On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 09:42:41PM -0400, Mike Potter wrote:
> Recently there has been a lot of email on this mailing list, which is both a
> good thing and a bad thing in my mind. 1. It shows that people are using
> the software, which is good. However, the questions are not being archived
> in an easily searchable format. Might I suggest that the questions that
I remember seeing a few archives of this list, when i searched
for my name (*giggle*) on google. It's not the questions by themselves, but
it's still searchable.
> people ask (mostly Shawn lately) go into the FAQ that is linked from the
> site. Perhaps this could interact with the mailing list, so that when a new
> question is asked we can go and answer it online.
>
> I appreciate that the mailing list is to be used to help people, however I
> think that currently it is being slightly abused. People have to take some
> time to learn programming and know how things function before just popping
> questions to the list. It makes responding very difficult and will
> eventually force people to unsubscribe if the traffic levels continue. I
> think that using the FAQ from the FreeTrade website would be a good idea,
> that way the questions are answered for the next people who will undoubtedly
> have the same questions that Shawn and others have been having lately.
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Potter
> Owner, InTheHack.com - CCA Internet Webmaster
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I agree, although the questions asked are to be expected. First of all, the
FAQ on the freetrade page is severely lacking; that's one of the first things
my boss complained about when he first tried out freetrade. Second, most
people try out freetrade expecting an ecommerce _package_, not a _toolkit_.
In order to make a nice looking site using freetrade, one must have some
knowledge of php and html, which is why so many people are asking questions.
Is this an unreasonable requirement? I personally think so, but then, i have
no idea how to remedy the situation. The ability to edit pages/interface
within freetrade, without having to touch php (and if we wanted to get fancy,
html) would result in a lot less "how do i do this in sql/php?" questions..
Perhaps another possibility would be to use this list for users, and create a
separate freetrade-dev list. Or a list specifically for user questions, that's
archived on freetrade's site.
-Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (yes, i'm still alive..)
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