I’m a firm believer in one must “learn from their mistakes” in order to grow and well… learn. And so I learned that when creating tutorials in parts, ALWAYS do the whole thing before releasing the first part.
Yep… I’m talking about my tutorial series I started at The Web Squeeze “From Photoshop To Wordpress” where the first one is about Design. Originally, I had planned to do all three (Design, Coding, WP) a month apart. That was the plan. But as I heard once before: The Devil laughs when one plans ahead.
No kidding!
So why am I so late in releasing Part II – Coding? It’s the age-old excuse: lack of time.
Some of you may think it’s a poor one but that’s the only one I got. Unfortunately, I don’t have all day to write articles and tutorials. I actually have 9-5 job outside of my web design hobby and The Web Squeeze. I have a daughter that’s growing up too fast that I like to spend my time with when I get home from work ’til I put her to bed. I still play soccer and that’s something I doubt I’ll ever stop doing any time soon. And now summer is here and week-ends are spent as far away from the computer as I can.
On top of all that, I have clients that need stuff from me and new ones coming in now and then.
The good news is I’m learning. I’m learning to manage my time better and I’m learning that, like I said above, if you plan on releasing a Series of tutorials, do them all at once.
One more good news is that I’m 90% done with Part II.
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And I thank you for your patience!
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Well, all I can say is that it’s about time
The tutorial will be well received though, I know there’s plenty of people waiting for it.
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Thanks Luke!
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Karinne, I think the real issue is that tutorials of this type are so hard to find ~ as a designer, the design is the easy and fun part; but I would love advice with how to efficently slice and code my comp. I can imagine it’s tough to write a tut on that (let alone getting into browser issues)! I say write what you will, drop links to “further reading” and remember the vast majority of us are thankful you’re taking time out to help.
Thanks!
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It is tough because, like you, I was in that same position 10 years ago when I started making sites. So I know how frustrating it is to… not get it. This Part II, which deals with the whole slicing thing, has A LOT of images and A LOT of explaining and I really hope it’ll help people starting out. It’s already quite long and I’m not done.
Thank you very much Diane! I’ll personally send you an email when the tut is live
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I’m also eagerly awaiting the next part, I’m sure it will be well worth it
J
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[...] I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… lesson learned. I never thought it would have taken me so long to write it but life comes at you with unexpected road bumps and you just have to deal with it. From now on tho, if I ever do another series, I’ll make sure all the parts are written before publishing the first one. [...]
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