[wp-hackers] For those who don't subscribe to the wp docs mailing list:

[Craig Hartel]

Alex,

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. That's the community spirit at work!

Alex wrote:
> 
> 
> Having a seperate channel for wordpress support might not be a bad
> idea. Not necessarily renaming the existing channel, but creating an
> additional wordpress support channel. In this channel, everyone would
> accept they are either there to help someone or ask a question, and
> not be there to socialize or discuss hacking.
> 
> The forum would be much easiser to read if it extended more than 63
> characters wide (that's all that fits in my browser - OSX::Firefox).
> The forum is otherwise easy to use.
> 
> A wordpress support mailing list. For me, mailing lists are much
> easier to deal with because they are sent to me - as opposed to a
> forum where I have to go and look for them. The mailing list could
> specify it's scope and have moderators to make sure it doesn't get
> into non-support discussion. In fact, if SPAM weren't such a problem
> for some, I would think the only functionality a forum provides is an
> archive and appendix of users.
> 
> Aside from all that, a forum/mailing-list connector would be
> excellent, but that might be a little far fetched.
> 
> A script similar to that which sends mail to wp-cvs list, but for the
> wiki instead would be nice. It might even improve the accuracy of the
> wiki. If an email was sent to members of the list every time a major
> modification was made to the wiki (page added or remvoed, or a diff of
> more than a paragraph of text), it would be easier to help it grow
> because we could see what's happening and contribute adhoc upon
> notification instead of just looking around for something to do.
> 
> Last, creating an error handler in WP code would be beneficial. As in
> http://php.net/set-error-handler
> Then, generated a documented set of error codes, along with the proper
> code to handle them. Then, providing reference links on pages with
> generated errors that link directly to a reference page (see
> http://wordpress.org/docs/reference/ ) of errors and 'comments' of
> information. Similar to functions of PHP having comments at the bottom
> of them. The reference manual to WP (not the wiki) could have comments
> as well. I think the Wiki is a community effort in documenting the
> project and not necessarily the reference manual for users. It could
> be, but it can be edited by anyone and thus not a good reference to
> link to from the WP script. Again, a little far fetched, but it's
> something I would do if I had the time to generate the code.
> 
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