+ Modification Database :Please *VOTE*POLL+

[Talisman]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Now i try to understand a bit more where the cry for seperation between code hacks and the rest come from.

I wasn't saying that to agree the hacks need to be split up that way. On that question, it wouldn't make any difference to me whether they're grouped together as plugins, code changes, or whatever else. (Which is why I didn't vote here.)

Overall, I probably fall more within the group that wants them separated by function or utility. Back when I was more active here, I never missed anything. The layout we had in the 2.x days worked great for me. Every day or every couple of days, I would come to the site and:

1. Check the 'new hacks released' box on the main page. I'd figure out what they were for and keep tabs on ones I might want to install later on. (Then just wait for the inital wave of bug reports to be resolved before installing anything so I wouldn't create problems I couldn't fix.)

2. Then I'd look through function sections... mainly studying Security Hacks, Admin CP Hacks, Forum Mod Hacks. These modification threads taught me alot about my own board.

3. Then, I'd click on the 'get new posts' button to see what was going on in some of the latest discussion threads.

I missed out on alot of development (and understanding) being gone for a couple of years. I came back during the latter phases of 3.x beta releases. Back then, I was still expecting to make "insert here" and "replace this" code changes, while trying to figure out how conditionals work. But the whole site and temperament was different here ... plugins, hooks, major hack packages ... I got lost in all the changes and the complaining was too discouraging. I still poke around a little now, but tend to hold off yet trying to learn more. The signal-to-noise ratio here still runs a little high for me.