tutorial-index.com

Hey everyone.
Today we finally retired the old backend code and removed from the server. The design is still the same but the backend system was fully recoded from scratch. It’s now have new member system and new publishing system which is more robust, stable and faster then the old one. We are still sitting on the old server, but that hopefully going to change as now we will redirect more resources in that direction. Some glitches and bugs may still pop up here and there, but we’ll try to fix them as fast as we can. If you come across some, let us know. We’ll greatly appreciate that. So, enjoy the site.

If you have noticed, we have changed the sidebar over to a faster alternative ajax. This was one of our alternatives when we first made our layout but because of the fact that the site has been gaining more visitors, speed is becoming more and more of a priority.

As a result of the speed, we have reduced some of the php code, and when the new version of ti comes, the site should be a bit faster as well as more efficient. We are cutting down on database use as well as continuously optimizing the pages for speed. In the next month or so the site should be moving onto a faster server with higher response times.

Also with the growth of our site comes more features ^^. We are currently jumbling a bunch of features that we believe may be important to us in the next version of our site. This new version may not come as of yet but, we are still in the early stages of beginning a new compilation for ti. You may see a couple of new pages spring up soon as well.

Lastly, about the forums, it is growing and what comes with growth is moderation. So yes, we are looking for moderators. Send us a message through our contact page.

Advertising Updated
Due to high demand, we have brought advertising back from the dead . It is reincarnated! But yes yes, stop by if you want to gain traffic or more notice to your site. Also, some of the information we have on the page itself is outdated and we will be updating that shortly.

Thanks!

Yes, im sorry about that guys, I took the topsites down for a couple of weeks because it was causing some speed problems on the site and I finally got back to it today. Sorry about that .

Also:
Lately we have seen a huge increase in visitors and tutorial submission and we highly appreciate it. You shouldn’t have any problems connecting to the site either, as we had a couple weeks ago.

Layout Contest
The layout contest will be over Friday the 9th! Be sure to get your submission in because this is the definite cutoff for submissions for the new layout (this DOES NOT mean that we will use your layout even if you win, most likely we will)!

Updates Coming
I know there are a couple of problems with the member system’s cookies, and we will be putting a bit more effort into trying to figure out the problem. Also, we will be tweaking code a bit over the next week to speed the site up a bit, as well as making it more efficient.

Thanks!

No need to go into any details, just check it out here.

This is definately one great step for Tutorial-index, our member system was released yesterday a little bit past midnight! There’s some extra features that come with signing up, here are a few:

Tutorial Commenting
Yes, you can comment on tutorial comments! This should be helpful for giving ideas, or more information, or your opninon on a tutorial. Rating for tutorials will be sync’d with tutorial commenting soon.

An Identity
You are now able to be recognized on tutorial-index and just like other sites, you can have a profile. We will put these features to real use soon, with new features coming soon.

Forums
Most of all, a place to commute and commune here. You can provide suggestions here, chill, or buy/sell/trade. Basically almost anything you can do a forum .

Also, a contest is coming up with good prizes for another project we are coming out with soon for tutorial-index. Stay Tuned!