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Thanks Colin!
"Posting a VB.NET question in the C++ forum will end in tears." Chris Maunder
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As an author it would be ineresting to be see the distribution of votes with a bar chart stating for the number of 1, 2, ... 5.
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1 2 3 4 5
I had this in mind as I suspect some visitors to put a 1 on some articles they want to see going down in the stats (i.e. monthly competition, best articles, ...)
Any opinion ?
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Yes I agree to you. It is a great idea. Some users are voting one just because they see some articles as competitors of their articles
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Hi Sebastien,
Sebastien Ros wrote: ...to see the distribution of votes
I agree.
Another thing that bothers me - those who vote to bring an article's rating down, with no explaination of why (were the technical deficiencies, etc). With that said, I 100% agree with the anonymity provided by the system.
Jeff
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I think that only the sum of the votes and the number of voters are saved in the DB (or so would I have done it to spare some space), so that the information you require is not available anymore. But i am not 100% positive about that.
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
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John Simmons said: Votes are weighted according to the voters member status. Platinum members have more weight applied to their votes than do gold, for instance.
Thus you must save some more information, i.e. the weighted number together with the number of votes. Don't you ?
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Sebastien Ros wrote: Thus you must save some more information
Not necessarily: A is gold(5 for instance), B is bronze(3). C is normal. N number of votes, S=sum, R=Article Note
A votes 5, N=0+5=5, S=25, R=25/5=5
B votes 4, N=5+3=8, S=29, R=26/6=...
C votes 1, N=8+1=9, S=30, R=30/9=...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Since CodeProject tells me "You voted X on this article" when I visit an article I voted on a few months ago, I'm 100% sure the information is still available.
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Would it be possible for you to create a system with articles where we could browse older versions of it and see changes?
Brad
Australian
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Regarding article submission...
Uploading image files with the same name doesn't replace the previous ones with the same name( See here[^]). Zip files are replaced but jpg files are not replaced.
I have to rename these files. As a result I have too many of them, wasting space.
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They are replaced. What you are seeing is browser caching. Hit Ctrl + F5 to force your browser to download the new images you uploaded.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: They are replaced.
Lol I thought they were not, now I have a few files ( jpg files ) uploaded because of this. It looks bad to have so many of them wasting space.
May be as you said I can just send a mail with the file names.
Thanks. 
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Hi All/Chris,
Just an observation. I hope you keep an eye out for a possible [resolution].
When I paste code, the paste happens immediately but then the CodeProject page (under IE 6) becomes unresponsive for 30 second to 1 minute. Depending where I paste into the article the time is lessened. That is, if I paste at the beginning of the article, the stall time is usually maximum. Pasting at the end of the article results in shorter stall times.
It appears the HTML editor is a client side control. So I'm kind of surprised at the times. This machine is not lacking - dual 1 GHz processors with 1.5 GB RAM running Windows 2000 Professional.
This leads me to beleive there is somethin awry with the parsing algorithm (I assume the pasted text is being reparsed).
Finally, to keep things in perspective, the article is about 30 printed pages. I don't have metrics for short articles - I don't think I've ever written one under about 20 pages.
Jeff
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What's happening is that when you paste, the scripts pull apart the HTML you are pasting and strip out all the bad stuff - script, unneeded tags, the crud Word puts in, broken attributes etc - and then puts it all back together neatly. Try going to code view (click the <> button at the far right), messing up the formatting, going back to design mode, then back to code view. You'll see the HTML all neatened up again.
What I need to do is have a "reformat HTML on paste" checkbox in the editor...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
Chris Maunder wrote: ... the crud Word puts in
I've always called it bloat (and used Bloatware to described FrontPage, Office, and the like).
I think I like Crudware better
Jeff
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Hi Chris,
Chris Maunder wrote: and then puts it all back together neatly.
This is worth mentioning. Suppose I want to apply some basic formatting such as an indentation using 3 non breaking spaces (HTML code). I would hand encode .
When the editor performs it's reparse, I've noticed it will remove that formatting.
Jeff
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Hi Chris,
I don't know what you changed, but paste is lightning fast (first test today). I am at the end of the article (in which case - disregard).
Jeff
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Hi All,
You'll are probably wishing I did not have an extended weekend now...
When submitting code through the web, the preview does not display the grachics content correct - the Red 'X' place holder is displayed.
Interesting the artcle edits fine before that step, and previews fine once submitted (after a Modify operation).
I _think_ the offending page is http://www.codeproject.com/script/submit/PreviewArticle.asp
Jeff
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Yep - this is a known bug.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
Chris Maunder wrote: Yep - this is a known bug.
Whoops - in that case, disregard my squeaks...
Jeff
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No - squeaks are good. We're having a meeting about the wizard wednesday so it's good to be reminded.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi All,
In My Humble Opinion...
Change the checkbox 'Mark Article as Editied' to Minor Revision. Or perhaps use a pair of radio buttuns to toggle between Minor and Major Revision. Minor Revision should be default. Show Major Revisions on 'Last 10 Updates', and allow minor revisions to silent pass.
If the CodeProject implements Suggestion: Subscribing to Article[^], then those who take a deeper interest in an article will be notified when the minor revision has occured.
I think this will cut down on the articles flying by 'Last 10 Updates'.
Jeff
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There is a "Mark this as an update" checkbox that you can uncheck to allow the article to be updated without fanfare.
Article subscriptions are definitely going to happen
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi All,
Another suggestion as I am winding up for another article: Drafts. Currently, article submission through the web is an all or nothing proposition. I'd like a staging area for works in progress. This way, as I'm writing sample code, I won't miss details that seem to lead to the many revisions early on after the submission.
A secondary benefit could be a personal review area. I would like to be able to invite someone (providing the article path and a temporary password) to review the article. This would also work well for reviewers of non-English speaking countries - a staging for a grammatical review. I know that this has been discussed previously on the board.
Jeff
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Jeffrey Walton wrote: Currently, article submission through the web is an all or nothing proposition
I write my articles up in Frontpage before I post it.
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