Posted by NC on 10/26/07 17:22

On Oct 26, 6:21 am, maya <maya778...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I will have no choice but to try the plugin,
> but I still don't understand why I can't use my own
> code to send email..

You can; you just need to organize it into a plugin.

> if I add one php file where all other files are for my
> blog (I mean where main index.php is) I get a 404 on
> that php file if I try to load it on the browser..

This, in all likelihood, has nothing to do with WordPress; I often add
a simple phpinfo() file to WordPress' main directory to test system
environment during development or deployment, and I am yet to see the
error you describe.

For starters, check the program you used to upload your files. Some
have a "convert file names to lower case" setting, so your
ThankYou.php might have been inadvertently uploaded as thankyou.php.

> this doesn't make too much sense.. call it 'open
> source', call it whatever you want, it should be more
> flexible than that..

No. YOU should be more flexible than that. Extending an existing
system requires an understanding of how it works and what extension
mechanisms it provides.

Let's say you were an automotive engineer and designed some
performance parts for BMW M3. You wouldn't insist that those parts
should fit into Porsche Carrera or Mercedes SL550 or Audi TT without
any modification, would you? Same logic applies to software;
extensions must fit with the rest of the system.

Cheers,
NC

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