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jmunjr
(@jmunjr)
So can someone tell me some good blog software that comes with support? This is one of the first times I have ever used a GPLed product with no responses to my inquiries. I’m not faulting it, I know it is free, but seriously, two posts and nothing. Never happened to me before. Call me lucky.
It’s possible no ones responding because the answer to your question is in the codex.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_get_links
if (is_category()) {
wp_get_links($cat);
}
Thread Starter
jmunjr
(@jmunjr)
Wow, so i have to know exactly where something is before I can get an answer? I searched quite a bit for an answer – here, on google, on the site. Didn’t find that. I spent a lot of time searching and almost started writing a plugin to do it. After all that time I would have figured someone who knew would answer. I say nobody up until you knew. If they did then what is their problem?
Thanks for the link. I’m not sure if will help me but I won’t know until I get time to try it out.
This forum is comprised of other users like yourself, who volunteer their time to help other people. I notice that you’ve asked two questions and haven’t once offered anyone else help or advice. You want others to jump when you ask a question but you’re apparently unwilling to give anything in return. Interesting.
Thread Starter
jmunjr
(@jmunjr)
How do you know I am unwilling to give anything in return? I just downloaded the software. Are you saying I should help people out before I install it and get it functional? I’m sure that would do wonders for this support community..
How could I offer anything if I don’t know anything..yet? I actively have helped numerous people in other projects once I knew what I was doing. I wrote contributions for OSCommerce and gladly helped others with it and answered many other questions on their forums. That is one of many examples.
When I did get a response (from wyrd33) I was patronized perhaps because I insulted him by asking about alternates to WordPress(though I was serious). If I hadn’t done so I bet I wouldn’t have gotten an answer. So my tactics to get a response, as insulting as they may have been perceived, obviously worked.
In any case, I sincerely apologize if I came across in a bad way. I was dead serious about an alternate application to WordPress. While I enjoy doing everything myself I don’t really have enough time any more to do it all. I don’t want to hire someone to do it, but I am willing to pay for software that works and does what I need and has reasonable support. If WordPress offered support at a reasonable price they’d have my money by now.
Thank you for your support.
If you look at some of the support questions you’ll see that many are basic html/css questions from newbies. Try helping some of them — it’ll make you feel happier.
While I enjoy doing everything myself I don’t really have enough time any more to do it all.
People dont like to search for others – if searching is included in the above, then good luck.
While I enjoy doing everything myself I don’t really have enough time any more to do it all.
I don’t want to hire someone to do it, but I am willing to pay for software that works and does what I need and has reasonable support.
Thats oxymoronic.
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For starters, wordpress does have reasonable support — its compromised of the volunteers that make up this forum. Whats not reasonable is people like you that get bent when their questions dont get answered on their timeline.
Have a great day.
If you desire less reasonable support consider a paid support option:
http://automattic.com/services/support-network/
or maybe try here:
http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro
Thread Starter
jmunjr
(@jmunjr)
Thanks for the info. It wasn’t oxymoronic. I have some time to do stuff like this, just not enough time. So if I can get answers quickly enough then it works for me. If not it doesn’t. the timeliness is important and I understand that can be an issue in a free support community, especially this one.
I asked for some help and it didn’t come, so I asked for “paid” options, and I got derided for it but eventually got an answer to my first question, but still got derided some more, and after my response, I got derided even more and finally got an answer to my second question!
I thank you for the help, but seriously, look what it took for me to get an answer! Do I really have to kiss that much ass to being with?
Also what is wrong with people who “get bent when their questions dont get answered on their timeline”? That is why I asked for paid options, because some of us have to get “bent” about it..
Again, thank you for your support.
