[Talisman]

I know this is a very touchy subject and quite a few people get riled up ... on both sides of the issue. I'd just like to say that most people I know who charge fees for premium styles or hacks *also* contribute or have contributed a very high volume of free advice and support assistance to others here and in other support forums. So they're not ALL evil... lol. And when they charge a small price for us to use an elaborate modification they developed, then I don't mind paying something for all that time and work. I just get real selective about what I'm willing to pay for. When you total up all the expenses it takes to create and sustain the sort of websites we like to have, it adds up to quite a whopping investment.

Even so, there is one thing that bothers me a great deal. And that's when new coders come along ... learn everything they can from very generous people who've shared their knowledge and expertise with others -- for free -- ... but then they won't give anything back to this community unless they can make money from it. That's just not right and that really hurts everyone. Whenever someone benefits directly from experienced volunteers, they really ought to repay that generousity, in kind. Not to the people they learned from, though... but by continuing the cycle and helping to train/develop a new "generation" of coders who are starting out the exact same way.