New Feature - Articles!

[Travis]

I've been fiddling around in the background to put together a new articles section. This is a special section where we have information-driven articles. My hope is to create a really great section full of useful information for new and seasoned scrollers alike.

 

Basically, the articles are nothing more than forum posts that have been bookmarked and organized in a easy to read way. The articles are posts, and the comments are the replies. So if you comment in the articles section, the forum thread will also be updated with your comment (and vise versa). I really like how tightly integrated the articles and forum are.

 

I've already added the pattern making tutorials to the article system. I'll be porting over information from the Wiki and from our old newsletter. I'm also hoping to start writing more articles on specific areas of scrolling, one of which would be a newbie's guide to scroll sawing (but this might take awhile).

 

You'll be seeing a fair amount of posts from me in the forums that look like articles. That's because they are. I'm just moving over articles from the sources I listed above.

 

I hope you enjoy this new section. I have a feeling this will be a valuable asset to SSV.

 

You can read more about the articles section in my blog.

 

http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/blogs/entry/4-%7B%3F%7D/

[Travis]

Well, I finished moving all of the old newsletter articles over. I'm sure you noticed a number of articles popping up in the forums. Most of them are posted under my name. But there are some articles written by guest writers (Scrollgirl, Messman, and Firedkm), which are posted in the forums under their names. I have them all moved except for 1; an article is on copyrights. I think I'm going to hold this back and expand it into a more comprehensive article.

 

I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot more articles being posted as I start moving over wiki articles. But for now, I think I'm going to call it a day.