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Registered users also get access to four other areas of the Ideas site. Use these to explore other
people's ideas and rate and comment on them:
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You haven't rated—This page displays five random ideas that you haven't voted on. Give a star
rating to each, and you'll get a new batch.
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Implemented—This is proof the Ideas site works. This is a list of ideas that have become part of
WordPress to date. Note that it doesn't always require a massive outpouring of user demand to
get something implemented. Sometimes all it takes is a simple, easily programmed idea.
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Under Consideration—This is the category where all new ideas go. Each page contains 18 ideas
and their current cumulative rating. Click any idea to add your rating.
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Addressed by Plug
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in—Your idea might not be in WordPress core yet, but a plug-in developer
has already scratched your itch.
The Ideas site is a great way for ordinary users who don't write software or design themes to give
back to the community. Take advantage of the opportunity to shape WordPress' future!
Kvetch! http://wordpress.org/extend/kvetch
Some days are filled with sweetness and light and love for the goodness that is WordPress. Other
days, WordPress is just driving you up the wall. The Kvetch! page is here for those less-than-
sunny days.
No registration is necessary for this part of WordPress.org; just type in your anonymous complaint
about the software. Click Kvetch It! Your complaint flies into the development team's mailbox.
What's more fun for the rest of us is that all the kvetches are stored in another database table.
Whenever someone opens the page, a database query asks to display a random kvetch at the top of
the page. Click the Load Another link to see another one.
The World of WordPress: http://wordpress.org/about
This area is about background information and promotion (see Figure E.11). It serves to introduce
you to the WordPress community. As with any community, there are shared values and norms. You
can learn a bit about those here. You'll get a little bit of history, some community rules, and philoso-
phy. Transparency being an important value, there are links to the blogs of each senior member of
the development team in the right column.
Be sure to explore the links in the section called “Connect with the Community.” You'll find the
forums and mailing lists and see if there's a WordCamp coming to a city near you.
Along the left column are pointers to the practical considerations of getting WordPress—the techni-
cal requirements, feature list, technical road map for upcoming versions of WordPress, and books to
help you along the way. You'll also find statements of philosophy (including the meaning of open
source software) and traditional legalisms surrounding privacy, usage of the term “WordPress” in
other top-level domains (in brief: Don't), and the required publication of the GNU General Public
License (GPL).
