[KuraFire]

Originally Posted by princeton

kura,
You previously stated that you are doing this for "the community". If this is true, you would probably get more support...
If you add these options for hackers:

• Create .htl installer
• Create standalone installer
• Create .txt file
• Create ALL of the Above

I would, but you have to understand that I'm not a magician!!! I can't make several weeks worth of coding in a day!
I already made a Create .txt File option for the HTL, and am awaiting vB.org to respond to it - if the .txt made by the HTL is sufficient, I will release that version.

A standalone installer is at least a month's worth of work, cos creating ready-PHP code in PHP code while also doing a LOT of intricate things inside that all.... well, it's just not easily done in one's spare time.

Originally Posted by princeton

AND ...

• the abilty to view all content (files/templates/phrases) to the end-user - I'm not talking about what the author wants you to see ... I'm talking about EVERYTHING.
• the ability to NOT save hack data onto the server (I think this is a waste of space.) - I would rather have the htl read from each .htl file if and when needed.

The first can already be done, though if you mean you want to read out the XML files into an interface, then yeah that's the only thing we can't do with it yet, and I will try to look into making that possible (but vB3's functions can't be used for that, so I'd have to write my own xml parsers entirely for that, that === more time once again).
The second is a good idea, and I'll look into adding it. Like... you upload the .htl from your harddrive to do a (verbose) Test run of it on your HTL. That would ensure that:
a) your database will not be touched
b) you get to see what each step does
c) you don't have to upload any files to the server yet, only a temporary upload from your harddrive to test things out.


Would that be sufficient? If not, what more do you want? :\

Originally Posted by princeton

listen to my reasoning before you go off on your ranting...

1. the end-user (the members here) will have a choice
2. you will enable all hackers with a choice
3. no one would feel that they are forced to install your htl
4. no one would feel that they are forced to accept "your standards"
5. the .htl will be more widely used

If you do all of the above, everyone will SEE that you are doing this for the better of "the community".

The new feature `Make .txt Installer` alone will already take care of those 5, so I guess I'll be releasing that version soon. Would that please you?