[Revan]

Originally Posted by jilly

There's something called a learning curve. I know several admins who started forums knowing NOTHING about html, css, templates, coding, etc. They learned as they went along.

Why be so harsh on people who are on their way to learning? Why assume, automatically, that new people are lazy and selfish? When I first came here in 2002 I knew almost nothing about coding, and several of the 'smarter' members here were very kind and polite to me, and helped me out, and I was very grateful. A little kindness and patience goes a long way.

Those people shouldn't extensively modify their hacks with other people's code then.
The introduction of plugins helped make installs easier, but I beleive the main reason was that they wanted to make upgrades easier and support still valid without too much hassle.
Im not trying to be elitist, but people should really try to learn themselves before asking questions, which isn't the general mentality of some members. I learned this lesson 2 years ago when I asked about a while() problem and got no answers. I decided to learn for myself, which has served me well ever since.