Article Writing

Technical blog feed not being polled?

26-May-21 2:29

So many unanswered questions. Who broke it? How were they punished? Laugh | :laugh:

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Jason Sultana6-May-21 11:33

Jason Sultana

6-May-21 11:33

Hi guys.

I've got a my technical blog RSS feed imported into CodeProject, and my first 3 articles were imported successfully. Just looking at my feed in CP though, it says that the last import was done on 7-Apr-21 6:17 (1 month ago). There is definitely new content there that hasn't been syndicated to CP.

Has my blog been blacklisted or something to that effect?

Thanks heaps.

Re: Technical blog feed not being polled?

Sean Ewington7-May-21 2:27

Re: Technical blog feed not being polled?

7-May-21 2:27

Hi Jason,

Thanks very much for the message. I have the blog aggregator a kick and now new posts of yours are in the approval queue.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Jason Sultana7-May-21 15:02

Jason Sultana

7-May-21 15:02

Thanks mate, they seem to be imported now Smile | :)

Is there anything I could have done to kickstart the process? I think I read that feeds are meant to be ingested hourly, but it looks like mine was inactive for about a month or so. Or was there something in my feed that caused it do be dormant until manually invoked?

Re: Technical blog feed not being polled?

Sean Ewington10-May-21 0:47

10-May-21 0:47

If there is an issue, it may be on our end. I'm keeping an eye on Technical Blogs as they come in to make sure the aggregator isn't busted. Sometimes it needs a kick.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Wrong article sections

Mircea Neacsu1-May-21 4:42

1-May-21 4:42

Some of my articles landed in strange places. For instance Doing UTF-8 in Windows landed in "Markdown" section while Doing UTF-8 in Windows, Part 2 - Tolower or Not to Lower is (more plausible) in "C++" section. I would have thought both should have been in "Win32" section.

Also Stern-Brocot Trees and their Applications is in XML section while "Algorithms" would have been a much better place.

Any thoughts or means to fix this myself?

Thanks,

Mircea

Greg Utas1-May-21 4:57

1-May-21 4:57

The hamsters will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe articles are now slotted automatically, based on their tags. So you have to play with the tags until your article lands in an appropriate category.

If Chris is listening, I predict that this scheme will eventually go the way of the Wool Reserve Price. Laugh | :laugh:

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Mircea Neacsu1-May-21 5:03

1-May-21 5:03

In that case the question becomes how did those tags show up and how can I change them? I cannot image having put them there in the first place.

Mircea

Greg Utas1-May-21 5:19

1-May-21 5:19

When you edit an article, there is a section at the top for adding tags. You can add them manually, by checking boxes, or automatically, by clicking on a button. I believe the automatic approach looks for keywords in your article. If you never added any tags to your article, I'm guessing that they were added automatically.

EDIT: I quickly looked at all your articles, and they all have tags. Some make sense, and others...

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modified 1-May-21 11:29am.

Mircea Neacsu1-May-21 5:21

1-May-21 5:21

Thanks, I'll try that.

EDIT: I tried and seems hamsters are acting up again. Changed the tags for Stern-Brocot Trees and their Applications to "Algorithms" and "C++" making sure I don't press "Detact tags automatically". The end results is: "C++", "XML", "Objective-C", "Algorithm" Confused | :confused:

Mircea

modified 1-May-21 12:16pm.

Sean Ewington3-May-21 0:49

3-May-21 0:49

I'm afraid we don't have a Win32 section. It seems you have moved these articles now. Is their new section better?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Mircea Neacsu3-May-21 0:56

3-May-21 0:56

Quote:
I'm afraid we don't have a Win32 section

Hmm, I see one under “Articles” > “Browse Topics” > “Desktop “Programming”.

EDIT Also, as explained in a previous message, the system seems to invent tags that I didn’t apply.

Mircea

Sean Ewington3-May-21 1:11

3-May-21 1:11

Ah, shame on me. I've moved those first two articles you mentioned into the Win32 section.

