[How To] How can a new user better help the community when asking a question.

peregrine

• Aside from providing the exact version number of vanilla (not latest version since that provides nothing informative),a good description of problem, an infomative title (the title should reflect the gist of the problem - not just Help! problem!)

• if you ask a question, ask it when you plan to remain on line for more than a minute . In that way you can get an interactive response to fill in necessary gaps. Questions asked and then followed up by OP weeks later instead of the same day - lose momentum

• Follow up with a response when you ask a question and get a reply.

• If multiple suggestions are made, please identify what suggestion you used to solve your problem in your follow up. It will help the community and add some credence to the suggestion, and help future people looking at the discussion. In addition to the decorum of thanking the responders for help - you can also click on awesome or insightful its a nice touch (or click so to speak)

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Be aware if you ask a question in the question category. You will sometimes be asked "Did this Answer your question".

By responding yes the answer will be moved to the top and easy to view. However, in a long flow of multiple correct sequential answers, the whole rhythm of the discussion will be thrown off and impossible to follow because it is all out of sequence.

There are two schools of thought:
- best answers to top of discussion is preferred even if the context is totally out of sequence.
- answers in chronological order are easier to view and a proper wrapup by the op at the end is better.

peregrine

also it is a good idea to read these two discussions

heres a cool link also....

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/23130/forum-post-ettikett-etiquette

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/17954/food-for-thought-forum-etiquette

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@peregrine You're an expert! I hope you become a Moderator. 20 Thumbs Up!

freelancingcare

i agree with you @ilovetech‌ @peregrine‌ is really expert

peregrine

when asking a question about a specific theme, plugin, application or locale.

please go to

http://vanillaforums.org/addons

• choose the add-on which you have a question about.
• select "ask a question"

you will see this on all add-ons....

try reading the associated comments under the add-on description and the add-on readme (as well as the description), your questions may be answered already.

sometimes just disabling and re-enabling the plugin may help with some problems.

R_J

I agree, this must have been said,some day!

peregrine

aside from posting problems with plugins under the plugin as indicated in previopus comment.

you can also add here and to the spreadsheet as well.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26703/plugins-themes-that-work-and-dont-work-in-vanilla-2-1