I have an idea about cutting down on some Frequently Asked Questions in certain forums..
For instance, in the PHP forums one question frequently asked is "why doesn't this code work?"
A question that typically relates to the register_globals setting, which Nik and I and others have answered hundreds of times.
The books are a bit dated, so people new to the language have no idea that this configuration directive is now turned off by default, thus making non-working code.
I thought it would be cool if each topic could have an FAQ category, where the posts could be locked and moderated and contain information on questions like the above. Where only certain members would be allowed to make posts to, such as the moderator or members with a certain 'karma' setting to keep all the other traffic in the other forums.
I don't think just posting topics in the regular forums with a sticky setting would do enough cause I'm sure for some topics there can be quite a few FAQ's. In the PHP forums I can think of error_reporting, sessions, file uploads, database management, image manipulation, etc. Obviously Wiley wants to encourage people to continue buying books for such information, but none-the-less this continues to result in the same questions being asked over and over. This would leave us more time for the truly clueless.
Just a thought!
: )
Rich
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