Cool Forum
Hi Guys,
Would just like to say how useful I have found this forum to date..
Looks like M$ are finally helping us out :)
Im a new developer ( VB.NET is my first language) and a total noob, But this place is certanly helping me in the right direction.
I have to admit though, that most of what is here is a little too technical for me, but has pointed me in the right direction most of the time.
Keep up the good work
p.s. Could there be a new section for newbies any time soon ? As this might make the intoduction to the language a bit smooter for ppl like myself....
Max
despite of newbie or not, i think ppl here will like to help us out, am i rite?
p/s: im newbie too ...haha
Hi,
Creating a Newbie section here might confuse other users. You can't really draw the line on what's a newbie question or not. Maybe to you its a newbie question yet to some its very technical. I guess creating a barrier between newbies and techies is not quite healthy, we want users to interact with each other (techies and newbies). So don't hesitate to post a question even if you think its a newbie question, coz afterall all of us must go through the newbie stage. And most of the users here would be glad to answer any kind of question may it be newbie or not...
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag
Hi,
I agree with Paul. Sometimes, simple questions may have complicated answers and its best to have forums based on technologies as is the case now rather than going for forums as Newbie, Intermediate, Advanced etc.
Regards,
Vikram
Putting it that way, I can see what you mean.
I have posted a few questions recently and they HAVE been answered, and elaborated on if needed.
This is indeed, a very useful resource, even for a beginner I have found.
Keep up the hard work guys, its well appreciated.
Max
I appreciate these forums too. I am curious what software is used to allow users to edit/create these HTML messages from inside their browsers.
Is it just some custom Outlook/Exchange Server software (though I don't think I installed any related ActiveX controls) or the ability of IE 5.5 & higher to go into edit mode?
I ask as I'd like non-technical clients of mine to edit sections of their web sites. I am also looking at various Portal software (www.DotNetNuke.com for instance), but thought I'd ask in case this was some cool sample code available somewhere.
Thanks!
 Vikram wrote: |
| Hi, I agree with Paul. Sometimes, simple questions may have complicated answers and its best to have forums based on technologies as is the case now rather than going for forums as Newbie, Intermediate, Advanced etc. Regards,
Vikram |
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I disagree. I have spent a considerable amount of time over at www.asp.net, that is where I got more help than anywhere else when I started programming and the Getting Started forum over there is one of the most popular forums for a reason. Experienced programmers with advanced technical knowledge are not as likely to seek help as people who are just starting out. I beleive there should be a Getting Started forum in each section and I would be willing to bet it would be more popular than the other forums.
Plus, it would focus the beginner style questions to a single forum where it would be easier to find previous posts about the same question so there aren't multiple posts about the same thing(which is a habit newbies tend to have), and so more complicated forums can stay more complicated and be dedicated to advanced discussions.
Just my 2 cents...
are you talking about the forums? or the textboxes used to create the html enabled messages? if you are talking about the textboxes, you should check out
FreetextBox, by John Dyer.
Hi,
Nice point. But if a Getting Started thread group would be implemented, then I guess all programming lang and technologies should also have its own getting started group. ASP.net might take advantage of the getting started forum, but its because ASP .net is entirely dedicated to ASP. Contrary to this forum that handles almost all of the .net technologies. I have browsed the getting started group in ASP.net and I found that some of the questions there are not a newbie question. My point is, this forum's objective is to provide valuable and easy to find information. So why seggregate resources that are alike (technology-wise)? What borders a post to be declared as newbie or not?
A getting started forum might be very useful, but I definitely disagree on creating a new forum group for it. What about a sub-group? That would be nice...
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag
Yes, we've been leaning toward turning on beginner forums once we launch VS 2005 in the fall. But a discussion like this is good feedback to hear the case to be made on both sides. I too share a concern about splitting the expertise around.
