[wp-forums] Supporting Plugin Authors

[Michael B]

I'm not so sure telling someone to "grow up" will benefit the discussion.

On 8/23/05, Michael E. Hancock <mhancock at us.net> wrote:
> 
> Lorelle,
> 
> Before getting interrupted by Codex Cleanup Week I started a list--it's
> messy but you can add that to the converstion:
> 
> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/Responsiblities_of_Plugin_Users_and_Authors
> 
> Also, don't forget the information you added June 2 to Managing Plugins:
> 
> http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Managing_Plugins&diff=15818&oldid=13390
> 
> ~~~~MichaelH
> Michael E. Hancock
> mhancock at us.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lorelle VanFossen" <lorelle at cameraontheroad.com>
> To: "WordPress Forum Discussion" <wp-forums at lists.automattic.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:11 PM
> Subject: [wp-forums] Supporting Plugin Authors
> 
> 
> > I'm starting to hear a lot of whines from WordPress plugin authors about
> > the demand on their time and energy to provide support for their
> > plugins. I'd like us to talk about how we can help them. Currently it is
> > the semi-official policy that if people need help with plugins, they go
> > to the author first, search second, and last resort, ask on the Forum.
> > But I'm worried about "plugin author burnout". We need these creative
> folks.
> >
> > We need to make it clear to plugin authors that clear and intelligible
> > instructions need to be in a readme file and on a specific web page on
> > their site. I think that plugin authors should "beta test" their
> > instructions as much as their plugin to make sure they make sense. ;-)
> >
> > And to be honest, some plugin authors get so jazzed about what they have
> > done, they hype it all over the place, so everyone runs to it and then
> > the author gets bombarded with support questions. It's great to have the
> > fame, but there is a price to pay.
> >
> > What can we do to help them out? Is there anything?
> >
> > Lorelle
> >
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