[Erwin]

Originally Posted by red_baron2000

Let me make my position absolutely clear.

Thanks. I was worried you were holding back.

I believe that the administration of this board has an obligation and a responsibility to all users to ensure that the code that they use is functional.
That it works.
That it?s fit for the purpose for which it was intended.

We have thousands of hacks here. I apologize but I don't have time to install, beta-test and review every single hack here. Unfortunately, I have a day job, and I am just a mere unpaid volunteer here, giving away free time to assist this community.

i respect the time and effort involved by all coders..I DO NOT make any attack upon the individual!....NO! Please do not misunderstand me here.
It?s just that I feel that the crew should be more aware of the image that is projected. After all, we are all professional and that is the way it should be.
The coding should reflect professionalism as well.

Again, I apologize for not being a professional - I am merely an amateur coder. I am sure you are a much better coder than I am.

For one, I am grateful for any snippets that come my way but they must be accurate and have good code protocol and syntax and reflect a good degree of ?know-how? and professionalism as opposed to ?spaghetti code?.
I trust that the above makes sense.

It makes perfect sense. Thank you for your feedback.

This site is for people to share hacks they have written for vBulletin.

Some of these hacks are well-written. Some are not.

We all have to start somewhere. Most of us "hackers" would remember our very first hack that we released and how badly written it was. Imagine if we were shot down or discouraged at that stage - we would have stopped contributing.

Therefore, the "administration" of vB.org will continue to encourage "newbie" coders to release hacks - this is how we all learn. And improve.

This may frustrate the "professional coders" but for the "professionals" it would be simple to fix up the code. To be honest, I never install a hack without modifying it first anyway to ensure it works, is secure and fits my own site.

I hope I am making our position clear.