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David Wulff wrote:
MHO changing the colour of one of the forums would be a stupid idea, it would remove the instant recognition that is it CodeProject.com
i totally disagree. and as proof that it's not confusing or detracting, i direct you to SlashDot. the forum colors change depending on the category the thread was put into (law, tech, entertainment, Mac, etc); in fact if you're on a Mac topic, the whole site flips into a kind of Mac OsX scheme (Aqua rounded edges and so on). but you never get the feeling that you've left /.
in /.s case, there's really no need to know which category a thread is in, because the rules don't change. but on CP, the rules do change (no programming Qs, PG-13, etc.).
i realize some people are afraid of change and wnat everything to stay the same forever. and that's ok with me, really. but, sometimes change is for the better.
-c
Fractals
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I'm not afraid of change, but to me if it is orange and has a green alien on it it is CodeProject, and I suspect Chris and co are counting on that. Just look at the newsletter, the media kit, the official logos. CodeProject is quite unique in that respect, I can't name any other web site I have stumbled accross that has the same branding: I could tell you if a page was CodeProject without putting on my glasses, and I am very short sighted.
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David Wulff wrote:
I can't name any other web site I have stumbled accross that has the same branding
a color scheme and a logo?
i'm not saying make it purple on red, maybe just change the pale tan background that the message headers sit on to a pale blue (a color that's already in heavy usage).
whatever.
-c
Fractals
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Chris Losinger wrote:
a color scheme and a logo?
Not a colour scheme and a logo, the colour scheme and a logo.
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David Wulff wrote:
Not a colour scheme and a logo, the colour scheme and a logo.
'k, so how 'bout a colour scheme in The Lounge, and a color scheme in The Soapbox? With the same logo for both? Subtle but obvious?
Shog9
The Man.
The Legend.
The Bored, Narcissistic, Whiteboard-marker Sniffing Programmer.
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One little typo and... 
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I'm with you David. The forums are clearly labeled, and if someone is too lazy to read the label, that is their problem. No need to destroy the look and feel of CP just to satisfy someone who can't read and just wants to colour instead.
CPUA 0x5041
Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little
"So it can now be written in stone as a testament to humanities achievments "PJ did Pi at CP"." Colin Davies
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote:
No need to destroy the look and feel of CP
oh my goodness! not the look and feel!!!
maybe you guys could start an "Overreaction and Fear of Change" club.
-c
Get there first with something patented, proprietary, and broken, then send lawyers after anyone who points out problems. --- Peter Gutmann
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Chris Losinger wrote:
maybe you guys could start an "Overreaction and Fear of Change" club.
Start one , heck, I've been a member for years;P
CPUA 0x5041
Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little
"So it can now be written in stone as a testament to humanities achievments "PJ did Pi at CP"." Colin Davies
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Chris,
How about reducing server/client load on article bookmarking using a pop-up window rather than reloading the whole article?
Davy
Weblog, Ramblings and more...
www.latedecember.com
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How about a separate forum for all the political and war discussions. That way, the Lounge can keep the laid-back feeling it originally had, and the huge threads that invariably result from serious topics won't clog up the Lounge. It would also be different from the Soapbox, in that people will have to stay PG-13.
This is in no way meant to be a punishment, it will just give the serious topics their own space on the site.
--Mike--
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
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Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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An option is to have another forum 'tech talk' that is purely tech/gadget talk. Keep the lounge as is, move it down a notch on the home page, and have the Tech-talk forum have pride of place in order to encourage tech and gadget talk.
Sorry - but I too am a little sick of hearing about GW.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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hmm, well that separates things along a completely different line. I was thinking, return the Lounge to a "shooting the breeze" type of forum, not create two new forums out of it.
The things I like to see in the Lounge are "I can't believe this stupid coding error I just did... anyone else ever do this?" or "what's the most underrated movie" along with tech topics like "what hard drive do you all recommend?". All those would be fine in the Lounge. If the forums were separated by tech/non-tech, the "silly error" and "best movie" threads would be overwhelmed by the serious discussion.
--Mike--
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click!
My really out-of-date homepage
Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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I meant to say something when you mentioned this in the Lounge, but forgot. I think that is a wonderful idea.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
and have the Tech-talk forum have pride of place in order to encourage tech and gadget talk.
I think a gadget forum would be great.
Although it's not really the CP style, I'd like to see a gadget a day introduced. Or maybe even a gadget section at CP where people could do a review of a gadget.
I know this is a coding site. But somehow I think a high proportion of users here are into the latest gadgets.
My 2 cents.
As to the 'Serious Discussion Forum' , Why not just ban politics and religion point blank. They same arguements are just being rehashed every 12 months.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign'
Rob Manderson wrote:
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Seems that the search results are just that: results. Nobody asked for the link to the message, right?
All my searches in the VisualC Forum have links in the result that open just the messageboards overview 
like this one[^]
Holy Sh*t! I'm speechless. (hey, that's a first) Marc Clifton, The Lounge
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Fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Whoa, thanks a lot ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Holy Sh*t! I'm speechless. (hey, that's a first) Marc Clifton, The Lounge
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I accidentally started reading Embedded/Mobile (;)) and noticed there are no links there for rating posts. Not that it's a big problem, just thought I'd mention it.
--Mike--
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click!
My really out-of-date homepage
Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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All fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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How about a Thread View that shows the selected thread in Expanded form?
Ray Gregory
Springfield, MO
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Added to TODO
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Is anyone aware of an RSS feed for the articles on CodeProject? Or is there any plans of creating one?
Thanks
Wes
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Nope...instead CP supports Web Service
I believe Chris responded to that question once with "RSS feeds? Oh, that's so 90's" (Taka Muraoka words)
CP has a web service which Taka Muraoka convert into an RSS feed and then just plug into the normal processing.
Check here Awasu[^]
Kant
Sonork-100.28114
Don't ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) and Drive.
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One of the things that I love about coming to The Code Project (besides reading great articles ) is that you get input from all over the place, however, I sometimes find it hard to guess or know where people are from by just reading their post (unless it's Paul Watson with the nice logo in his sig).
My suggestion is adding to the "My Settings" portion of user options the ability to allow people to show a flag beside their name in their posts (or somewhere that makes sense). So, if a person decides to show (or maybe don't even make it an option for users to reduce the overhead of including this feature) this a little icon of their nationality would appear beside their name in the post listings.
I don't know how easy it would be to find such icons or even make them ... but I think it would be one of those "little things" that adds a lot to the site.
Just a thought,
Wally Atkins
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