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Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by ToucanLoucan »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #11

I still visit the site a lot for the Flexbox guide. Hey, it's sad that it went down but if I were Chris, I would have sold it too probably. That's the way it is in the economy of the internets: maintaining a community resource that is above and beyond typical SEO junk is hard work and DEFINITELY does not pay what it should, considering it's real value to the community. (It probably would if large tech companies did n…

Especially considering it's entirely possible if not probable that the fruits of that hard work will then be stolen by some SEO junk peddler and passed as their own. And yes, you can do things about that, but it's a lot of unpaid work, if you need a lawyer it's expensive unpaid work, and etc. etc. etc.

I would've absolutely sold it too and tbh, people giving Chris shit about it would have too, even if they won't admit it.

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by 3D30497420 »

begueradj wrote: post #19

In the link related to Geoff being fired from CSS Tricks: >Anyone who knows me well knows that I never have one job, but many eggs in a number of baskets. That's one of the wisest approaches to life: having multiple sources of income so that in case you're laid off, it won't affect you that much -at least financially.

Totally, and something I'm trying to cultivate, but man is it a lot of work. Plus, its probably not even feasible for most people (kids, lack of savings to invest, etc.)

I'm lucky to have the time and money (more or less) to try to diversify my income, but I also am a bit annoyed that I need to in order to feel secure.

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by rofrol »

HeckFeck wrote: post #33
bovermyer wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also use the site for the flexbox guide. I think I might have to just paraphrase the parts I keep referencing on my own site and use that as reference instead, just in case.

Thankfully you can save it as an infographic: https://css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/css-flexbo...

> https://css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/css-flexbo...

css grid poster https://css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/css-grid-p...

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by pier25 »

shubhamjain wrote: post #3

I think CSS-Tricks was a big blunder on DigitalOcean's side. That explains why they pulled the plug on all their resources. They believed they could get sizeable traffic towards DigitalOcean and their products, but soon they realized (or some marketing/strategy person in the company proved it) that the audience that cares about CSS and front-end won't likely be buying their products. Because if it was giving them the…

Digital Ocean invested in their apps product with static sites etc hoping to attract front end users from Vercel and Netlify. But their product was bad and no amount of advertising could change that.

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by agmater »

shubhamjain wrote: post #3

I think CSS-Tricks was a big blunder on DigitalOcean's side. That explains why they pulled the plug on all their resources. They believed they could get sizeable traffic towards DigitalOcean and their products, but soon they realized (or some marketing/strategy person in the company proved it) that the audience that cares about CSS and front-end won't likely be buying their products. Because if it was giving them the…

Why did they not just advertise on the site instead? This current approach seems like the worst possible decision. Fair enough that they want ROI, but abandoning it isn't going to get you there. At least put a writer on it? At the time the PR speak [1] was "community" and "reach" but now they've not only wasted their money but are actively turning developers against them.

> “CSS-Tricks will broaden and complement our existing library of content, furthering DigitalOcean’s reach with both frontend and full-stack developers, and supports our community strategy, a key differentiator for DigitalOcean in the cloud computing space,” DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill said.

[1]: https://wptavern.com/digitalocean-acquires-css-tricks

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by apitman »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #11

I still visit the site a lot for the Flexbox guide. Hey, it's sad that it went down but if I were Chris, I would have sold it too probably. That's the way it is in the economy of the internets: maintaining a community resource that is above and beyond typical SEO junk is hard work and DEFINITELY does not pay what it should, considering it's real value to the community. (It probably would if large tech companies did n…

Another regular flexbox guide user checking in

Re: Where I'm at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

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Post by notatoad »

red_admiral wrote: post #38
quickthrower2 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The money in CSS is selling $500 courses with the same content as the free ones (because everyone is selling to beginners which is where the $ is), but with a great designer can make it look really sexy.

To be fair though, CSS is one of the things where a great designer who can make things look sexy might be worth that $500 to learn from. After all, your site looking better can translate to a lot of extra user engagement and money.

Teaching css and teaching design aren’t the same thing though. And the beginner css courses are mostly not teaching design.
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