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StackOverflow reputation using Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe)

How can I view my reputation with a Command Prompt script? (In reply to StackOverflow reputation using PowerShell, because I'm bored as hell.) ...

How can I build a tabbed menu in ASP.NET MVC?

I would like to build a tabbed menu pretty similar to the profile management of StackOverflow. When you take a look at the url, it said: /users/flesym?tab=stats or ?tab=prefs. I was able to create the tabbed menu, but I'd like to know HOW can I call an action method and display the result depending the selected tab. I tried using a p...

How can I emulate a SO-style tagging system in Rails?

I think that the SO-style tag system works very well and would like to emulate it in an app I am building with Rails. I am especially enamored by the way the tag entry box looks up the top 5 tag matches as you type. Is there a built-in function or plug-in that would do something similar for me in Rails? Otherwise, what would be a good...

Passwords for applications using third-party authentication?

I have an ASP.NET MVC application into which I have just integrated the RPX third-party federated identity system. The integration is working ok, but I'm having some difficulty wrapping my head around what to do with it at the ASP.NET level. Because the identity is handled externally, I have no need for passwords in my app: I never rec...

Is there a script or program that will efficiently and quickly load up the SO dump into SQL Server?

Before I go about doing this myself, I wonder, has anyone written a script or program that can efficiently and quickly load up the the SO data into SQL Server. I tried the script here but it completely took out my machine. Im thinking either some c# script that streams through the xml file forward only and uses bulk inserter should d...

What is the cost of coding and deploying asp.net MVC or stackoverflow.com, ASP.NET MVC VS struts,spring

I'm wondering what the cost is in tools to work with and deploy a website like stackoverflow with asp.net mvc. I have just checked and it seems like visual studio professional has suddenly got a lot cheaper, infact almost too good to be true price. But if they are working with SQL enterprise, the cost of this seems around £10,000 for t...

"Live Preview" of a forum post or comment, like stackoverflow does

Hi.. I wanted to implement a "live preview" of forum posts / comments / etc, kinda like stackoverflow.com does (when you ask a question, you see the preview below it in the div with the blue background). What's the best way to do it? I would really want to avoid re-implementing my bbcode parser in java as it would be very complex. I was...

What's the best way to provide animation grabs, e.g. when asking questions about coreanimation?

This is a little meta, but I'd like to ask a question related to coreanimation on the iphone, and I think it would really benefit from some kind of movie attachment / link to show what the code does. Probably I'm not the only one who'd like to do this. My question is, what's the best way to illustrate an animation, grab it from the devi...

JQuery book recommendation and can we have a books reference wiki on SO?

I started looking at a book for JQuery and as usual I started perusing through reviews on Amazon. So far I'm split between Learning jQuery 1.3 by Chaffer and Swedberg vs. JQuery in Action by Bibeault. Any pros/cons and what other title would you recommend? It seems that the first title needs also a companiion for the UI, like JQuery UI 1...

How to write a basic stackoverflow.com for self use?

I am not a web programmer...I am trying to write a basic stackoverflow.com or similar for internal knowledge exchange. I want to know what I should start from and what I need to learn. I am usually program in C++, and I have been programming in Java for a while for new job. I know html, python, and some javaee technology: EJB, Servlet et...

SO's question box and preview

This question is based on this thread in Meta. I would like to have an offline access to SO's editor and to its preview such that I can type fast. Editor I found the following HTML of the question box. <div class="resizable-textarea" id="wmd-container"> <div id="wmd-button-bar"><ul id="wmd-button-row"><li class="wmd-button" i...

jQuery SO Vote-Object and Scope

This is a javascript question. The fact that it mentions this website is irrelevant. This does not belong on meta. I'm working on a Greasemonkey script to auto-load additional pages of answers onto the first page of answers here at Stackoverflow as you scroll. This is working well. I want to maintain the ability to up-vote/down-vote t...

What is a good solution for cross browser javascript redirect with history?

I am currently fighting Google Chrome on the following action: location.href = url location.replace(url) document.location = url window.navigate(url) // doesn't work in Chrome/Firefox location.assign(url) window.open(url, '_self') window.location.href = url I have tried all, and neither will add a history ent...

Stackoverflow-like questions/answer functionality for Sharepoint

Does anyone know of a solution that provides functionality to Microsoft Sharepoint that offers Stackoverflow like functionality? ...

Please help me understand a few things found in the SO page source

I was just viewing stackoverflow page source and I have a few simple questions; 1) What is the purpose of this? DO search engines see this or something else? <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Stack Overflow" href="/opensearch.xml"> 2) ?v=3731 Why is this added to the end of some javascript and s...

jQuery alert plugin that produces alerts like Twitter/StackOverflow?

A while ago I came across a jQuery plugin that produced the alert/message boxes like those seen on Twitter (when saving settings) and StackOverflow. Can somebody point me to them online? I'm having trouble getting relevant search results... Thanks ...

How to create a stackoverflow like Q&A board ?

Hello, After using stackoverflow for weeks i am just addicted by its system and the "badges" system. Is it possible to create a simple Q&A board with this concept or is there any tutorials ? ...

Is this a suitable SQL schema for a site similar to StackOverflow?

I'm trying to create a site similar to StackOverflow. I just created a SQL schema today and need some feedback on what needs improvement. Here's a link to the schema (Requires MySQL Workbench) Here's a picture of the schema: Is there anything I can do to improve this schema? ...

Stackoverflow like modal popup in jquery...

Which jquery modal plugin does stackoverflow uses (ie) When i try to close a question? Any suggestion.. ...

Tags hovering like Stack Overflow using jQuery

How does stackoverflow does that hovering effect on a tag of a question? How to do the same using jquery? EDIT: Not that mouseover i want the submenu showing Add Jquery to favorite tags ...