Where vB is going wrong

[pcoskat]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Steve

That's fine if you have the code guy asking the questions, but that's not what people are complaining about. If you're the one asking for support for a hack, you should probably be the person who installed vBulletin or at least knows their way around administering it.

Where are you coming up with these silly rules?:cross-eyed:
(Rhetorical question...)

I honestly think a LOT of these problems will be resolved when/if Wayne gets that professional directory up and running.

Many of the people here creating hacks are quite young (and quite brilliant, apparently)...but young people have school, and other 'interests' that distract from 'supporting' a hack. I don't have any issues with that at all. (in fact, I'm always impressed when I see a coder is 16 or 17...very impressed.)

On the other hand, there are a lot of people who visit this site who are admins (not 'techie' admins, but admins, none-the-less) who are looking for certain board add-ons to enhance their member's site experience.

These types of admins don't care to follow the development of a mod, they don't want to crawl through code, they want to know that it works, and then find someone to install it. (These types of admins fall into two camps: Those who want things for free, and those who have a budget and are willing to pay for assistance.)

A professional directory community would be very helpful to the latter camp, and could prove to be quite lucrative to the experienced coder.