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Chris,
would it be possible to put the discussion board selection combo that you have for the lounge on the CP main page as currently to get to the VC/other boards I have to go "Message Boards" and then select one, a 1 step approach would be nice.
Roger Allen
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Ah, see you are doing it wrong. I visit the lounge first and then go and look for problems to solve or to ask questions 
Michael
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I would like to suggest that people not be allowed to post messages in the forums *at all* unless they're registered.
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The critiera is right here, couldn't you just transform this
1-4 articles posted = Bronze. 5-14 articles = Silver. 15-24 articles = Gold. 25+ articles = Platinum. Each 500 messages posted adds one level, and if a user has posted a message then each year of membership adds 1 level. Bonus levels not valid for Gold members. Bronze is awarded at the beginning of the first 500 messages posted instead of the end.
into a bunch of conditional statements to make 'Status' realtime  
R.Bischoff | C++
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The news feed that CP is using on the home page is becoming increasingly cluttered with crud items.
If news from sites like pcuser.com could be removed I think it would be more appropriate to a development community.
Stuff like "How do I make a macro in Excel?" and "What is a byte?" is hardly newsworthy in the development community?
I know the Admin here is busy getting a tan presently, but maybe it can be done next year.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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Colin Davies wrote:
Stuff like "How do I make a macro in Excel?" and "What is a byte?" is hardly newsworthy in the development community?
Yup, sometimes some really funny ones do crop up But sometimes good ones come up too. So it's a mixture really
Nish
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Remember the days when news items about Java (the island) or Java (the coffee) would show up there?
--Mike--
When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not. Hmm.
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From the very recent CP homepage (as of today 03 Jan 2003):
Technology News
Updated 11:15 13 Dec 2002
That does not qualify as "News", so please lets get rid of it.
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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News filtering (Stuck news?)
Fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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So you fixed it instead of removing it? *sigh* Ok, thanks
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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(First let me say sorry Chris for having this appear in your inbox )
You can spank me for cross-posting if you like, but I know some CPians have asked for keyboard shortcuts for the buttons in the posting page (like link, pre, code, etc.). I've added this feature to the SearchBar, so if you're interested please see this message in the Testing forum. There are only 3 so far, but I'd like to get some feedback on whether folks like this feature and which buttons should have shortcuts. (I figure everything from pre on would be worthwhile having a shortcut for.)
--Mike--
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i think it's normal. and that's mostly why i wanted the key. i see a lot of my msgs changing color, but i can't tell what the color means.
-c
Please stand by
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Chris Losinger wrote:
and that's mostly why i wanted the key. i see a lot of my msgs changing color, but i can't tell what the color means.
Wow! I never knew that. I remember this funny feeling that some posts by Colin and Mike showed up in a different color, but I thought they had used font tags on their nicks.
Nish
Author of the romantic comedy
Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win]
Review by Shog9
Click here for review[NW]
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Yeah, only other people can rate your messages. You will be able to see the result, but only if someone has already voted on it.
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past.
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Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round.
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Red/Maroon == Good
Gray/Grey == Bad
And if you are voting, then 5 is good, 1 is bad.
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past.
-Chris Maunder
Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round.
-Peterchen on VS.NET
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and how are the other 150K members are supposed to know this?
I'm not the droid you're looking for.
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Chris Losinger wrote:
and how are the other 150K members are supposed to know this?
Same as it ever was - the teachers are Trial, Error, and Ambivalence... 
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Shog9
The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers
The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under
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they'll find out themselves, if they deserve it 
~RaGE();
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David Stone wrote:
And if you are voting, then 5 is good, 1 is bad.
good to know!
PS: I bet in 5 minutes my lacky brain has forgotten it 
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We all know that the programming forums are terrific places to post questions, and the questions certainly represent the entire spectrum from overly simplistic to the farthest-out rocket science.
As I go paging through the forums that I have some possibility of being able to contribute to, sometimes after pages and pages there will be a question left that never got any responses. I certainly understand that there are some questions that no one has any relevant information about, and others have written about the myriad reasons that some questions don't get addressed. That is all fine.
But ...
Sometimes there are reasonable questions that can be answered by the very knowledgeable people visiting and participating in CP. The questions just get lost because they end up so far down page after page that they end up never being seen by the people who might be able to do something about them. With the increasing number of questions that get posted in the more popular forums, it is easy for some questions to drift down the stream while all the newer questions are the ones that are seen.
So, as a suggestion, or an idea, without any thought as to how to do this or how hard it would be, is there some way that there could be a list (for each forum?) of the 10 most recent questions that do not yet have any responses? This would keep those unfortunate questions that are simple enough to get answered from drifting away into oblivion, and would reduce, if not eliminate, the posts that say "I posted this a few days ago but got no response, so I'm posting again."
Unfortunately, one of my pet peeves is about the responses to questions like "Does anyone know who to do ..." and the response is "No, I've never done that." If you have never done that, and the question asks how to do it, then there is absolutely no reason to write back and tell them that you have never done that. Arrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!
Anyway, thanks.
Dave
"You can say that again." -- Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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For one I like the idea.
I'm sick and tired of visiting forums to find all the questions answered.
David Chamberlain wrote:
Unfortunately, one of my pet peeves is about the responses to questions like "Does anyone know who to do ..." and the response is "No, I've never done that." If you have never done that, and the question asks how to do it, then there is absolutely no reason to write back and tell them that you have never done that.
Yes, that sucks !
I've never done that.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining.
Said by Roger Wright about me.
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David Chamberlain wrote:
is there some way that there could be a list (for each forum?) of the 10 most recent questions that do not yet have any responses?
The other option is to have a filter to only show threads which only have one message (i.e. no replies).
Regards,
Victor
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