[wp-forums] number of plugin questions

[Mika A Epstein]

+10 Million.

Plugins with sub-forums for "Support", "Development" sounds great.

If we were going to propose a new "OMG! I've been hacked! WTFBBQ?" forum, maybe we should consider restructuring the How To & Troubleshooting?  That forum, much like Misc., is somewhat of a dumping ground, which isn't bad, but it needs some lovin' to find stuff.

Would it be better to have more top level forums, which people read more, but may become tl;dr or a shorter list of forums with subs that some people may not like clicking through but is more organizable...

(And somewhere in here, Sam and Otto may be regretting this can'o'worms.)


On Sep 23, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Michael Atkins <michael at cubecolour.co.uk> wrote:

> Thats a very good point Mel, perhaps we need a specific forum just for Security issues? With a "What to do if you you think your site has been hacked" sticky at the top?
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> Michael
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> On 23 Sep 2011, at 14:59, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:
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>> on 23/09/2011 13:58 Michael Atkins said the following:
>>> If restructuring the forums is likely to be  considered in the
>>> future, I would suggest that 'Plugins and hacks' could renamed
>>> something like 'Plugins: for support of plugins hosted in Extend'&
>>> 'Hacks' renamed 'Plugin Development: For Plugin Coding Discussion'
>> 
>> +10
>> 
>> About 1 in 5 or 6 posts in Hacks is actually about a site being hacked - which then has to be moved elsewhere. I appreciate that this is just semantics but the term "hack" has very different meanings - depending on your (lack of a) technical background. Given that the vast majority of posters are non-technical, forum titles should support common language usage - not geek-talk. Those with technical clue will already know where to post etc.
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>> Mel
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