Ok I just installed FireBug for firefox, what a great add on this is!
I'm planning on using a Ajax framework for the new version, what do you guys suggest? I really like how YUI is setup, but it seems prototype has the larger community following.
What are you guys using? (MS Ajax I guess?)

hey webmaster. well i have 2 suggestions they might be stated before.
First why don't you add a code

2 suggestions from me as well.
1. Allow White space so that when we copy code in here it remains easy to read (possibly including font colors???).
2. Allow us to edit our past posts (so we can fix typos that we missed in the preview).

Well, the things I've always liked about this forum are its simplicity, speed and attractive use of color and so I hope these features won't be lost in the transition to the new version.
In particular, I hope you won't be introducing a large number of different forums dealing with various aspects of C# (or other .NET language) programming. All this tends to do is to make it difficult for the OP to decide which forum to post the question on (which may lead to multiple posts) and increases the risk that a question may be overlooked because it has been posted on a forum where there's little activity. For the level of traffic we get, a single forum is still viable IMO and the separate 'site suggestions' forum should be scrapped.
I agree with muster that it would be nice to have code tabs which could accept formatted code and keyword highlighting.
I also agree with spotsknight that you should be able to edit (or even delete altogether) your last post. However, I think the ability to do this should be restricted to the last (or only) post in a thread because it is very confusing for someone reading the thread if a poster has replied to a point which was later changed or removed!

I have mixed feelings about allowing the poster complete control to choose different fonts, font sizes or colors as the result often ends up as an unreadable mess given that programmers are notoriously poor at visual design ;)

I was not suggesting we have control over the font colors and sizes. I was referring to Keyword Highlighting. I didn't realize that the Code block that Muster was suggesting would include that.

the forums used to have code support (<a target="_new" href="http://www.csharpfriends.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=18625">example</a>). it broke at some point though.
I'd like to see bbcode support as well. I don't mind typing in html, but bbcode tends to be a bit simpler sometimes.
I agree on the simplicity of the site (both # of forums & theme). I'm a big fan of pure CSS styles as they tend to load faster due to caching of the style sheets / images, and minimal sized html documents.
we used to have a lot of different forums here, but I agreed consolidating was better back then and still do now.
whatever you use for forums, an rss/atom feed would be nice!

If code block support could be brought back as per Madhatter's example, that would be just perfect to my mind :-)
I also agree that an rss feed would be nice to have.
Incidentally, spotsknight, I was really combining your first suggestion with muster's suggestion when talking about formatted code with keyword highlighting within the block. This, of course, is exactly what we have in Madhatter's example.
The point I made about giving the user complete control over appearance was a separate one which I've experienced on some other sites and didn't much care for the results :(
One other suggestion - being able to re-read (or copy and paste from) <b>all</b> the previous posts in the thread whilst you're making a post, and not just the one you clicked reply on, would be great as you tend to forget who said what in the longer threads.

Hey guys,
Well I have designed a CMS from scratch, and I hope it will satisfy all your (good hehe) requests.
Madhatter, yes [code] did break a long time back, i've learned allot since 2001 and this time i'm using SVN so things are going to be a little more stable once I roll it out.
Design wise, i'm going for a simple layout, and a CSS based one at that.
I have bbcode in there, and codeblocks (without syntax highlighting) as well. Is having a scrollbar really necessary though? I can see how it would help but at the same time I like to see all the code at once.
As to the number of forums, I agree a single forum is best. What I think i'll do is have multiple forums (internally in the system), but the main forum page will combine all the threads from all the forums. You will only have to select the appriopriate forum when posting. Is that a good compromise? And users can filter for a specific forum if so desiered.
Vulpes, good idea on the previous posts being visible when replying to a thread.

So the new content management system is based on the new ASP.NET MVC framework.
The new CMS will have articles, blogs (main site blog and user blogs), forum(s), and a media section for things like file downloads and videos etc.
Forums will allow for post editing, and I will set a time limit as to how long one can edit a post for.
I am going a little web2.0 on this release, so user profiles will be beefed up, so you can do things like private message users, add users to friends, get an overview of what kind of contribution the user has given to the site, maybe have some fun features like listing your favorite books etc. I've also built some decent permissions into the code base, so you will be able to allow/restrict actions as you like.
I am also thinking about a point system on the forums which I used to have before, but that will be another discussion for another time once things are rolled out.
The system is pretty large scale, i'm at over 260 stored procedures already!

Sounds like you're heading in the right direction, Salman :)
Personally, I'm not too bothered about having scrollbars on the code blocks as most code posted is either a snippet or a short program.
I hadn't thought of having multiple forums internally which then map to a single external forum but it sounds like a good idea in principle.
As far as the OP was concerned, it would be like placing the thread in a category and, if the question then said "I have a problem with my TextBox", potential answerers would know straightaway whether it was an ASP.Net, Windows Forms or WPF textbox without having to try and guess this from the context.

Ok the designer is doing his thing....this will probably take 2 months to roll out so don't get too excited just yet hehe.

DNP, actually the design should be wrapped up in a few weeks, but your right integrated the new design and more importantly finishing off the new CMS will take about that much time (give or take 20% haha).

Hi Muster (I deleted the thread above yours as it was a technical question which doesn't belong in this thread, and somehow your post was deleted---bug!).
Most of the backend codebase is finished, just have to get a designer to start with some mockups of the new layout etc.
I halted work with a designer because I was out on vacation for the past week....

hello1 salman
i need to design code in c# window application in which i have to add two from when i inserting data one textbox of one form it can show simultenously on another form
plzzz help me as soon as possible