Bugs and Suggestions

3-Dec-02 1:13

How about including a rating system for author photo's in their profile Big Grin | :-D

Some kind of coder hot or not.

Ah well, just a random thought! I've got a cold Dead | X|

and am not thinking straight.

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Nick Parker3-Dec-02 16:08

Nick Parker

3-Dec-02 16:08

Paul Ingles wrote:
Ah well, just a random thought! I've got a cold and am not thinking straight.

FYI - I can see your picture now, I was at work earlier, however I doubt that was the issue because my picture was missing as well.

Nick Parker

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#realJSOP4-Dec-02 2:32

#realJSOP

4-Dec-02 2:32

I think mine is the best. Smile | :)

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Brian Delahunty4-Dec-02 2:42

Brian Delahunty

4-Dec-02 2:42

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I think mine is the best.

I think your is just plain wrong!

Regards,
Brian Dela Smile | :)

Nick Parker4-Dec-02 7:31

Nick Parker

4-Dec-02 7:31

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I think mine is the best.

Speaking of which I was wonder, what is your picture of/from?

Nick Parker

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#realJSOP5-Dec-02 6:58

#realJSOP

5-Dec-02 6:58

It came from one of the first issues of Wired if I remember correctly. The closest I can tell is that it's a turkey-monkey (or a monkey-turkey, depending on your outlook on life).

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Paul Ingles4-Dec-02 3:14

4-Dec-02 3:14

Weird stuff. Glad to hear its working -- it'll all c**k-up again when I change my picture to a decent one Smile | :)

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Jason Henderson4-Dec-02 5:28

Jason Henderson

4-Dec-02 5:28

You want a bunch of guys telling you you're hot? Dead | X|

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Paul Ingles4-Dec-02 7:00

4-Dec-02 7:00

Hahahaha, I'd forgotten about the gender gap at this place.

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David Wulff7-Dec-02 8:48

David Wulff

7-Dec-02 8:48

Some people might. Unsure | :~

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Article links

Paul Ingles3-Dec-02 1:10

3-Dec-02 1:10

Following on from a thread in my most recent article I think it would be a good idea to have some way of linking to articles rather than absolute URLs. Often articles are moved, whether from unedited to a section, or from one section to another. Although the error page is good at detecting it, Uwe Keim recommended something that seems pretty good:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/CountryListBox.asp?select=353698&df=100&forumid=13660&msg=353698#xx353429xx[^]

A kind of CMS tag that could be parsed. However, to avoid overhead with processing each page I suggested using some kind of ArticleRedirect page:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/CountryListBox.asp?select=353698&df=100&forumid=13660&msg=353698#xx353698xx[^]

That uses some kind of article identity number on the querystring to forward you to the correct article. That way, when the article is moved it can still be found successfully. The ArticleRedirect script would just perform a look-up on that number and Response.Redirect them on.

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Problems, problems :(

Rohit Sinha29-Nov-02 6:55

Rohit Sinha

29-Nov-02 6:55

Dunno what's up, but I don't get "dynamic view" as an option any more. I don't want the normal view, preview, or threaded view. I miss my dynamic view, I want it back. Cry | :((

And I don't even see the toolbar aka buttons while writing this message. No smiley buttons, no &, no <, no >, clickety button, no nothing. Not even the preview button. (Er, is it because of any design changes or is it just me?) Cry | :((

And (yes, there's more) for the past week or so (eternity?) I can't seem to be able to shrug off the "new" messages. All the messages are new. The lounge has more than 5k new messages now for example. I logged off, came back as an anonymous user, cleared history, cookies, refreshed so many times your server must have thought it was getting a DoS attack. Nothing happened. I work from home and connect to the net from this machine only, so I can't see whether this happens from other machines too.

Please oh please do something about it Chris, and save a fellow human (CPian) from further distress.

Regards,

Rohit Sinha

Roger Wright30-Nov-02 19:42

Roger Wright

30-Nov-02 19:42

You're not alone, Rohit. Several CPians have reported troubles of this sort recently. Rest assured that Chris is hard at work trying to solve the problem. In the meantime, have you considered some of your alternatives? Daylight, for one. Fresh air. Long walks... Drinking heavily and mumbling incoherent ramblings to complete strangers... I don't recommend that last; I haven't tried it but for some reason it just popped into my head as something that might be fun to do sometime. If you do try it, let me know how it works out...

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Rohit Sinha30-Nov-02 20:41

Rohit Sinha

30-Nov-02 20:41

The problem is solved now Roger, thanks. Smile | :)

Except that I still cannot shrug off the "new" tags. All the messages are new. I have 5500 new messages waiting to be read in the Lounge for example now, according to it. As I said in my original thread, I did all I could to get rid of it, but in vain.

As for the alternatives, daylight and fresh air I get from the big window in my room, which I keep open most of the time. I take a walk every evening. Allows me to stretch my legs a bit too, and I get to mumble incoherent ramblings to complete strangers sometimes when I want to. Yeah, I have actually done this on a number of occasions. It's fun really. Once I shouted "Fatty!" in the ear of a really obese guy. Of course I took to the heels after that. He could have powdered me with one hand. On another occasion I said something to the effect of "Old guy, but still dresses young and colourful" in Hindi to a really old guy. It's more fun actually in Hindi, the effect is lost in my poor translation. The original Hindi phrase, an often used one, if translated literally means "Old horse, red seat". The poor guy was in a red T shirt, red trousers, red shoes, a red cap, and was riding a red bike. Dunno where he got all that, or whether all that was for some fancy dress party or something. Imagine, a guy in a completely red outfit. Laugh | :laugh:

I would have never been able to forgive myself if I let that opportunity go. The guy was just asking for it. He found it very insulting and was hurling abuses at me, but I didn't mind, since I was the one who started it, and was laughing so hard I couldn't care less anyway.

So if you want to try this yourself, go ahead, but be sure to pick a harmless sort of guy, or someone smaller than you. Wink | ;)

Regards,

Rohit Sinha

Roger Wright1-Dec-02 3:31

Roger Wright

1-Dec-02 3:31

LOL!!

While I don't advocate causing hurt feelings to anyone, random acts of bizarre behavior are occassionally good for the spirit!

Rohit Sinha wrote:
So if you want to try this yourself, go ahead, but be sure to pick a harmless sort of guy, or someone smaller than you.

That's why I hang out at a place where the old folks like to relax, rather than a bar where the stupid, angry youngsters congregate, looking for a fight. I call the place 'Menopause Manor' and find it comfy there. Should a fight ever break out, there's no one there I can't outrun Smile | :)

And, I'm happy to say, I've never lost a fight in the first five miles!

As to your 'New' message problem, you might try emailing Chris about it. I'm fairly certain that the display is controlled by the date of your last visit, and that is probably stored in a cookie on your machine. For some reason it's not being updated properly; perhaps he can suggest a fix for it.

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David Stone30-Nov-02 19:57

David Stone

30-Nov-02 19:57

Go to http://www.codeproject.com/script/misc/browsercheck.asp[^] and if it shows that you are on Web2 for the server, then you're screwed. Refresh the page and hope that from now on you are fortunate enough to connect to Web1, 3, or 4.

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Chris Maunder1-Dec-02 11:59

Chris Maunder

1-Dec-02 11:59

The issue with Web2 has been fixed - though as always let me know if weirdness occurs elsewhere.

cheers,
Chris Maunder