Comments on: One Of My Favorite Things About The Internet https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/10/27/one-of-my-favorite-things-about-the-internet/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/10/27/one-of-my-favorite-things-about-the-internet/#comment-3581 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:09:05 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=956#comment-3581 “Ignoring the people in forums who continually say “read the manual” (a pet hate of mine) I totally agree.”

I don’t say that. I find the page in the manual they need, and send them the link. :D Especially with things like PHP, where their description is generally good enough. I sometime include an example or code snippet to further illustrate, when I do that.

“Nowdays there are tutorials for everything, even CSS bugs are insanely
easy to track down and fix if you know what you’re looking for.”

That’s why I generally Google around before asking anyone for help. I’d rather find the answer myself if I can, rather than bother someone else. I probably would only have half my web knowledge if it weren’t for internet tutorials.

“If I can’t offer direct advise (cos sometimes they expect I’m smarter
than what I really am) then I at least take them to someone who can
help.”

Exactly what I do as well. If I can’t provide a suitable answer, I often advise them to try one of the web help forums out there, and provide a link, and advice for posting their question.

]]> By: Steven Clark https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/10/27/one-of-my-favorite-things-about-the-internet/#comment-3578 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:35:24 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=956#comment-3578 Ignoring the people in forums who continually say “read the manual” (a pet hate of mine) I totally agree. There’s an immense community of people willing to share their knowledge, which is partly why the web standards movement has progressed from a few talented people in isolation to a thriving community of developers. It used to be that someone would find the answer to something and we’d all have to spend a week reinventing the wheel. Nowdays there are tutorials for everything, even CSS bugs are insanely easy to track down and fix if you know what you’re looking for. If I can’t offer direct advise (cos sometimes they expect I’m smarter than what I really am) then I at least take them to someone who can help.

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