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Submitted by dorien on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 14:09
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1. book code

Submitted by mangaan on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:19.

Hi Dorien,

Love your book although it's not for drupal beginners,
is there a place where I can get the book code ?

thanks !

-Peter

2. book code

Submitted by mangaan on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:46.

Stupid me !

I can copy paste it from the pdf file.

sorry for the bored

3. That's ok. Be sure to retype

Submitted by dorien on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 19:36.

That's ok. Be sure to retype the " or you will get strange messages.

4. Thanks everyone!

Submitted by dorien on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 08:38.

Thanks everyone!

5. Drop the "Donate" and offer paid support options?

Submitted by dfshrek on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 15:47.

Hi Dorien,

I think you're an absolute star, with what you have done, with the book (which as you know I bought), and the sample code (which I am already in the process of installing and adapting).

I have a suggestion though: to drop the "Donate" thing, and if you've got time, to offer paid support options!

I'm all for open source, free, and all that. But I also think that some people would be willing to pay to get a higher level of service.

Concretely, I would suggest:
* still offer the "whenever I get time" free service in the forums
* offer a paid support option for those who want something more professional

This is a model used by, for example, http://www.mysql.com. When I last looked they offered you the chance to buy support by "tickets", either 1 ticket or (say) a bunch of 10 tickets, or unlimited support! There ticket price was something like $100 for a single ticket!! Maybe you could agree to give email support per ticket for a lot less, and experiment to find something which was a good level (start with $10 a ticket?).

For info, I have just come from http://www.skadate.com where they are offering a support service where you have to pay $95/month for their support. OK, maybe you don't want to offer per month, but this is another option. There are a people who want to set up some sort of networking/dating site, and would be willing to pay for support of a clear expert like yourself!

Anyway, as a user of your stuff, I'd like to see you able to invest more time in this project. I don't hold out much hope for the "Donate" button, but I do think that you could try and make a win-win situation where you make enough money when people want your help that you could do it commercially.

Incidentally, I'm in Brussels, and I see you're from Belgium, so next time you're in town, email me, and I'll buy you a drink!

6. Hi, Thanks for your message!

Submitted by dorien on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 18:40.

Hi,

Thanks for your message! I like the idea.

I am going to think about implementing this. Perhaps I can set up something with Drupal :-) or otrs.

Have a good weekend!

7. cuppafoffee

Submitted by chosig on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 12:01.

One thing that I've tried, and worked like a charm, is the karma style approach.

"Client" asks a question
"Supplier" responds

Then "client" gets a:
Q: How much was this worth to you? {paymentprovider link}
A: Money!

If you're working against other freelancers (or what you want to call them), make so that they can pay/donate/give/whatever after a time - if they get paid, you'll get paid.

What goes around, comes around fits quite snuggly here, but not everybody have monetary funds to pay at once.

If in a community-style you can exchange "time". ie. scratching backs - I owe this or that for asking for this or that, I suck at Drupal but I've got a knack for front end development... so I return the favor to somebody that needs a theme/banner whatever.

8. DRUPAL 6- BIG PROBLEM, NO AUDIO MODULE!!!

Submitted by Drupalstar on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 13:31.

Hey there,

I am in desperate need of an "audio module-type solution for drupal 6... does anybody know if there is something pretty straight forward or must i go with drupal 5?

I would like to create a site for musicians and dj's to post music on their profiles, audio module is exactly right for me but in drupal 6 the audio players don't show... and that sucks! help!!!

thanks ;)