The Philosophy of Hacking Discussions Continued - Hacks You Don't Release

[amykhar]

Many of us have hacks that we don't release to the hacking community. Some of them are hacks that are too specific to our own forums to be of use to anybody else. Some of them are things we've done that we don't want to take the time to document and support. Others are things we have done that we want to remain unique on our own forums.

I have a few little things I have done that are Epinions-specific.
I didn't release my premium style hack for over a year out of laziness but finally decided it was time to contribute again.
I have one other hack I have had on my board from time to time that I know people want but I have mixed feelings about releasing it. My style and graphics skills are not the best; so if I want my board to have something special (besides the content) then I need to reserve some of my coding work.

So, what hacks haven't you shared and why?

[filburt1]

I haven't shared HelperBot because I'd rather sell it. There's also major template mods, both functional and cosmetic, at WDF that make it unique that would betray WDF to sell.

[filburt1]

Side note: coolies, my new sig image works

[Erwin]

I haven't released my custom Forum Admin/ Mod system - integrating warnings, suspension, normal banning, troll banning with automatic member notifications, integrated into our points system and private forums, also with automatic post suspensions, trashcan etc etc.. It's too specific like you say. Plus our points system is way too specific too.

I also have like a million small mini-hacks all over the place, which would not be beneficial to anyone else.

[Dean C]

I have many custom hacks which some people have helped me with and some i have done through my own knowledge. But they are specific to our site. They wouldn't fit in on any other genre of site

- miSt

[Boofo]

Since my site sucks, there aren't too many hacks that I have that anyone would want. And my coding skills are that of a 2-year-old but I have a load of fun butchering up my site just to see how much of a mess I can make. I call it the mud-pie site.

[Chris M]

Lol

I have made a few hacks that are specific to DarkBlazes...I guess some of them are too unique to be seen everywhere

Satan

[Tony G]

I used to have my own custom title system which I never released, I had alot of help with it though but vB default made it not needed.

[Dean C]

Wow Boofo - your site looks so much better than it used to

- miSt

[N9ne]

I've made hundreds of little modifications that are specific to my forum, I could release them but I'm too lazy to sift through my code and change it to work on someone else's vB.