Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What kind of stories can I submit?
    We only accept stories that are related to Microsoft SQL Server. Submitted stories must be open to anyone to read without a subscription. The stories must be in English, but you're welcome to contact us if you would like us to create a similar site for another language. If you feel the community would benefit from a non-sql server related story, you can post it as well.
  2. Why do the story links take us to a detail page instead of directly to the story?
    This is so you can view comments and engage in conversation concerning the story. Click on the screenshot of the site if you would rather be taken directly to the story.
  3. What is the difference between OpenID or Signed up user?
    OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites. We support OpenID login, which means if you have an account in Yahoo, AOL, Wordpress, Blogger, myOpenID etc you can login without registering in SqlServerKudos. If you do not have any OpenID account, you can get one free from here. There is no difference between OpenID and signed up users, we treat both the same. However, some of the OpenID providers do not provide email address of user, which is required to get the complete benefits of SqlServerKudos (e.g. comment notification via mail).
  4. What is user score? How does it calculate?
    User score indicates the contribution of an user in SqlServerKudos. Most of the activity of an user in SqlServerKudos has associated score:
    Activity Score
    Registration/OpenID 05.00
    Story submitted 10.00
    Story appears in front page 05.00
    Story clicked* 00.01
    Upcoming story promoted* 03.00
    Published story promoted* 02.00
    Mark story as spam* 05.00
    Comment submitted* 01.00
    Comment marked as offended by moderator -1.00
    Story incorrectly marked as spam -1.00
    Spam story submitted -50.0
    Spam comment submitted -20.0
    *Story that is not older than 10 days.
    (The above scores might change in future without prior notification)
    If user score falls down in minus figure, the account will be automatically disabled.
  5. What is TopMovers & TopLeaders?
    TopMovers are the users who earned the highest score in last 24 hours and TopLeaders are all time highest score earners.
  6. How does stories get published? Why my story never get published?
    Stories are published based upon votes aka shouts, comments, freshness, views, user score (who voted it), source of story etc. The more the story has these values the more chance it has to be published. Once the stories are published the top ten stories are listed in the front page The story publishing process runs 4/5 times in a day depending upon the upcoming story queue.
  7. I am a blogger, how can I put the Kudos counter in my blog's post?
    You can use the following code in your blog. 
    <div class="kudos">
    <a rev="vote-for" href="http://sqlserverkudos.com/Submit?url=YOUR_POST_ABSOLUTE_URL">
        <img alt="Kudos" src="http://sqlserverkudos.com/image.axd?url=YOUR_POST_ABSOLUTE_URL" style="border:0px"/>
    </a>
<div>
  8. What are the technologies behind SqlServerKudos?
    SqlServerKudos runs on KiGG which is developed with Microsoft supported technologies:
    • ASP.NET MVC
    • LinqToSQL
    • MS Enterprise Library Unity, Caching, Logging application block
    • jQuery and jQuery UI
    Other Open Source/Commercial products: External Services:
  9. Okay, I think this is a cool site, how can I help?
    Become an active member, tell your friends to join us, just spread the word. If you have any business proposal (e.g. showing Ads in this site), we look forward to hear from you.