[wp-forums] Lack of code savvy volunteers vs wp-hackers

[Michael B]

True, true.  I'm a sexy mutha already, so I need not another feather in my
cap, :-), but it seems as though that the more advanced (extensible) that WP
gets under the hood, the harder it may be for those that might have some
aptitude/desire to employ those options.  There has been some attitude from
my experience that those that are true PHP coders, they can simply wade
through the core functions, and figure it out themselves.  Then there are
those like me, who can follow logical thought, but don't have the background
to get to that themselves. (Side note, I'll gladly tutor someone in the
finer points of cooking for some PHP tutelage)  My issue is that if we could
at least consolidate some of that into /support, then when time comes to
migrate to online documentation, at least it's in a common area to start
with.
  Granted, I came upon wp-hackers quite late in my WP experience, but the
more I read it, the more I see it as an advanced user forum.  Perhaps it had
its place before 1.5 and adoption of plugins, but from my perspective, the
brunt of the posts are really support, not "hacking".  Color me naive.

Worst case scenario, my thread is more fodder for wank.... ;-)

Michael


On 11/24/06, Craig <nuclearmoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I hear what you are saying, Michael. The truth about the lists and getting
> help here is that it doesn't benefit those we try to "train" to use the
> Codex and the forums.
>
> The Codex is full of information that is often hard to find and even
> harder
> to understand. The forums hold their own I think, but the more advanced
> stuff is a challenge. The coders want to do the glam jobs like plugins and
> bug fixes and the like. Support is not sexy, so it doesn't get the
> attention
> it deserves.
>
> Craig.
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