I'm afraid the incorrect tags is a known issue we are still working out the kinks on.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Mircea Neacsu3-May-21 1:15

Very difficult to import from GitHub when there are code blocks

3-May-21 1:15

Thank you Sean!

Sean Ewington wrote:
I'm afraid the incorrect tags is a known issue we are still working out the kinks on.

No worries, it’s not that important or urgent. Just post a message when it’s finished.

Mircea

Comments

KristianEkman24-Apr-21 20:29

KristianEkman

24-Apr-21 20:29

It's been a few years since I was active on Codeproject. And I've noticed a change, or it might just be a feeling. Is it so that people don't engage so much on other developers' work these days?
There used to be lots of comments on every new article.
I think that the feedback, and the discussions are one important drive to make developers share code and articles, anyway.

Take care!
/Kristian

Re: Comments

Shao Voon Wong23-May-21 20:59

Shao Voon Wong

23-May-21 20:59

Looking at your recent articles on Backgammon which seems like a niche topic. This could be the reason behind it.

Re: Comments

KristianEkman24-May-21 4:10

KristianEkman

24-May-21 4:10

I'm not sure I see the connection.
But anyway, thanks for the note.

/Kristian

Stephen Marcus16-Apr-21 21:29

Stephen Marcus

16-Apr-21 21:29

GitHub (and Nuget) recognize this declaration for a code block in their standard mark-down language:

``` C#
```

When imported, this comes out with "pl-c", plus a strange attribute tied to each method I declare. It does not in any way resemble the original code block(s).

Since the GitHub links are auto-refreshed, I cannot simply "fix" the problem here, since each new imported revision will over-write my changes and the original bad markup will reappear.

May I suggest that the Code Project adapt the full nuance and detail of markdown languages in use around the Internet?

Articles in the Wrong Section

Graham Wilson10-Apr-21 13:18

10-Apr-21 13:18

Just realized that most (all?) of my articles are in the wrong section (e.g. should be Desktop Programming / Windows Forms, but instead is Web Development / HTML).

This is most definitely my fault, but how do I fix it?

Can I move an article to a new section, or that task in the domain of someone with admin rights?

Thanks,
Graham

Greg Utas10-Apr-21 14:36

10-Apr-21 14:36

I believe that articles are now categorized based solely on their tags. This is a very recent change and may still be in flux. There is no longer a way to explicitly categorize an article yourself. All you can do is play with your tags until your article ends up in the category that you think appropriate.

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Sean Ewington13-Apr-21 3:39

13-Apr-21 3:39

If you let me know what section you would like each to appear in, I will do my best to make it happen.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Graham Wilson13-Apr-21 11:52

13-Apr-21 11:52

Thanks, but as per Greg's suggestion, I was trying first to fix this myself.

I moved most of my articles to "Desktop Programming", which is an improvement. But I think a better location is "Desktop Programming / Windows Forms", but I don't know what tag(s) will get it to that new location. I expected to find some tag referring to WinForms under Technology, but no luck.

Currently the tags are: C#, .NET, Intermediate, controls, Dev, desktop.

As for my article "A Tale of Two Timers", I'm not sure where it should go. It's about Windows internals, and the programming in the article is a side issue. Currently it's in the section "Time", which you cannot get to using the articles menu. Is that a different bug?

Thanks,
Graham

modified 13-Apr-21 19:42pm.

Graham Wilson16-Apr-21 15:33

16-Apr-21 15:33

How do I get my article into the section "Desktop Programming / Windows Forms"?

I checked other articles already there, and the key tag seems to be "WinForms". Could not find the tag (should it be under "Technology")? I added it manually, but my article is still only in the section "Desktop Programming".

Any suggestions?

Graham

Sean Ewington19-Apr-21 3:22

19-Apr-21 3:22

Hi Graham,

I added a WinForms tag to your articles and that put them in the desired section. As for your Time article, I gave it a C# tag that put it into the C# category (the language topic is meant to be a catch all if all else fails).

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Graham Wilson19-Apr-21 14:53