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Feedback on a tutorial I have written

Posted by secludedhabtat • 4/07/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: tutorial

Heya all,
I have released a sister site to my main blog, for all my geeky thoughts and tutorials.

I have written up my first tutorial but was wondering if I could get a little feedback. I am wondering the following:
1. Your thoughts on the tutorial
2. Is it too long or just about the right length
3. Should I have included the whole tutorial rather than splitting into parts
4. Is the format, i.e. how it is layed out OK
5. Are there any things you would like to see me do tutorials for

So here is my first tutorial (please... be gentle): www.geekyhabitat.com/2008/04/07/tutorial-mozyhomes-free-online-data-backup-...

Thank you everyone for your feedback... I look forward to getting into a lot of GEEKY posts soon.
Stuart

User Comments

4/07/08

ender

you might say that clicking on the pictures will enlarge them without your leaving the page.
you might point out this is a peecee tutorial, and perhaps say if you're using XP or Vista.
you may want to add the computer requirements for installing this software.
i'm not sure you need ALL of the screenshots at the beginning - at least not until you get to the configuration section. some, yes; all of them - probably not.

my feedback for whatever it's worth!

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4/07/08

secludedhabtat

Hi Ender,
See, this is why I love getting feedback because sometimes like the Dill that I am, I forget the basics. Thanks for that I will take that all on board for when I do some revisions.
Many many thanks
Stuart

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4/07/08

SportsNarrative

It looks good to me.

While I didn't actually do the installation, I can see that the steps are easy to follow.

No jargon, no assumptions on the computer literacy level of the reader, includes screen shots = all good.

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4/07/08

secludedhabtat

Hi SportsNarrative,
Thanks very much for the feedback that is greatly appreciated.
Stuart

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4/08/08

0xf

The step by step tutorial is nice. ender has already commented about few good things above. I just want to tell you some value add to your post. Whenever you give a step by step guide to do something, just add a print option or print to pdf option at the bottom of the post because people may want to save it or print it for their use. It may make people to come back to your site often. what do you think?

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4/08/08

secludedhabtat

Heya 0xf that is a great idea, I will have to look into how to do that (have never done it before).. thanks for the idea.
Stuart

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4/08/08

secludedhabtat

Heya 0xf I managed to find a plugin that allowed me to do just that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Stuart

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