its the worst forum i have ever seen in my life. no member helps each other and even if they help they do it after weeks

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nevets’s picture

Lets see you have been posting for four days and you don't like the forums. There are a lot more people asking questions than people answering that's for sure. But posts like this will not help you in your quest for answers.

subhojit’s picture

there are other forums like .net forums and ubuntu forul where members at least try to give appropriate answers. but this forum is awful

jaypan’s picture

And again, you should be horrified with the treatment you've received. You should lodge a formal complaint, and request a refund of all monies paid by you so far. You have spent far, far to much to have to deal with the type of forum you are receiving for that payment.

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jaypan’s picture

I suggest you ask for a full refund, as you don't appear to be getting your money's worth.

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mukesh.agarwal17’s picture

for instant support, please use irc and mailing lists.. if you wish to be a Drupaler in the future, its best if you try and help other people solve problems.. the Drupal community is a strong one.. none of the modules that you find here are paid.. i wish you take the responsibility of making sure no one gets a reply "weeks later" once you start using it.. its time we stop being "just" on the receiving end..

Mukesh Agarwal
www.innoraft.com

subhojit’s picture

honestly, i am looking forward to become a strong Drupaler one day. but, it will take time and lots of experience. till now i can say that i am just a novice in Drupal. i have spent a week with Drupal and i havnt got a single help from this forum, my mentors helped me when i was stuck. this was different when i was learning ubuntu and .net and i must say that these forums helped me a lot in my learning period.

it took me a day just to create a simple image gallery and that also i got help from the older posts of drupal.org. anyways, drupal.org forum is not for novices. as you said i should have used IRC or mailing lists.

WorldFallz’s picture

it's also complete nonsense.

In the 4 days you've been in the forums you posted 5 threads (besides this one), and all but one has received replies. You also post poorly formed or incomplete questions and put them in the wrong forum-- and yet you still received replies.

If you're going to criticize at least be honest about it-- everyone, not just admins, can verify what you say via your tracker so you're not going to fool anyone.

jaypan’s picture

Yeah, I just went and checked, he he received answers to all except one of his queries.

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subhojit’s picture

those replies didnt helped me dude. i never understood the Drupal documentation, only after i started using Drupal modules like views the documentation made some sense to me. you should know that one of my thread regarding errors was removed from forum. that made me feel bad. when i posted my questions i was a complete beginner to Drupal and thats why i might have posted them in wrong forums. but, one thing i dont know why members bother to reply some threads which are almost 30-40 weeks old??

Drupal is a very good CMS and one can create a fully functional website without writing a single piece of code(only if he understands the working of modules provided by Drupal)

jaypan’s picture

The replies didn't help you for two reasons:
1) Your original questions were extremely open. You can't expect specific replies to open questions, all you can expect are open replies
2) You never asked for any clarification when you didn't understand the responses.

Members reply to old threads because they have found those threads when searching for a problem, and afterwards they find the solution to the problem, so they post an answer for anyone else who may be using the same search terms. I've done it, and I've also used replies that were very old. That's one of the things that makes this a good community - people still give answers even when they are old.

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subhojit’s picture

yes i appreciate this cause... but i like quick good response. unlike you i cant afford to wait for weeks just to remove an error

WorldFallz’s picture

Then you should consider posting good threads -- the kind that tend to elicit good quick responses. Whining and complaining in the forums while repeatedly demonstrating a complete lack of effort on your part is not going to get you closer to your goal.

MikeJ-1’s picture

jay,
Excellent response. And to the original poster, if you're not happy, why not just go somewhere else! Why do you have to post such a negative comment? Take a chill pill and don't bring others down. :)

michelle’s picture

Uh... You posted that you needed help getting started but didn't want people giving you text because you don't like reading nor videos because you don't have the bandwidth. If you're looking for someone to come to your house and hold your hand through making a site, I'm not surprised you're disappointed with the response. :P

Michelle

subhojit’s picture

i like simple written understandable text as in w3schools.com, and not the bookish text as in Drupal documentation.

michelle’s picture

Drupal is not simple software. There is a high learning curve and it takes real effort not only to master it but even to use it with any degree of competence. Given what you have expressed so far, I honestly think you would be better off with Wordpress. You are just going to be frustrated trying to use Drupal if you are not able to understand documentation that isn't written in baby steps.

Michelle

subhojit’s picture

i wont quit Drupal. there is only one thing for me now :) "try and try until you get success"

michelle’s picture

Well, then, time to work on those reading skills. :)

Michelle