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Doesn't matter. You're still making requests to the server to process the page and send it back to the client. That's what Max was talking about. There's just no reason for it. Any time you want to see if new content was posted, just refresh the page yourself.
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There's a lot of great content here, with more arriving each day. I see two forces:
1) It's desirable that the articles be able to be browsed as a web, but right now it's rare for authors to link to other articles in their own. Hence, if you browse the CP article-web you won't get far.
2) The best way of currently finding articles on a concept is to browse the article categories. I'm not saying that we should do away with the categories-- we really can't. However, drilling down into categories this way doesn't let you read an abstract of a concept, with links to helpful articles in the middle that explain facets of the topic, and links to related concepts at the bottom. I'm positive that there's a Wiki tool out there that would allow CP to serve CP-branded Wiki content with minimal modification.
I really like Wikipedia. It's the closest thing to a decent FAQ for the world's knowledge that I've seen. However, it isn't focused on Windows and .NET, and it doesn't keep people on this site. A Wiki focused on Windows and .NET, backed up by great articles from the site, would increase the ease of navigation of the articles, decrease the number of stupid questions if presented as a FAQ in the right places, and be of more interest and use to the CP community in general. Also, it would allow serving more ad impressions if desirable.
Wikis don't have to be editable by anonymous people, and I wouldn't advocate that for this either; in particular I wouldn't want someone to be able to delete content from someone else. I thought through a few options:
1) Let only those of a certain rank edit the Wiki
- Discarded, since it's too easy to achieve high rank; witness Daniel Stephen Rule and his accursed chatbots. The only rank I'd use this way would be platinum, but to set the bar this high would be to reject the contributions of people who don't have the time to write 25 articles.
2) Grant certain decent people the right to edit the Wiki, without being full editors of the site
- Pros: gives some people more personal stake in the site, pools greater talent and experience for the Wiki, and allows for a much larger volume of input, while inherently filtering spam; if someone abuses their role, just undo the badness and remove their access, something which might never have to happen
3) Let the current editors edit the Wiki
- Pros: complete control over content probably guarantees highest quality
- Cons: less grassroots power, smaller Wiki
4) Let the current editors edit the Wiki, and approve content that could be submitted by anyone
- Pros: complete control, bigger Wiki, gives people the chance to contribute in an easier way than writing articles
- Cons: increases the load on editors, even though approving a well-written entry or change wouldn't take long; also would possibly require more integration work to make it work smoothly with the Code Project website
Just some thoughts I've been having for a couple of weeks now.
[EDIT] Submissions in #4 could easily be implemented with a simple form that would send email to a special address or just dump the content into a table. The editor could then copy and paste the content into the Wiki using his/her normal access, making slight modifications if necessary. [/EDIT]
-Jeff
here, bloggy bloggy
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Currently we have a menu option for "My Settings", "My Bookmarks" and "My Articles".
It would make life easier if there was one for "My Blog" too. Or even a link from the "My Settings" page to the blog page.
thanks,
Michael
CP Blog [^]
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Click on your name at the top left of the page.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Click on your name at the top left of the page.
Doh. How did I miss that.
Michael
CP Blog [^]
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Yeah, but why would I want a link to your blog on the CP home page. 
Chris Meech
We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton
VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler
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roooooooo, it's the same page... use you mouse scroll button a bit more  ;P
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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Hi Chris , thanks fir new ToolBar but when menus frop down , it stay behind the comboboxe which indicate number of message shown in one page. I mean the menu for message board.
Mazy
"One who dives deep gets the pearls,the burning desire for realization brings the goal nearer." - Babuji
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that's it... i was coming here to say so, but as it's been already written.
anyway, i'd like to suggest to that new Toolbar to draw a border also, i find it more attractive, more beautiful. i also prefered the old colors of the TBar, but i don't decide of it i only suggest.
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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Mazy
"One who dives deep gets the pearls,the burning desire for realization brings the goal nearer." - Babuji
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<extreem sarcasm="">
I don't know. I submit an update and a new article to the editors, and its not been posted after 30 minutes?
What are you guys doing anyway?
Just a quick question, how big is the article backlog queue?
[Blatant Edit that didn't really happen]
So Chris, one suggestion may be that annoying posters (who ever they may be) get voted a -1
[/Blatant Edit that didn't really happen]
Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016
Strong Sad: I am sad I am flying
Who is your favorite Strong?
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Now hang on here...
While I agree that 30 minutes is an egregious time lag, and admit that any discussion of the size of the article backlog would necessarily entail a wonderfully engaging side thread on the applications of the Infinite Improbability Theory, I must protest this post.
You haven't suggested anything.
This forum is for suggestions.
I suggest you suggest something. Preferably, however, not along the lines of what my Spidey sense is suggesting you might be about to suggest.
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Tim!
You obviously didn't read my original post very well!
Shame on you.
Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016
Strong Sad: I am sad I am flying
Who is your favorite Strong?
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That's sooo embarrassing... 
could'a sworn...
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I would like to be able to subscribe to the RSS feed of an article's forum.
There are some interesting discussions going on in some and it can be a chore visiting each article I am monitoring to check if a new post has been made.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
South Africa
Christopher Duncan quoted:
"...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives"
Crikey! ain't life grand?
XmlTransformer, my latest CP article.
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How about a seperate section for the ever more important internationalisation aspect of programming.
I recently found a really good translation tool in the Free Tools section after searching repeatedly for the wrong name .
Neil
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Only if it isn't called I18N. Sorry if this sounds like too much typing, but if I can type antidisestablishmentarianism (A26M if you must abbreviate it) others can surely type internationalisation. Also, international readers my not understand this abbreviation as they don't have sufficient cultural context (Heck! Even I didn't know what I18N meant until about 3 months ago)
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
The Second EuroCPian Event will be in Brussels on the 4th of September
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I receive your news letter which I find it very interesting. However, all authors use apparently notepad to write ther projects without including instructions on how to implement ther tips and ideas. I suggets that each author takes into consideration the fact that not everybody knows everything.
I have just downloaded the demo code for "Building a custom ASP.NET Tabstrip Control" written by Doug Wilson, put it in the root of my IIS, called the prjpage.aspx from IE, nothing works
Thanks in advance for your help
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Try reading the article in addition to just running code blindly without knowing what it does or how to deploy it. That's what the articles are there for - to explain the source. Not every article does a very good job of it, but that's the author's fault - not this site's.
Microsoft MVP, Visual C#
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How about a forum where no message body text is allowed. All replies must be one-liners and will fit in the subject. The idea is:
- Quick navigation of messages
- Faster loading of forums
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Interesting idea, but no.
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"Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin
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