i gained a lot of advice and information that i will use to improve my searching tecniques and my vb ettiquette. i have been trying to help others but sometimes i get lost in the forums and get confused on which edits for which hacks/mods. but i do try to help.
i dont know how many times i have read and read a 68-100 page thread trying to find my answer only to realize i either forgot what i was looking for or so many people posted that i still didn't understand what had been posted. i do not claim to be great at understanding the language. i know html roughly...but i follow directions well if posted appropriately. i also learn by trial and error. if something says this is the main forum...i know that either my code paste will go there or somewhere else. i know what to look for in templates when they state paste anywhere. if i don't get it the first time i will try a different spot. but eventually i will get it where i want it or know where i don't want it.
i do believe that most of the coders here are very fair ( at least from the forums i have seen and the hacks i have installed). heck andrewd just came to my forum and fixed a problem for me on his own time. i mean heck that is above and beyond what i expected. i thought for sure i would get the response i did something wrong or put this here and do this and upload that. which i would have been extremely happy with in itself.
i will say that i am not really happy with the fact that someone releases a hack/mod on here in a free forum...then leaves something out and redirects you to their personal forum and wants to charge you in order to finish the install. that i don't see as being fair or right. maybe it is but obviously i haven't or won't install that mod. i just think that is a tease.
but in all honesty... this thread has brought a lot of insight of these forums to me. it has reclarified somethings that i can do personally to help others who may not understand as much or little as i do. i am not always right and i always say oops my bad here is what you were looking for or here is the right thing you need to do. i take responsibility for what i post.
in essence thanks for bringing this to light. i myself will try to help and point things out to others if i can.
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Originally Posted by Loco.M
P.S. if your not happy with the search fuction on this site, just go to some larger sites 1,000,000 plus member and try searching for a spasific phrase or item there, after that you may apperciate what you can find here..
i just want to say that i have googled searches and lwt me tell you from my experience...vb.org has the best support even if it is rude at times...eventually you have someone that will be helpful to your post even if it is 3 pages later. i might suggest that people use the thread tools and subscribe to the thread they posted in. i have 17 subscriptions and every time a post goes up i am notified. if i posted a question then i go back and read the recent posts in hopes that someone has given me advice. just a suggestion.
04-08-2006, 12:43 PM
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