where? It's a light tan here. 3. Will add 4. They do. The stars are a single transparent gif. I draw a fill rectangle behind them. The stars fill up accordingly. It's not as obvious when you are close to a whole unit, but anything between 0.25 and 0.75 will show the effect.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Andrew Rissing wrote:
what happened to the http://alpha.codeproject.com/\[^\] version?
After over 10 years of development, Code Project Forever has finally come out of alpha. :-D
Tentatively out of alpha.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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1. I'll keep my eye open for it 2. Pink? Where? It's a light tan here. 3. Will add 4. They do. The stars are a single transparent gif. I draw a fill rectangle behind them. The stars fill up accordingly. It's not as obvious when you are close to a whole unit, but anything between 0.25 and 0.75 will show the effect.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
More on the same: 1. it is 4 out of 7 now; I have screen shots and can reproduce: - using FF3.6, open an article in the current style (www.codeproject.com/...) - move mouse to URL textbox, edit to beta, hit ENTER (so mouse clearly is not within the article at any time) - article shows with either "Discuss this article" or "report this article as inappropriate" tooltip showing I have mailed you a screen shot. 2. OK, it is R=252,G=243,B=226; pretty close to Color.Linen 4. Noticed it now you said it; the intentions are good, however I think it would work better when the empty stars would have a thinner outline. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, and update CP Vanity to V2.0 if you haven't already.
modified on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 7:16 PM
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It actually feels a little more 'zippy' than the main site. I'm not sure if that's just because it is on a separate web farm or if it is just faster. :) Btw, what happened to the http://alpha.codeproject.com/[^] version?
Andrew Rissing wrote:
what happened to the http://alpha.codeproject.com/\[^\] version?
Why, they forgot to move it to the new location obviously. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, and update CP Vanity to V2.0 if you haven't already.
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More on the same: 1. it is 4 out of 7 now; I have screen shots and can reproduce: - using FF3.6, open an article in the current style (www.codeproject.com/...) - move mouse to URL textbox, edit to beta, hit ENTER (so mouse clearly is not within the article at any time) - article shows with either "Discuss this article" or "report this article as inappropriate" tooltip showing I have mailed you a screen shot. 2. OK, it is R=252,G=243,B=226; pretty close to Color.Linen 4. Noticed it now you said it; the intentions are good, however I think it would work better when the empty stars would have a thinner outline. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, and update CP Vanity to V2.0 if you haven't already.
modified on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 7:16 PM
1. I think this is due to the stylesheet being loaded from the same server (beta) instad of from s.codeproject.com, meaning the browser is less able to load in parallel. However, it's extremely odd it's only one of the bubbles, not all. I've been playing with it and, unfortunately, can't replicate. I'll keep trying. 4. I originally had very thin stars but they looked really jagged. I'll probably have to redraw them by hand and tweak the anti-aliasing.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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1. I think this is due to the stylesheet being loaded from the same server (beta) instad of from s.codeproject.com, meaning the browser is less able to load in parallel. However, it's extremely odd it's only one of the bubbles, not all. I've been playing with it and, unfortunately, can't replicate. I'll keep trying. 4. I originally had very thin stars but they looked really jagged. I'll probably have to redraw them by hand and tweak the anti-aliasing.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
1. that sounds like the definition of a timing hazard. You need synchronization then, not more hardware. :laugh: I always wondered why you had the s-domain. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, and update CP Vanity to V2.0 if you haven't already.
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I noticed that when I vote for an article the stars at the top do not update unless I manually refresh the page. I also noticed that when I then bookmarked the article the stars disappeared completely and only reappeared once I refreshed the page. Windows XP SP2 w/IE 7
Bookmarking is now more elegant.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP