Lynne
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Ok at the risk of sounding really stupid I just had to ask some questions.
I am looking into something specific I need for my website but I am going to get something tweaked. I found something that is close but not exactly what I need.
It is a script and the developers said they will make some custom changes for me.
Firstly I don't understand what the difference is between a plugin and a script, if someone can please explain it to me, simple like you are telling a child LOL.
Then my next thing is that I wouldn't have a clue how to put a script on my website, what would the process be?
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Normally the programmer who wrote the script will be happy to install it and configure it since it only takes them a few minutes to do it. If you don't have the knowledge and try to install it yourself you could just be creating headaches for yourself I have a good programmer who can help me out here and there, but he's got a full schedule and can't always help me with scripts if I have problems
Well they're both code in the end.
But the differences basically revolve around how user friendly it is.
A script is something that is coded up and you're given the files to upload to your server or hosting account and you need to cofigure it or have someone configure it in order to work well with your other code. A lot of people will buy a script and not have any knowledge of how it works exactly. They'll see the demo and want that feature on their website, so they'll buy the script and then get mad because they don't know a thing about programming :D Normally the programmer who wrote the script will be happy to install it and configure it since it only takes them a few minutes to do it. If you don't have the knowledge and try to install it yourself you could just be creating headaches for yourself :D
A plugin for wordpress is something that is coded up and you can't really get it customized without paying someone to go in and tweak the code. Plugins are more user friendly since they are set up as a type of package that you just have to download and activate. After that it's ready to go and you sometimes have to just add some short code to a page so the plugin shows up and functions. Plugins are normally coded with a nice dashboard option that allows you to edit any feature within the plugin and you don't have to go in the code itself. It's similar to a script, but it's extremely user friendly and you don't need to know any type of coding or programming.
I actually use both and prefer plugins because I suck at coding and programming :D I have a good programmer who can help me out here and there, but he's got a full schedule and can't always help me with scripts if I have problems :(
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Cristian
I personally love using custom scripts developed by our own programmers, they're light weight and once tested will never create any conflicting problems, some plugins will use just to many recourses and can even cause other plugins to stop working which makes everything way more frustrating. A plugin can be installed by everyone, may not work for everyone the same but nevertheless, it's basically just a script that has a user-friendly installation to it. A script you usually write and adapt just for one website, at least this is the way I see it, mike and razzy explained it better. I personally love using custom scripts developed by our own programmers, they're light weight and once tested will never create any conflicting problems, some plugins will use just to many recourses and can even cause other plugins to stop working which makes everything way more frustrating.
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