John,

I think all of us are grateful for your work. And any nasty emails are totally inappropriate, and I'm sorry that you have had to put up with that kind of crap!

However, for some, the question of support is not a frivilous one. If it is clearly stated that you will not support a hack, then it gives everyone fair warning that they are on their own.

Also, knowing that an upgrade is not coming in the short term helps all of us know how to further design our own forums.

Again, we are grateful for your work. That was not the issue. So, thank you for the update.

btw (not addressed to you, John) ... those who tell others to "shut up" should expect a little sarcasm back at 'em.

Oh :surprised:

Intrigued

..and those who cant be patient should also consider themselves lucky they get these scripts for free....
I will not enter into a word of words with you - because like John, I have a life and to dignify you more than I have is a waste of my efforts :)

Thanks for the update John, sorry some people have to be moron's about it all - I would just ask you keep going for the people that really appreciate all you do in your free time - and for the rewards you were seeing earlier..

What exactly is the "new system"? And how can I be notified when it's available?


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Click on install and you will be notified by e-mail

I think people (like me) just needed to have some news. We can understand that developping a new system takes a lot of time, a time very hard to find with a professional activity beside. But it's with saying it, that people can realize ; not with letting them talking without knowing.

Thank you :)

P.S : the song before was a parody of "Mary Hopkins" : "those were the days".

I don't feel you "owe" us anything, its a free hack, and as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, so its a bit much to expect everything to work like clockwork.

I have read the whole thread, but over a long period of time. I may have missed this, but I'm presuming there will be an easy upgrade path when the new version comes out.

Ditto.

One thing that has always amazed me in running what are basically free sites is that the more you give people for free the more they will find to complain about.

John, this is a great hack and as much as I would love to see the upgrade, I would be willing to pay for a full working version of this and I'm sure there are others who would as well. It might be something to consider.

God don't get me started, if I see one more thread +++++ing about advertising and why do you have banners on the site...groan...because I don't have ?400 every month to pay for the server and since you guys want it for free DEAL WITH IT!


Sorry just had to rant ;)

John i had some really good ideas that you might want to use when making the next version.

How about these two for example...

1) The ability to save articles in a special favourates folder - pretty useful.
2) The ability to archive articles on a none forum page - so you can degenerate the artcle subjects into a menu and show the articles - you could have a seperate template in the admincp to add a top and bottom template and options to show - just the articles or the ratings also or links to the forum articles, etc.

That would make this hack extremely cool.

Good suggestions?