vbhacks-germany.de

[Deaths]

Originally Posted by Revan

Meh, you lucked out by like 5 secs before my statement would have been valid. Sneaky bastard

Heh, I'm smooth .

Unless they are running a pirate board, such a hack don't have all that many uses to the general public (that I can think of)

You just want my hack released don't you :ninja:

True. I would possibly visit my thread just to check the install count, but it looks much better if it is merged with this one

I would surely check it, heh.
It would look a lot better + it helps in HotM

There may of course exist a hella easier way of doing it. but meh. I just like to post here, ok!? So sue me!

You install and post horny bastard! PERVERT!

Heh.

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Revan

Unless they are running a pirate board, such a hack don't have all that many uses to the general public (that I can think of)

Who is running a "Pirate Board" ???? :ninja: :surprised:

[Hellraider]

i have also seen posts in a hack thread of

"this is the worst hack ever created"

so that also shows the popularity?????

Yes, exactly, because this user has once installed the hack. If he likes the hack or not isn't the point.

Hellraider did you ask Xenon or Erwin (i forget which one owns the site) if they would create a german support forum?

I did not ask Xenon about this. He told this in the above mentioned thread that he would speak to Chen and Erwin.

a) Databases. Im pretty sure it doesn't store hack installs flatfile. If the members no dot speak english, Im sure they haven't registered here at vBorg
b) Update Emails. They would recieve lots of English update emails...

THX Revan. Other good points "against" linking to vb.org

Very true, those problems exist.

Thanks for your agreement Deaths


@all: This thread has been started to get tips on running a german speaking hack support forum AND NOT on getting an install button included within vbhacks-germany

[Revan]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Who is running a "Pirate Board" ???? :ninja: :surprised:

Are you the "general public"????

Originally Posted by Hellraider

THX Revan. Other good points "against" linking to vb.org

Erm hm. If you think that my recongnition of the problems with getting the install function to count on vBorg was an argument for not linking to vBorg, then... meh I will keep my comments to myself... (they would probably be censored anyways)

[Akex]

And it seems to me that you are burning a path to your goal at the moment without stoping to care who that fire might hit.

I agree with Zachery.


IMO, it's a good idea to translate hacks for customers who don't understand english, but support isn't that easy when you are not the coder of the hack.

On vbulletin-fr (just an example, don't want to discuss about our site) we publish translated hacks (with permission of course) and I noticed that it's a bit difficult to help people (especially when there are only two coders in the team). Of course we translate hacks which seem to be bugs-free but it's not always the case. I'm not the author of this site, but I think I will remove in the future many hacks in order to be more efficient

@Hellraider.

Maybe you should ask german coder first and BTW create a german vb hack community which wouldn't be dependant of vb.org. There are many german coders (more than french I suppose, they are too lazy), ask them

[Deaths]

I think enough has been said, and we will just need to wait a while to see if vbhacks-germany will indeed become a Jelsoft sister company.

You guys may translate my /me, /you, /meid, /youid hack, and my BBcode for registered members only hack.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I voted that I don't want my hacks translated and reposted. Why? Because if something is released under my name, I want to control the quality of it.

Amy

Exactly my feelings, too, Amy.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Exactly my feelings, too, Amy.

Well actually this poll makes me laugh (sorry no offense).

First of all Amykhar say he voted not to have is hacks be translated, but the poster seem so confident about himself, he didn't even give this option. It is either now, or later. Never isn't an option.

Been following this thread and tried to keep my comment, but now i am posting anyway.

The arguments given to why this step is needed, don't make to much sense to me, and is making the German people (falsly i think) look like uneducated. The Germans are getting a good education i think and all should be able to understand english and write it a bit. This is a community where people from all over the world are participating, for most of them English is not their first (or even second) language, and a lot of countries have unfortunatly much worse educational systems then germany. I see here people strugling and putting a lot of effort in trying to write a post in somehow understandable english. No matter of it is full of gramatic errors (like 99% of my posts ) or spelling errors, i can have nothing but respect for these people trying, and i will try to answer them showing that respect, if needed answering twice or even more.

If you are someone serious working on running a webpage, a board on any other computer related product, you simply can't get by without some basic knowledge of english.

If you want to translate phrases in any of my hacks, go ahead and post the result here. Posting my hacks on other sites: no. And like mentioned before, real support can only be given by the coder himself.

Hmm think i better stop again, could go on too long about this.

[Akex]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

If you are someone serious working on running a webpage, a board on any other computer related product, you simply can't get by without some basic knowledge of english.

It should be that way, but unfortunately I often see the contrary . Moreover, some coders sometimes write lots of abbreviations (and slang also) in their posts -> hard to understand if you only know english basis (for instance : BTW, IMO aso ...)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you don't understand something, all you got to do is ask. I think most coders (and other members) are willing to explain or to rephrase if someone don't understand.