We are always glad to hear when WP Questions works out well for one of our customers. I just stumbled across this post on the forums for the WP eCommerce plugin:
pluggyboy: guys, not sure whether this will help anyone as my configuration was slightly different to that described above (using weight rate with no downloadable [...]
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Customer testimonials
A Hosted Version of the WPQ Software
Over the last 2 months we’ve had a dozen people contact us about licensing the custom software that runs our various question-and-answer websites (WPQuestions, SymfonyExperts and upcoming JavascriptQuestions). We are considering several possible models, but have not yet reached any final decisions.
Right now what we’re considering is a hosted solution, a little bit like Basecamp [...]
Humbling experiences: when other programmers write simpler, more elegant code
Many times I’ve been humbled by other programmers. Just this last summer I worked on a project with Scott Meves. We were using the Symfony framework, the same framework that WP Questions is built in. Scott is a true genius when it comes to Symfony. I recall we needed to do some JOIN calls to [...]
Responses to your responses
We are grateful for all of the praise and feedback that we have received over the last month. I’m going to take this opportunity to respond to some of it.
Thomas Maier writes::
WP support. Basically what you expected, right? Yes, from an superficial perspective. WP Questions introduced a whole new idea to a world which was [...]
How to Ask a Question on WP Questions
For new users, we wanted to put up a brief tutorial on the process of asking a new question and making payment arrangements through PayPal.
In Step 1, you are prompted for a Question Title (65 characters or less) and Extended Explanation:
Our aim is to create a market for WordPress help, [...]
How to Assign Prize Money to Experts
To address some recent questions about how WPQuestions works, we’ve written the first of a few tutorials. Below, we demonstrate what happens after you, the Asker, has logged in and asked a question.
Here is your sample question:
As the Asker, you will see this button next to each answer (login required):
It doesn’t matter who you chose [...]
Living with the Launch
Right up until the day we launched WPQuestions, we were adding new features. Originally we had planned to launch the site in October, but other issues arose. I’m glad we pulled the trigger when we did. If you look at our to-do list, it’s obvious we could have spent the next 2 months adding those [...]
A clarification about PayPal accounts
Several people have written to ask what sort of relationship exists between their WP Questions accounts and their PayPal account. I apologize that we did not do a better job explaining this. The answer is that there is no relationship.
Some people thought that if they wanted to ask a question, they needed to use [...]
Some responses to your questions and feedback
We are grateful to everyone who sent well wishes and feedback to WP Questions during our opening day. I was pleased, of course, that so many people seemed to think it was a good idea.
Hafiz Rahman wrote:
I like the well-defined rules on WPQuestions and how simple it is to ask and answer there.
Ian Steward had [...]
