Comments on: But this is only for beginners, it doesn’t have to be that detailed… http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/ Chris Heilmann - Accessibilty, Web Development and Pragmatism - can talk, will travel Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marco http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6797 Marco Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:18:25 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6797 The 'outdatedness' is a very interesting issue. What do do with an 'outdated' tutorial? Delete it? Modify it? The latter isn't always possible. Especially when the tutorial is about something you as a writer don't really deal with anymore. I tried to solve this by adding some sort of disclaimer at the beginning of the tutorial to let the user know that it's based on an older version of a certain piece of software and may therefore not be 'up to date' anymore with the latest version of that software. I think completely removing blog articles is a bit of a shame. The following is an example of a tutorial I wrote that ranks very high in search engines on the subject that it's about (xajax): http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/archive/2005/11/12/easy_ajax_for_the_masses_with_ I tried to resolve the issue by adding the 'possibly outdated' disclaimer. Good? Bad? The ‘outdatedness’ is a very interesting issue. What do do with an ‘outdated’ tutorial? Delete it? Modify it? The latter isn’t always possible. Especially when the tutorial is about something you as a writer don’t really deal with anymore. I tried to solve this by adding some sort of disclaimer at the beginning of the tutorial to let the user know that it’s based on an older version of a certain piece of software and may therefore not be ‘up to date’ anymore with the latest version of that software. I think completely removing blog articles is a bit of a shame.

The following is an example of a tutorial I wrote that ranks very high in search engines on the subject that it’s about (xajax):

http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/archive/2005/11/12/easy_ajax_for_the_masses_with_

I tried to resolve the issue by adding the ‘possibly outdated’ disclaimer. Good? Bad?

]]> By: kentaromiura http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6792 kentaromiura Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:03:27 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6792 "you can cause much more damage with bad information – people trust you to be an expert and will believe and repeat what you said" This is the big issue, once you blog about something and if you got a good serp position for a particular keyword people thrust google and think that what they find on your site/blog/etc are the truth. I found a little post on my blog got linked around the web, but that was only a reminder for me for something i wrote lots of time after that post, it wasn't wrong code, it actually works, but it haven' t any sense as per se: http://mykenta.blogspot.com/2006/05/getelementbyclass.html http://mykenta.blogspot.com/2007/10/getelementbyclass-revisited.html I'm not a big name on the web but i suppose that if i was the problem is order of magnitude bigger. Sorry for my english. “you can cause much more damage with bad information – people trust you to be an expert and will believe and repeat what you said”

This is the big issue, once you blog about something and if you got a good serp position for a particular keyword people thrust google and think that what they find on your site/blog/etc are the truth.

I found a little post on my blog got linked around the web, but that was only a reminder for me for something i wrote lots of time after that post,
it wasn’t wrong code, it actually works, but it haven’ t any sense as per se:

http://mykenta.blogspot.com/2006/05/getelementbyclass.html
http://mykenta.blogspot.com/2007/10/getelementbyclass-revisited.html

I’m not a big name on the web but i suppose that if i was the problem is order of magnitude bigger.

Sorry for my english.

]]> By: Ara Pehlivanian http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6789 Ara Pehlivanian Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:16:39 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6789 Great advice to keep in mind. I particularly like that you point out the fact that people consider you an authority and will repeat what they learn, so it's all the more important to get your stuff right. Great advice to keep in mind. I particularly like that you point out the fact that people consider you an authority and will repeat what they learn, so it’s all the more important to get your stuff right.

]]> By: coleman yee http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6787 coleman yee Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:53:54 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6787 Quick-fix tutorials are popular because there's a demand for them. Why go through the pain of understanding the fundamentals and laying a firm foundation when you can just follow a 10-step tutorial that just works (or seems to work)? Quick-fix tutorials are popular because there’s a demand for them. Why go through the pain of understanding the fundamentals and laying a firm foundation when you can just follow a 10-step tutorial that just works (or seems to work)?

]]> By: Rosencrantz http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6786 Rosencrantz Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:57:37 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/2007/12/19/but-this-is-only-for-beginners-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-that-detailed%e2%80%a6/#comment-6786 I think that the problem with many of these tutorials is that there is too much emphasis on the how and not enough on the why of web development. People tend to shy away from the concepts of accessiblity, useability and seo which, if you get them in right at the beginning will become a natural part of any new developers style. Have you actually found any good tutorials out there? I think that the problem with many of these tutorials is that there is too much emphasis on the how and not enough on the why of web development. People tend to shy away from the concepts of accessiblity, useability and seo which, if you get them in right at the beginning will become a natural part of any new developers style.

Have you actually found any good tutorials out there?

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