[wp-forums] removing traces... ++ Forum FAQ

Fri Sep 8 17:19:47 GMT 2006

Regarding the FAQ for the sidebar example - that's what we are discussing
again for the general FAQs.  It's been attempted before, I'm sure Michael H
can produce some of the Codex pages that he put together for such.  It's a
matter of organizing everyone and getting on the same page to consistently
direct users to the same place, and adding these to the individual FAQs for
each forum.

Regarding the search - it's come a long way, and is much better than it
was.  There was a feature to nominate a link as the top answer to a
question, however it was never really adopted by any of the forum
regulars/mods, perhaps that could be part of the new focus as well.

Regarding pasting code - There was discussion once of creating a WP specific
pastebin, possibly within the codex, for permanent code examples.  Anyone
have experience setting up a pastebin?  It's possible we could lobby Matt
for some server space to have a pastebin for the forums to eliminate the
long pastes, and shortcomings of the code pasting feature currently in the
forums.

Also, keep in mind that madwaffe is now a full time Automattic employee, and
is actively working on bbpress, so we will be seeing some love there.  I
think the general consensus has been expressed on what specific
fixes/upgrades are needed, so it should just be a matter of time (though I
don't have specific knowledge of what his priorities are regarding the
code).

I'd just like to take a second to thank everyone for participating, and say
it's nice to see some new names interject on the list.

~miklb

On 9/8/06, Yosemite <yosemite at samdevol.com> wrote:
>
> spencer wrote:
> >> Yes, but what about people that post something, and in a few months,
> >> they move it?  They won't come back to the forums and change it.  And
> >> although adding that clause somewhere would be *nice* - most of them
> >> won't read it (or care).
> Links go bad all the time, all over the internet. I wouldn't want to see
> bad links in the codex/doc's but in a 'live' support forum I don't think
> it's a big deal.
> >> I mean, how many times have we seen "my sidebar dropped, what do I
> >> do?"  I see that question a gazillion times a day (why don't we make
> >> a sticky at the top for that? LOL),
> I would have thought that was a no-brainer, but I guess I'm missing
> something...
> > That's why I had made the suggestion waay back, about maybe making
> > forums, like phpBB did, for the "Knowledge Base". Take ONE good
> > thread, of a specific problem, with the answer to that specific
> > problem... and put it in a "Knowledge Base" type of forum(s).
> I would think that would work well with the sticky idea (mods make a
> sticky for "OMG! My sidebar is fubar'ed!" and include working links to 3
> or 4 good threads... Someone reports a site/link in thread is bad, the
> sticky gets changed to reflect that. WP/mods/devs try to take
> responsibility for working links in their posts, users: whatever...
> >> I always wondered why we weren't allowed to post code on the forums
> >> (I mean, you *can*, but I mean "lengthy code")?  Is it just because
> >> it's a lot to wade through and it doesn't look nice, or is it because
> >> it takes up a lot of server space?
> Agree with spence here, too cumbersome for the current forum
> style/layout for me.
>
> The search feature on the wp forums is pretty abysmal. I was
> disappointed to note that Lorelle had pushed for changes and I don't
> think anything occurred. In my limited experience in the forums, the
> search feature is useless in it's current form to the casual
> user/visitor. Be nice to see some focus there...
>
> -Sam
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