I want to bring up some more points to attention:
The biggest problem this site has is the rather chaotic way modifications are released and supported here!
If you are a user of vB.org and you search for a hack you directly see in the topic for wich version it was made.
If you have problems with a hack the support is in most cases quick and good
If you look for a hack here you see a topic like "[release] Flag in postbit".
There is no mention for wich version it was released sometime not even in the first post(for this one it was a gamma release)!
You try to install and it doesn´t work because templates have changed.
You ask for support and you can mostly wait several days or solve the problem yourself.
It´s very sad because I think this is what drives users away form your site.
Back in the old days where template hacks are on vB.org it was totaly different.
Suggestions to improve the quality of your site:
1) make clear rules for hack postings (eg vB version in topic title)
2) make a better structure for your modification forums (eg add Forum Home improvements, Profile improvements, etc)
3) make the hack coders support there hacks and if hacks are not supported make a category "unsupported modifications"
4) allow HTL files as attachments
I hope the quality of this site will improve in the near future cause otherwise it would make customers wish the template mod forums would still be on vB.org
Don´t take this personaly I know how much work it is to support a big community but it can be done (see vB.org).
If you can´t manage it yourself because of lag of time get people who are willing to do so!
I think you would get more then enough volunteers
Greetings
StarBuG
ps: please take this as constructive critizism
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