Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-19 Thread Kae Verens
Richard Lynch wrote: In brief, to explain a snapshot in layman's terms: that's probably a bad idea. anyone that doesn't know what a snapshot is, probably shouldn't need to know - they are most likely working in a package-based environment (either Windows, or an RPM-based Linux), where it

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-19 Thread Jürgen Wind
Jon Anderson wrote: Jay Blanchard wrote: So let me send a rant to other users, in fact a general list of users, because I cannot read. If I could I would know that I subscribed to a list where questions are asked to other users rather than me trying to send an e-mail to the president of

[PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread Howard, Tim
I am a programmer who is fairly new to PHP, and I had a problem trying to make changes to existing code. I tried to look up any existing documentation on your site, and after an extensive search, I finally found someone who has the same problem. The only problem is that he said something about

RE: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am a programmer who is fairly new to PHP, and I had a problem trying to make changes to existing code. I tried to look up any existing documentation on your site, and after an extensive search, I finally found someone who has the same problem. The only problem is that he said something

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread David Giragosian
On 9/18/06, Howard, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a programmer who is fairly new to PHP, and I had a problem trying to make changes to existing code. I tried to look up any existing documentation on your site, and after an extensive search, I finally found someone who has the same problem.

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread Jon Anderson
Jay Blanchard wrote: So let me send a rant to other users, in fact a general list of users, because I cannot read. If I could I would know that I subscribed to a list where questions are asked to other users rather than me trying to send an e-mail to the president of PHP (a hat worn proudly).

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread John Nichel
Howard, Tim wrote: snip Your site is incredibly frustrating and difficult to navigate. My site? Hmmm, I always thought it was pretty easy to navigate. I mean, if you're looking for draft beer equipment, all you have to do is click on the draft beer equipment link. I don't know how I can

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread Richard Lynch
On Mon, September 18, 2006 12:08 pm, Howard, Tim wrote: I am a programmer who is fairly new to PHP, and I had a problem trying to make changes to existing code. I tried to look up any existing documentation on your site, and after an extensive search, I finally found someone who has the same

Re: [PHP] Frustrated trying to get help from your site

2006-09-18 Thread Richard Lynch
On Mon, September 18, 2006 1:43 pm, Jon Anderson wrote: As an aside, I think that the online and offline (downloadable) PHP documentation is probably the clearest, best organized and complete set of documentation for any programming language I've run into online. Certainly online. I think