"Coders discussion" forum is now a private forum.

[Darat]

Originally Posted by Tony G

That's the way it used to be. I think this annoucement means you won't be able to view it.

I thought that was how it was.

Personally I don't think it's a great idea. Totally understand preventing us plebes from being able to post until "we've proved our worth" but I'd have thought for people like me (dabbling here and there with our own customisations) it would have been good to be able to see what the elite are doing to help us pick up some pointers and the like.

[amykhar]

Darat, the problem is that people don't restrict questions and comments to posts. They go to the PM system. This means that code I am discussing with another coder, that isn't designed or released for novice users, was still accessible by novices which was sort of pointless.

I am sure many of you have private forums on your boards for whatever reason. And, I'm sure you know that other people feel a bit left out because they can't get in. That's just the way these things go sometimes.

It is a GOOD idea to keep the coders happy here and give them a place to socialize. If they have a place to hang out here, then they are more likely to come here daily and answer questions and such in the other forums.

[Darat]

As I say I don't think it is a good idea since it unnecessarily reduces the information available for the "non-coders" to learn from so we'll have to agree to disagree.

[Acers]

well i would have to agree also.
Its one thing reducing the section to just coders but not giving viewing access is not a good idea. Lot of "novice" users can benefit from looking at the discussion and learn. I thouught that was also one of the main motives of the .org community. As it is a lot of people develop codes themselves for their own sites and on custom basis (i might as well say that i also fall into that) but don't go on to release them. Thats not just selfish or not wanting to contribute, thats mostly cos of time not being there to support them for everyone who installs or maybe some other logical reason. You can punish a bit by not allowing posting but not even allowing viewing is a bit too hard and pointless..
my 2 cents...

[who is chris c]

i guess i need to put out some crappy modifications to get a coder status to read and learn. what about the sections that dont add to the coder status? its pointless for them to release styles or template mods since they dont affect that status. i think this takes away from the forum and def. makes it a more elitest atmosphere.

[amykhar]

Dumb question. Were y'all happy with vb.org before the private coders' forum was created? Nothing has changed for you.

The coders got a well deserved perk. We spend a lot of time helping others here and sharing our work. I don't think a private forum to hang out in is an inappropriate or excessive reward for our efforts.

[who is chris c]

amy no i havent been happy with .org in along time actually. i thought this was going to be getting it back on the right foot in my book but now that this happened it droped it even lower.

edit
and i've helped out many people in the past on their problems but because i dont release hacks i cant benifit. it makes me wonder about this place...

[sabret00the]

if i'm not wrong, anyone who wants to check out the private coders' forum can just go to their admincp, click a button and get access right?

[who is chris c]

not anymore sabre

[sabret00the]

oh well, sucks not to be a coder

joking of course, if that's truly the case you're not missing anything, one of the pricipal rules is NO general discussion. i think at the moment, it's just one of those things where people want to be able to discuss things in depth without having to worry about anyone bugging them for the code or what not.

ps: if anyone is that desperate to see the coder's forum, i'll be happy to find some sort of mini mod on my hard drive and allow them to release it.