YES, thats a great idea!

The one drawback is that it requires the authors of these 'includes' and "plugins' to participate. It maybe what the users want, but do the authors have the time and commitment to support the idea?

Currently the moderators do quite a lot to ensure that the WIKI is populated, by publishing the articles that are there. Quite a few of those articles were never written as articles by the original author.

If the originators of the 'includes' are happy to participate, i'll create a WIKI section to suport their contributions. They can be granted "Contributor' status, allowimg them to create, publish and modify their articles at will.

Maybe, better than that, I could open up a feature that would provide "contributors' with their own personal BLOGs within the forum. Their they can publish the 'includes' along with supporting articles in their own personal dedicated section, under their control. Followers of the individual 'includes' can discuss the 'Products' on the forum, but would be able to go to the "Contributors' dedicated area to download the 'includes' 'plugins' 'products' and updated versions and read supporting articles etc.

There is a lot that we can offer to forum users in the way of features and facilities, but without contribution from the users nothing will happen.

WIKI area, dedicated BLOG, Private web sites, file storeage, whatever, let me know whats required and confirm that it wil be used and Crownhill will provide the resources.