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Today we deployed version 1.1a of our Cross Reference Encyclopedia with updated content and features. Version 1.1a features a new cross reference guide table of contents on the left menu so you can more easily browse a two language cross reference guide online. In addition, new content was posted for most of the languages and we've finally gotten started on our Delphi Prism content.

Today we posted changes to your home page. Now your home page shows you your most relevant content from the groups you've joined and the threads you've participated in. New posts for the groups you've joined show up right below your group icons. Your most recently updated threads you've participated in right below that. Finally, your latest posts right below that.

Also, in a continued effort to separate Prestwood IT from PrestwoodBoards, the Prestwood IT specific groups and topics no longer show up on the group list nor on the groups menu.

Knowledge base comments are now numbered 1 of x, 2 of x, etc. and the first comment is marked as well as the latest comment.

Member points information.

Our Prestwood Community rank titles are based on Star Trek's Starfleet Officer Ranks. I know, I know, it's a bit geeky, but what the heck. You rise up in the ranks by earning Prestwood points with our Member Points Program. You earn points by participating in our online community: visit, post, etc. You can spend your points in our online store.

Cadet 1st Year=,  Lieutenant=, Commodore=, more...

The easiest way to earn points is to visit daily and post to our Prestwood Message Boards.

A message board is for Q&A, blogs are personal, and WIKI's are controlled.

Stop by the Prestwood IT booth and meet Mike Prestwood. Talk technology, pick up a job application for Prestwood IT, or just say hello.

Over the years we've had many requests for the ability to post anonymously. Today I add the ability to both reply to message board threads anonymously as well as to knowledge base posts. You still need an account if you wish to start a new message board thread or post a knowledge base article. In addition, you can now use the special 'devnull@prestwood.com' email address if you wish to create an account but not use a valid email address.

We updated our New Posts page for all posts and for each group. From the pull-down menu, select Programmer Community | New @ PPC or the What's New option available within each group. The new New Posts page now mixes all types of posts together so you can easily see what's the newest message board post, KB article, comment, blog entry, etc.

• New @ PPC (also available from the pull down menu, Programmer Community | New @ PPC)

 Although our Prestwood Certified area is currently in beta, our study tests are available now. Each study test features beginner, intermediate, and advanced questions. Although we have to add many more questions, the tests are live now and usable for study and review. The purpose of our study tests is to learn and review. You hover over answers to reveal the correct answer. Each question features a pop up [Review] link of study material. Test yourself and review concepts you are not familiar with.

New:  Check out our study tests...

• ASP Classic Study Test
• C# Study Test
• Delphi Study Test
• Paradox Study Test
• Prism Study Test
• VB.Net Study Test
• More...

Study, review, learn.

From any group, you can display a random tidbit, article, cross reference example, or message board thread. This is a fun and convenient way to browse content quickly to find interesting gems. To use this new feature, visit your favorite group and click on one of the random links in the left column menu.

I deployed yet another new version of my Cross Reference Computer Language Encyclopedia. This new version of the software that drives the cross reference data includes fixing defects and some minor enhancements.

Check it out...

• Cross Reference Encyclopedia

The Cross Reference Encyclopedia is also available from the pulldown menu (Programmer Community | Cross Reference Encyclopedia). Enhancements and fixes included:

• CrossRef stats replaced the ambiguous "Version 1.1a" on the main CrossRef page:
  
• Numerous browsing defects fixed. Previously, clicking around led to some unexpected data showing and in some cases no data.
  
• Removed "View All" option and replaced it with a shorter "Overview" page. The "View All" page was getting too long to be of much use so I transitioned to a browse feature. You can still print out each category so "grabbing" a printable version is still possible.
  

PrestwoodBoards Dev: Now when you are signed in, you will see less fluff. You can see this on the main community home page as well as on each group's home page.

Also, all ads are now gone off PrestwoodBoads. Now we just have techie info in a clean environment.

For example:

• Community Home
• C# Group Home

Many new features including an enhanced PrestwoodBoards home page.

The Prestwood Online Community rules and disclaimers. Essentially, our policies all center around be-friendly, don't flame, encourage more discussion, and limit advertising to approved areas.

After two months off, the Prestwood eMag started sending again today now with no Prestwood IT business content!

Today PrestwoodBoards hit the 11,000 members mark!

Good behavior while participating in online communities, blogs, newsgroups, message boards, etc. Although this article is specific to our website, it's intention is general in nature.

Spell checking is available in our rich editor for IE and Gecko based browsers such as Firefox and Safari. We use our rich editor in many areas of our community such as message boards, knowledge base, job postings, resumes, etc. For IE, there is an icon on the editor's toolbar. For Gecko based browsers such as Firefox and Safari, browser enabled spell checking is active. Spell checking is not available for Google Chrome. Currently Chrome's spell checking is not compatible with IFrames so you have spell checking OUTSIDE our editor.

Go to pda.prestwood.com for the small screen version of PPC with small screen features such as a random tidbit browser for studying on the go! All pages are specially designed to look as good as possible on your tiny-screen phone, iPhone, Blackberry, PocketPC, or Palm. To get started, browse to pda.prestwood.com with your PDA-ish device.