I know that stackoverflow uses asp.net mvc but how they do background process (ie) processing a recent user updates,badges etc.... How to get started with background processing in asp.net mvc... ANy suggestion... I just saw jeff's post private static CacheItemRemovedCallback OnCacheRemove = null; protected void Application_Start(objec...
Hi, I'm looking for an open source StackOverflow written in .NET. I've looked at one but it seems to be discontinued. ...
i am working on a site which has dynamic NEWS page... currently when ever i post some news its plain text... i want it to be formatted for various reasons... the thing is i want a post editor like Stackoverflow (the one we use to post our answers).... i don't want code sample but i want the following things in it text formatting... b...
How does stackoverflow create the slidedown effect to alert a user of a change ? ...
I have a search textbox in the web page. When the user presses enter key after entering text in that textbox then the search function should get executed. How to do this? ...
Is there any pagination helper like stackoverflow in asp.net mvc? ...
My impression is that, when I hit Stack Overflow for the first time, it records my IP address as a user since I can ask a question without being logged in, in the traditional sense, but I'm still tracked. Is this what SO does? Base a non-logged in user as an IP address? Or is it a combination of cookies/sessions and IP? I want to...
I want to find out what triggered an event. Namely, the notification bar on this site stackoverflow.com (the bar that tells you when someone has posted an answer to a question you're writing an answer on. It scrolls down slowly from the top and provides a really nice UI for user notifications. I've seen it work on just about ever page. ...
Hey guys, I'm making a site in Rails, and I want to add a vote up/down system like here in Stackoverflow. Can anyone suggest how to do it? I do know that I'll enter each vote into the database, but I mean, how do I code the vote buttons? What will I use, can anyone help me. Ajax isn't required but it would be nice. I was going to try t...
Hi, I want to fetch title and description of any website just like how Facebook Link Share does. I wonder if there are any APIs for this? It is easy to get the title, but sometimes fetching the description is a trouble. Because, not all websites have description meta tag. I've used Simple HTML Dom Parser with PHP to fetch the title & d...
Can somebody help me to use a timer exactly like stackoverflow's answer accept time limit of 14 mins. How to create a timer in jquery and work with it? EDIT: I am doing an online examination system where the time limit is 60 mins i would like to show an alert of remaining minutes every ten mins.. How to do this in jquery? Or should i m...
Hi everyone, How can i change my profile picture in this site? ...
Am not sure, i thing, some of old post threads missing in my account , can your tell me , is there any thing grace period for the threads , thanks ...
I remember marking a few interesting questions posted by other people as favourite . But I don't find a way to see all the questions which i marked as favourite ? ...
The quick login/no registration of stackoverflow is one of its finest features. I'm just curious if there's an off-the-shelf solution for providing this service. Has anybody seen anything? ...
The only solution, I have is Uunfavoring the topic Use Social Bookmarking Use Browser Bookmarking I was hoping that there is there a site preference where I can turn off that notification. Is there? ...
I like many other stackoverflow.com users created the 'Interesting Tags' list. How can I browse post with those tags (with all of them) only? ...
I have 2 computers. Both were logged in. One I logged out. The one I logged out from, now cannot log back in. The other one that was logged in is still logged in and it is that one which I am on now posting here. Here is the error that I get Log In Unable to log in with your OpenID provider: couldn't parse your OpenID identifier. ...
I'm using IE8. I noticed a lot of errors popping up whenever I visit stackoverflow.com. master.js line: 1 'jQuery' is underfined question.js Line: 1 Object expected ask Line: 25 '$' is undefined global-login.js Line: 154 Object expected ask Line: 141 Object expected ask Line: 149 'jQuery' is undefined tageditor.js Line: 1 Objec...