Gordon N
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It's always nice when you wake up in the morning with a couple of comments awaiting moderation on your blog - it shows that people are finding your site. However it is a bit of pain when you find it's only spammers from abroad.
This morning was a bit different for me, can't quite exlain it but thought I would share the level of some people's ignorance!
At ten past one this morning a not very helpful chap apparently named 'Jim' was having a look around my website. He decided to leave a comment on one of my blog posts - fine, thats what I want to encourage. As most of you will probably be aware, to leave a comment you must enter your email address - his was nochance [at] nochance . com, can you see where this is going?
His comment which in itself is a question (that I cannot reply to via email obviously!) was as follows....
Brilliant!! :w00t:
Without actually publishing the comment on my blog I could not reply - and as its in a post about an ecommerce application it really isn't relevant. I hope and the mob excuse my opportunity to vent a little anger and reply on here?
I *am* a professionally qualified web designer, and I *have* developed a number of CMSs in my time (ironically I am working on another specialist one just now!). Part of a designer/developers job is picking the most suitable platform for a site, which in many situations including my own site is WordPress (why reinvent the wheel?) - my homepage is a showcase of my skills, in design and WordPress integration.
I have two questions of my own...
Why would somebody take the time to fill in a comment form with a question that could never be answered? (Does he really think I would display it??)
and,
Has anyone got any interesting/amusing examples of complete strangers showing a huge amount of ignorance and a complete lack of knowledge on the subject they are commenting on?
I do of course have his IP address, which I am hoping may lead to me being able to reply directly at some point in the future
Here endeth my rant - thanks for your patience! :001_rolleyes:
This morning was a bit different for me, can't quite exlain it but thought I would share the level of some people's ignorance!
At ten past one this morning a not very helpful chap apparently named 'Jim' was having a look around my website. He decided to leave a comment on one of my blog posts - fine, thats what I want to encourage. As most of you will probably be aware, to leave a comment you must enter your email address - his was nochance [at] nochance . com, can you see where this is going?
His comment which in itself is a question (that I cannot reply to via email obviously!) was as follows....
If you are a web designer why dont you develop your own CMS and why is your homepage made in Word press? Surely you should be showcasing your own skills on your homepage?
Brilliant!! :w00t:
Without actually publishing the comment on my blog I could not reply - and as its in a post about an ecommerce application it really isn't relevant. I hope and the mob excuse my opportunity to vent a little anger and reply on here?
I *am* a professionally qualified web designer, and I *have* developed a number of CMSs in my time (ironically I am working on another specialist one just now!). Part of a designer/developers job is picking the most suitable platform for a site, which in many situations including my own site is WordPress (why reinvent the wheel?) - my homepage is a showcase of my skills, in design and WordPress integration.
I have two questions of my own...
Why would somebody take the time to fill in a comment form with a question that could never be answered? (Does he really think I would display it??)
and,
Has anyone got any interesting/amusing examples of complete strangers showing a huge amount of ignorance and a complete lack of knowledge on the subject they are commenting on?
I do of course have his IP address, which I am hoping may lead to me being able to reply directly at some point in the future
Here endeth my rant - thanks for your patience! :001_rolleyes:
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