Art, Technology & People

Hello everyone! Long time no speak… I know I've been a naughty boy by not being around much, but rest assured that I am behind the scenes daily and right now I am making a huge effort to get caught up on the tutorial submissions and get back to the 5 day queue time. The volume is quite high, so there is actually enough tutorials coming through that the front page has a new tutorial every 30 minutes 24 hours a day. So please be sure to keep an eye on the main page and don't forget to rate and comment on tutorials! In fact, you might want to get in the habit of rating and commenting on tutorials for v5, it will be worth your time *hint* *hint*

Speaking of v5, we're slamming away on it as always, and it's slowly taking shape. Right now we're working on the custom profile pages and user settings stuff. Most of the tutorial related stuff is done, so now it's all the extra goodies that need doing. The new forum skins are also being designed now and being worked on by Jamie.

By the way, most of you are probably aware that a huge tropical storm is slamming Florida right now and Jamie's city is right in the path. Jamie is MIA right now and we haven't heard from him in a few days, so we all pray for Jamie and his family to be safe and come back to us soon, as well as our best wished to everyone in Florida getting slammed this week by Fay.

Take care everyone!
Dan

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Enjoy!
Dan

Happy birthday to P2L’s senior developper Jamie! Jaime has been with us for a loooong time now and continues to be a valuable member of the P2L team. And I love his fro’ 😉

Have a great day bud, I hope you enjoy it!

Hello everyone! Well I think we've had enough emails for this to make it official… after TONS of you have requested C Sharp, you can now find the C# category at http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/c/ and there are already some tutorials in the queue for the category to be added soon. There are also some C# tutorials under the C++ category and I will work on moving those over when I can. So for you dev folks that have been itching for a C# section, ENJOY!

And for v5, awhile ago I posted a question in the news area asking if people preferred the side collapsing category listing method used in v2 and v3 or the dropdown menu that is currently in use. The unanimous response was for the days of yore so I can officially say that v5 will go back to the side menu system but it will be even better than before and very comprehensive. I also like the idea that a couple of people made to have a quick dropdown specifically for the forums so that folks no longer have to return to the main page to access a tutorial category. We will be looking at integrating something along those lines for the forums.

At this point, the main page, search and categories are all working and Nick is currently working on the updated Publishing System and all I can say is WOW! The new interface and work logic is just awesome and easier than ever to publish tutorials. If you've ever considered using our Publishing System to create tutorials, the upgrades we have coming should definitely convince you.

That's about it for now guys, thanks again for your continued support and we'll see you soon! Currently we are looking at an August release date for v5.

Dan

Hey guys!

Just a heads up that I will be getting back on top of the newsletter creation again although I'm not really going to formalize when it goes out until I see how my schedule goes. BUUUUUUT I can tell you that newsletter subscribers will be getting exclusive v5 updates, so if you want to get in on the action, you can sign up right form the main page using the newsletter sign-up box at the right side of the site.

That's it for now guys, thanks!
Dan